CE Requirements

As of 4/30/2021, information taken from the NC State Board of Opticians Website

8 Hours of Continuing Education is Required Annually

If you took 8 hours of ConEd during January - March of 2020, you do NOT have to obtain hours for 2021, you can use those credits to renew your license for 2022

• All hours must be ABO/NCLE approved for the category credit sought

• 3 Hours of Contact Lenses Fitting, Dispensing OR 2 Hours of Contact Lenses Fitting and Dispensing and 1 hour of Optical Business Management, Consumer Protection, or Ethics (NCLE)

• 4 Hours of Eyeglass Fitting and Dispensing (ABO)

• 1 Hour “Board Course” Laws and Rules affecting NC Opticians (ABO)

• Licensees can obtain no more than 4 hours (up to 50% max) of the annual education requirements online.

• e-presentations - where instructor presents the course “live” with attendees
• journal/magazine articles - self-study - where the article is read and evaluation questions are answered and submitted to the articles sponsor