Virginia Law

A. Reinstatement courses set out in this chapter must be approved by the board, except those provided by institutions, schools, and universities approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. Reinstatement courses requiring board approval must be approved by the board in accordance with the provisions of this section prior to commencing.

B. The board will consider the following information, to be submitted by the instructor, institution, school, or university on forms provided by the board at least 45 days prior to the scheduled training activity:

1. Course information.

a. Course title;

b. Planned audience;

c. Name of sponsor;

d. Name, address, and telephone number of contact person;

e. Schedule presentation dates;

f. Detailed, hour-by-hour course schedule;

g. List of planned breaks;

h. Scheduled presentation location; and

i. Relevance of course to opticianry licensing topics listed in 18VAC80-30-70.

2. Instructor qualifications.

a. Name of instructor;

b. Title of instructor; and

c. Summary of qualifications to teach this course.

3. Training materials.

a. Course objectives -- A listing of the course objectives stated in terms of the skills, knowledge, or attitude the participant will be able to demonstrate as a result of the training;

b. Course outline -- A detailed outline showing the planned activities that will occur during the training program, including major topics, planned presentation sequence, laboratory and field activities, audio-visual presentations, and other major activities;

c. Course reference materials -- A list of the name, publisher, and publication date for commercially available publications; for reference materials developed by the course sponsor or available exclusively through the course, a copy of the reference materials;

d. Audio-visual support materials -- A listing of any commercially available audio-visual support material that will be used in the program; a brief description of any sponsor-generated or instructor-generated audio-visual material that will be used; and

e. Handouts -- Identification of all commercially available handout material that will be used; copies of all other planned handouts.

4. Determination of successful completion. A description of the means that will be used to determine the successful completion of the training program by individual attendees, such as examinations, projects, personal evaluations by the instructor, or other recognized evaluation techniques.

C. Recurring training programs. If there are plans to present the same course of instruction routinely at multiple locations with only minor modifications and changes, the board may approve the overall program rather than individual presentations if requested by the sponsor.

1. The board will consider all of the information listed in subsection B of this section, except those items related to specific offerings of the course.

2. Board approval may be granted for a specific period of time.

3. Board approval will apply only to those specific offerings certified by the sponsoring organization as having been conducted by instructors meeting the established criteria and in accordance with the board-approved courses, outlines, and objectives.

4. To maintain approval of the program, changes made to the program since initial approval must be submitted to the board for review and approval. Changes must be approved by the board prior to any training.