4739922 Health,Department of - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - Amending Optometry Continuing Education Programs and Activities
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in Section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 (“Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of his intent to adopt the following amendments to Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professions) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR) in not less than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.
This rulemaking will update and revise the provisions regulating optometry by defining correspondence courses.
CHAPTER 64, OPTOMETRY, of TITLE 17, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS OF THE DCMR is amended as follows:
Section 6407 is amended to read as follows:
6407 APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES
6407.2 The Board may approve the following types of continuing education programs, if the program meets the requirements of § 6407.3:
(a) An undergraduate or graduate course given at an accredited college or university;
(b) A seminar or workshop;
(c) An educational program given at a conference;
(d) In-service training; and
(e) A correspondence course. For the purpose of this section, a correspondence course includes a course that may be gathered through electronic media.
All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action shall submit written comments, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, to Phillip L. Husband, General Counsel, Department of Health, Office of the General Counsel, 899 North Capitol Street, N.E., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002. Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the address listed above, or by contacting Van Brathwaite, Assistant Attorney General, D.C. Department of Health, 899 N. Capitol Street, N.E., 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002, (202) 442-4899, or at Van.Brathwaite@dc.
