Ala. Admin. Code r. 630-X-7-.06
Application for approval may be submitted either by a licensee or by the course sponsor. The Sponsor of a continuing education course must apply for, and receive, approval before the course is given. A continuing education course previously approved by the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ACOPE@), or by any other organization recognized for such purpose by Board resolution, does not require separate approval from the Board. A licensee who takes an unapproved continuing education course will bear the burden of establishing that the course satisfied all criteria for Board approval at the time the course was taken. Application for approval of courses shall be in writing and shall set out the course title, brief description of the course content, name of the course sponsor, name(s) of the lecturer(s) and time length of the course. Further information shall be furnished by the applicant upon request of the Board. Course approval may be given by any officer of the board, by a majority of the board members present at any scheduled meeting of the board, or by the executive director of the board. Only courses of study so approved will be credited toward continuing education requirements. Each sponsor or licensee requesting approval of a course of study will be notified of Board action in connection therewith, and if the Board disapproves the application, the sponsor or licensee, upon request in writing, will be given an opportunity to appear before the Board on behalf of the application.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 630-X-7-.06
Previous rule (same title) filed September 13, 1982.
Repealed: Filed July 9, 1990.
Author: Dr. Larry Carter
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 34-22-22.