NORTH CAROLINA OPTICIANS ASSOCIATION
10/02/2024 9:15pm: Due to the recent devastating storm that impacted Western NC, we have rescheduled the Asheville CE to Charlotte for November 3rd, 2024. We want to ensure everyone’s safety and well-being during this time.
11/03/2024 - Charlotte - Schedule to be posted soon
Hotel: Doubletree by Hilton South Charlotte
We want to thank the NC State Board for working with us to get this rescheduled as quickly as possible.
9/27/2024 1:25pm: We are canceling the Asheville CE for this Sunday.
We are trying to find out from the hotel if we are able to reschedule it but are having a hard time getting through to the hotel at the moment. We will update with more information as soon as we have it.
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CE Info:
03/03/2024 - Greensboro - Schedule
Hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton Greensboro Airport
Speakers: Buddy Russell & Jackie O’Keefe
3/17/24 - CE Credits have been uploaded to the North Carolina Board of Opticians.
Please check that you have received your credits correctly.
04/14/2024 - Raleigh/Durham - NEW SCHEDULE 4/2/24
Hotel: Sheraton Imperial Hotel - Raleigh Durham Airport RTP
Speakers: Bob Russo & Pete Hanlin
5/09/24 - CE Credits have been uploaded to the North Carolina Board of Opticians.
Please check that you have received your credits correctly.
9/29/2024 - Asheville - Schedule 8/25/24
Hotel: Crowne Plaza Resort
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11/03/2024 - Charlotte - Schedule Coming
Hotel: Doubletree by Hilton South Charlotte
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(If you purchased for Asheville already, you DO NOT need to purchase again)
There will be one price that will allow you to attend as many classes that the NCOA hosts as you would like and you get NCOA membership included.
Thank You for Your Help and Participation!
Last year, we asked for your participation in saving our license from being weakened. With your help, we were able to protect our license. We will continue to help fight to protect our license in North Carolina. We wanted to share the numbers from each campaign with you and send a thank you out to all of those that took the time to contribute.
1st Campaign (against HB 911) started July 4, 2021
- in ~30 days, we sent a total of 4440 emails to 15 different legislators - 296 emails per legislator
2nd Campaign (against SB-105) started on August 10, 2014
- in only 4 days, we sent 1276 emails to 11 different legislators - 116 emails per legislator
The NCOA is dedicated to educating and protecting North Carolina Opticians. Since 1950 the NCOA has been working to support the optical industry and the professionals that work in North Carolina dispensaries each day. We are working hard to create a website that will allow you to access information as well as register for continuing education classes, become an NCOA member, and easily locate other information relevant to licensed opticians in North Carolina.
CE Classes
Expecting to have In-Person Classes
Greensboro - 2/5/2023
Durham - 3/26/2023
Charlotte - 4/30/2023
New Bern - 10/08/2023
Asheville - 11/05/2023
CE Requirements
Information from the
NC State Board of Opticians for the ConEd
requirements for 2021 and after
More Information
ABO & NCLE Study Info
Coming Soon
