EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

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11/8/2011 1/2/2024

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1/2/2024

Continuing Education Requirements for Privileging

Service

Privilege

Initial Request

Bi-ennial 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 examined, treated or consulted upon by the applicant within the University Eye Center.

Primary Eye Care Completion of an ACOE-eligible Residency Program or a

Adult and Pediatric Primary Eye Care

Fellowship or equivalent clinical experience or currently enrolled in a post-graduate program OR Comparable experience AND An active New York State license to practice optometry.

Comprehensive Optometric Evaluation and Management of Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

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 A Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) in pediatrics, OR Comparable experience. Completion of or current enrollment in an ACOE-eligible Residency Program in Pediatric Optometry or Vision Therapy, OR A Fellow of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), OR

Comprehensive Optometric Evaluation and Management of Children with Special Needs

Submit documentation of four hours of related continuing education credits, AND Satisfactory review by the Quality Assessment & Improvement Team. This will include the review of the medical records of not fewer than ten (10) Children with Special Needs patients examined, treated or consulted upon by

Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD), OR

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