D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6406
Subject to § 6406.2, this section shall apply to applicants for the renewal, reactivation, or reinstatement of a license for a term expiring March 31, 1992, and for subsequent terms.
This section shall not apply to applicants for an initial license by examination, reciprocity, or endorsement, nor shall it apply to applicants for the first renewal of a license granted by examination.
A continuing education credit shall be valid only if it is part of a program or activity approved by the Board in accordance with § 6407.
An applicant for renewal of a license expiring on March 31, 2020 and all subsequent licensure terms shall submit proof of having completed thirty-eight (38) hours of approved continuing education credit during the two (2) year period preceding the date the license expires, which shall include two (2) hours of approved continuing education credit in cultural competence and appropriate clinical treatment specifically for individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender nonconforming, queer, or questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. Additionally, at least ten percent (10%) of the total required continuing education shall be in the subjects determined by the Director as public health priorities of the District, those subjects shall be identified and published every five (5) years or less frequently as deemed appropriate by the Board of Health. Such proof of completion of continuing education credit shall be submitted within thirty (30) days after it is requested by the Board of Health.
To qualify for a license, a person in inactive status within the meaning of § 511 of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1205.11 (2012 Supp.), who submits an application to reactivate a license shall submit to the Board satisfactory proof of completion of continuing education hours required of a practitioner on active status during the period of inactivity, not to exceed ninety (90) hours.
Any optometrist whose license has been expired for less than five (5) years and who has not been put on inactive status may apply for reinstatement of his or her license. The Board may reinstate the license if the optometrist submits to the Board satisfactory proof of having subsequently met the continuing education requirements required of a practitioner on active status consistent with § 6406.4 during the period the license was expired, not to exceed ninety (90) hours.
An applicant under this section shall prove completion of required continuing education credits by submitting with the application the following information with respect to each program:
An applicant under this section shall prove completion of continuing education course work that was audited under § 6408.3 by submitting with the application a signed statement from the instructor on college stationery for each class attended.
An applicant for renewal of a license who fails to submit proof of having completed continuing education requirements by the date the license expires may renew the license up to sixty (60) days after expiration by submitting proof pursuant to § 6406.7 and by paying the required late fee.
Upon submitting proof and paying the late fee, the applicants shall be deemed to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and the submission of the required documentation and payment of the late fee.
If an applicant for renewal of a license fails to submit proof of completion of continuing education requirements or pay the late fee within sixty (60) days after the expiration of applicant's license, the license shall be considered to have lapsed on the date of expiration.
The Board may, in its discretion, grant an extension of the sixty (60)-day period to renew after expiration if the applicant's failure to submit proof of completion was for good cause. For the purpose of this section, "good cause" includes the following:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-6406