Accreditation Information
SECO makes every effort to secure accreditation for education courses/workshops as appropriate through ABO, AOA, COPE, JCAHPO, and NCLE. All continuing education courses are strictly monitored to comply with licensing board regulations for accreditation. Attendees who fail to comply with attendance requirements will not receive continuing education credit for that course. Attendance requirements include:
- An attendee must present a SECO Passport name badge and an admission ticket to the door monitor to gain entrance to the course.
- Once the course begins, an attendee may not be absent from a course for a cumulative time in excess of 10 minutes.
- Upon exiting the course at its conclusion, the door monitor will exchange with an attendee the course ticket for an attendance verification voucher.
As a courtesy to fellow attendees, children are not allowed to attend education events.
Reporting Attendance
SECO International reports continuing education attendance approximately 30 days post-SECO 2008. SECO reports to licensing organizations continuing education attendance for attendees who provide their license information. SECO recommends attendees personally verify the accuracy of their continuing education attendance upon receiving from SECO International a verification of attendance summary letter. Not all licensing boards or accrediting agencies store continuing education attendance records for licensed professionals; therefore, SECO recommends that attendees keep attendance verification vouchers for three years. SECO encourages attendees to be familiar with the continuing education attendance reporting requirements of any professional licenses that they possess.
State Licensing Boards of Optometry
For attendees who provide their license information, SECO International will report continuing education attendance to the state licensing optometry boards of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Additionally, SECO International will report continuing education attendance to any state licensing optometry board upon request.
ARBO Optometric Education Tracker Identification
SECO 2008 supports the Optometric Education Tracker Identification program managed by the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO). For attendees who provide their ARBO OE Tracker number, SECO will report continuing education attendance to ARBO. Attendees who do not know their OE Tracker number, or wish to learn more about the OE Tracker number, may visit www.arbo.org or call ARBO at (866) 869-6852.
CE Broker
For Florida-licensed professionals who provide their license information, SECO will report continuing education attendance to CE Broker. SECO will not submit attendance information to CE Broker without a valid Florida license number. SECO International's CE Provider number for CE Broker is 50-1731. Attendees may visit www.cebroker.com for more information.
Click here to learn more about Florida requirements.
Certifying Agents
SECO International does not guarantee that a licensing board or certifying organization will accept any course presented during SECO 2008. SECO encourages attendees to review and understand the requirements for any licensing agencies to which education attendance may be reported.
Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE)
COPE provides national accreditation for ophthalmic continuing education.
Ph. (866) 869-6852; www.arbo.org
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COPE Accreditation Definitions for COPE-approved education:
- CLINICAL OPTOMETRY
- Contact Lenses (CL)
- Functional Vision/Pediatrics (FV)
- General Optometry (GO)
- Low Vision (LV)
- OCULAR DISEASE
- Glaucoma (GL)
- Peri-Operative Management of Ophthalmic Surgery (PO)
- Refractive Surgery Management (RS)
- Treatment & Management of Ocular Disease:
- Anterior Segment (AS)
- Treatment & Management of Ocular Disease:
- Posterior Segment (PS)
- RELATED SYSTEMIC DISEASE
- Neuro-Optometry (NO)
- Pharmacology (PH)
- Principles of Diagnosis (PD)
- Systemic/Ocular Disease (SD)
- (OPTOMETRIC) BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Ethics/Jurisprudence (EJ)
- Practice Management (PM)
American Optometric Association (AOA)
The AOA certifies paraoptometrics, professionals working under the direct supervision of a licensed optometrist. The Certified Paraoptometric Examinations are prepared and administered by the American Optometric Association, Commission on Paraoptometric Certification (CPC) with the assistance of the Professional Testing Corporation. Those who have successfully completed the appropriate examination will be certified with the Commission on Paraoptometric Certification as a: Certified Paraoptometric (CPO), Certified Paraoptometric Assistant (CPOA), or Certified Paraoptometric Technician (CPOT).
Ph. (800) 365-2219; www.aoa.org
CPO, CPOA and CPOT exams will be administered by the American Optometric Association on Sunday March 2, 2008 from 7:30 AM-12:00 PM. To download the registration form go to
http://www.aoa.org/documents/paraCertApp-2008.pdf
The deadline to register is January 21, 2008. For further information please call 1-800-365-2219 ext. 210 or email dmbyrd@aoa.org
Registrants may also visit http://www.aoa.org/x4931.xml
American Board of Opticianry (ABO) & National Contact Lens Examiners (NCLE)
The ABO certifies opticians, those who dispense and work with spectacles. The NCLE certifies ophthalmic dispensers, those who fit and work with contact lenses.
Ph. (703) 719-5800; www.abo-ncle.org
Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)
JCAHPO certifies ophthalmic allied health professionals.
Ph. (651) 731-2944; http://www.jcahpo.org/newsite/index.htm
(Please note: Attendees may now submit SECO International Verification of Attendance vouchers to JCAHPO to receive accreditation.)
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