EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

Continuing Education Requirements for Privileging

Bi-Annual Renewal **Requirements must be met within the credentialing cycle** Providers must submit documentation (e.g., certificate of course completion) of not fewer than forty continuing education credits - approved by the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE) or by the Office of Continuing Professional Education of the SUNY College of Optometry. At least 24 hours of this total must be in ocular disease topics, AND Satisfactory review by the Quality Assessment & Improvement Team. This will include the review of the medical records of not fewer than twenty (20) primary eye care patients examined, treated or consulted upon by the applicant within the University Eye Center. Submit documentation of four hours of related continuing education credit, AND Satisfactory review by the Quality Assessment & Improvement Team. This will include the review of the medical records of not fewer than ten (10) patients from birth to five years of age and/or Children with Special Needs patients examined, treated or consulted upon by the applicant within the University Eye Center.

Service

Privilege

Initial Request

Completion of an ACOE-eligible Residency Program or a Fellowship or equivalent clinical experience or currently enrolled in a post-graduate program OR Comparable experience

Core Privileges

AND An active New York State license to practice optometry.

ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PRIMARY EYE CARE

Completion of or current enrollment in an ACOE-eligible Residency Program in any of the following: Pediatric Optometry, Vision Therapy, or Primary Eye Care (with a pediatric component), OR A Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), OR A Diplomat of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) in pediatrics, OR Comparable experience.

Comprehensive Optometric Evaluation and Management of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers and Children Special Needs

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