§1056. Annual renewal of license to practice

            All licensed optometrists shall annually:

            (1) Pay to the board the annual renewal fee provided in R.S. 37:1058 on or before the first day of March of each year.

            (2) Accompany the payment of the annual renewal fee with evidence satisfactory to the board of attendance and completion of twelve hours of continuing education pertaining to subjects required for licensing as set forth in R.S. 37:1051 or subjects pertaining to current visual and healthcare practices as are applicable to the practice of optometry. All licensed optometrists who have attained the age of sixty years as of March 1, 1969, shall be exempt from this continuing education requirement.

            Amended by Acts 1969, No. 116, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.