Wis. Stat. § 449.06
Renewal; continuing education
Redline — January 1, 2003 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2009
As of January 1, 2003
(1) Persons practicing optometry shall, on or before the applicable renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) , register with the department and pay the applicable renewal fee specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) .
(1) Persons practicing optometry shall, on or before the applicable renewal date specified under s. 440.08 (2) (a) , register with the department, pay the applicable renewal fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a) , and provide evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has complied with the rules promulgated under sub. (2m) .
(2) Every practicing optometrist shall display in a conspicuous place, at the entrance of his or her office, the name of the person so practicing therein and shall keep the certificate of registration conspicuously displayed in that place of business so that it can easily be seen and read.
(2m) The examining board shall promulgate rules requiring a person who is issued a license to practice optometry to complete, during the 2-year period immediately preceding the renewal date specified in s. 440.08 (2) (a) , not less than 30 hours of continuing education. The rules shall include requirements that apply only to optometrists who are allowed to use topical ocular diagnostic pharmaceutical agents under s. 449.17 or who are allowed to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents or remove foreign bodies from an eye or from an appendage to the eye under s. 449.18 .
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.