5133063 Health, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 17 DCMR Section 6407 on Continuing Education Programs

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

NOTICE OF FINAL 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 take final rulemaking action to adopt the following amendments to Chapter 64 (Optometry) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professions) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR). 

 

This rulemaking will update and revise the provisions regulating optometry by defining correspondence courses.

 

These amendments were published as Proposed Rulemaking in the D.C. Register on January 31, 2014 at 61 DCR 000859.  No comments were received and no changes were made.

 

The Director adopted the rules as final on July 17, 2014 and they will become effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

   

CHAPTER 64, OPTOMETRY, of TITLE 17, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS OF THE DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Section 6407, APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, is amended as follows:

 

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.