To ensure you have the most up to date and detailed CE and training requirements, please using the links below.  A quick reference checklist can be found using the LARA licensure requirement checklist.  For more detailed specifics, you can view the LARA Optometry Rules using the link below. Once on the Administrative Rules page, you can search for Optometry in the upper right corner to view the Optometry General Rules.

 

 

How many hours of CE do I need?

An applicant for license renewal shall accumulate not less than 40 continuing education hours during the 2 years immediately preceding the date of application for renewal (Page 20 of Optometry General Rule R338.321 (1))

A minimum of 20 of the required continuing education hours must be completed in a live, synchronous learning format.  The remaining hours may be completed in any other format. (Page 21 of Optometry General Rule R338.321 (4))

Please visit the LARA Optometry General Rules or Licensure Requirement Checklist for detailed CE requirements.

 

How often do I need to take Michigan state required trainings?

Opioid and Controlled Substances Awareness Training

• Individual seeking a controlled substance license or who are licensed to prescribe or dispense controlled substances must have completed a one-hour training during each re-licensure.  This change in the Pharmacy Rule was effective May 31, 2024 . R338.3135
  
• This can be taken in a virtual on-demand format offered by the MOA here.

 

Human Trafficking Training

• Individuals seeking licensure must have completed a one-hour training in identifying victims of human trafficking. 
• This is a one-time course.
• This can be taken in a virtual on-demand format offered by the MOA here.

 

Implicit Bias Training

• Individual seeking licensure or re-licensure must have completed at least 2 hours of training.  On March 23, 2023 the LARA Public Health Code - General Rule was updated, and now allows for the Implicit Bias training to be completed in a asynchronous format (On Demand) and is no longer required to be a live course.
• This training must be completed during each licensure cycle (every 2 years).  This is not a one time course.
• This can be taken in a virtual on-demand format offered by the MOA here.

 

CPR Certificate

• Individual seeking licensure must hold a valid CPR certificate issued by any of the following:
  

The Red Cross
The American Heart Association
An accredited hospital
An organization or institution comparable to those identified above.

The MOA has confirmed that online CPR certification from courses meeting AHA guidelines will constitute a valid certification for licensure purposes. For those wishing to complete their CPR certification in 2023 below are some suggestions for CPR training. Training costs and requirements vary by organization.

American CPR Care Association

National CPR Foundation

American Red Cross

American Heart Association

 

DEA Controlled Substance CE Requirements effective June 27, 2023

Effective June 27, 2023, all practitioners seeking DEA Registration must obtain 8 additional hours of education on substance abuse identification and treatment. 

Federal DEA Registration Requirements – A Summary of Allowable CE

Different from the State of Michigan licensure requirement of 1 hour of Opioid Awareness Training, below is a summary of what constitutes allowable credit toward Optometrists eight hours of DEA required substance abuse identification and treatment education.

• Doctor of Optometry obtaining a DEA registration will be asked to attest to having completed eight (8) hours in substance abuse identification and treatment education.
• Doctors will not be asked to present documentation of the courses taken; this will solely be an attestation.
• COPE approved courses can count towards the eight (8) required hours.
• Doctors can count COPE approved courses taken prior to 2023 to meet the requirements. 
• So essentially, you are able to go back in time and count courses you may have taken previously on substance abuse identification and treatment. 
• Outside of COPE approved courses, doctors can take courses approved by other bodies recognized by DEA. 
• One non-COPE option for a DEA approved course is available here.
• AOA is working with Congress to be recognized to develop and certify education to meet the new requirements. 
• This would provide doctors with additional options (outside of COPE and the other recognized bodies) to meet the education requirements.

View the full FAQ provided by the AOA here. Providers Clinical Support System offers the “Substance Use Disorder 101 Core Curriculum”
comprised of 23 modules that can be used to meet the 8 -hour requirement. Developed by the
American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, the curriculum is available here. Registration is
required and courses are free.