All active licenses expire March 1 of each year. The Board will send an email advising when the renewal portal is open usually sometime around the first of December. The annual renewal fee is $300. Licenses renewed after 3/1 will be charged a $100 late fee.
Renew Your LicenseNOTE: All continuing education is required to be completed in the calendar year prior to renewal and submitted to the Board no later than 12/31 of each year. Failure to comply will result in a $500 non-compliance fine in addition to the renewal fee. Submit CE certificates or transcripts that include your full legal name and license number in pdf format via email to optometry@ky.gov or FAX (859) 246-2746.
Completion of 15 hours of continuing education are required annually for renewal of therapeutic licenses.
Optometrists credentialed in Expanded Therapeutic Procedures are required to complete 20 hours annually of education for license renewal. Five of the 20 hours are required to be in ETP and none of the five hours can be obtained through the internet.
All continuing education must be sponsored by a state, regional (multi-state) or national optometric association*, an accredited college of optometry or an accredited college of medicine.
*National optometric association would be the American Optometric Association, American Academy of Optometry, College of Vision Development and National Optometric Association.
You must ensure that all COPE courses, and OEP courses are sponsored by a state, regional or national optometric association, an accredited school of optometry or an accredited college of medicine.
A maximum of two (2) hours annually of practice management coursework is accepted for license renewal.
Five (5) hours annually may be accepted from one of the following: internet, correspondence or audio digest. The courses must be sponsored by one of the groups in the regulation outlined above.
Please Note: Optometrists licensed after June 8, 2011, are required to be credentialed in Expanded Therapeutic Practice by the second renewal of license.
Optometrists that have a DEA number must be registered with KASPER and complete a two (2) hour course annually in pain management/addiction disorders.