• For registered practitioners
  • Annual practising certificates
  • Obligations of registered practitioners
  • Practitioners' health
  • Competence assurance
    • CPD/Recertification
    • Random self audits
    • Competence reviews
    • Competence assurance policies
  • Practice standards
    • Standards of Clinical Competence
    • Standards of Cultural Competence
    • Standards of Ethical Conduct
    • Competence in DPA use
    • Statements and Guidelines
  • Discipline
    • Professional Conduct and Discipline
    • Discipline cases
  • Change of details
  • Registration services
    • Changing scope of practice
    • Certificates of Good Standing
    • Certificates of Registration
    • Non-practising practitioners
  • Fees

CPD recertification programmes

The Board has recently introduced a CPD recertification programme for dispensing opticians, effective from 1 April 2010, which incorporates all of the Board's current competence assurance requirements.  A CPD recertification programme for optometrists will be implemented from 1 November 2010.

For dispensing opticians:

Board Statement on CPD

CPD recertification programme for dispensing opticians (effective from 1 April 2010)

CPD accreditation policy for dispensing opticians

For optometrists:

Board Statement on CPD

CPD recertification programme for optometrists (effective from 1 November 2010)

CPD accreditation policy for optometrists

For event providers:

Guidelines and application forms for event providers (Word version)

Guidelines and application forms for event providers (PDF version)