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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 80. Board For Hearing Aid Specialists And Opticians
Chapter 30. Opticians Regulations
1/14/2026

18VAC80-30-190. Criteria for related technical instruction.

A. Related technical instruction courses for optician apprenticeships set out in this chapter must be approved by the board. Training institutions must meet the following criteria for related technical instruction.

1. Course Information. The curriculum must, at a minimum, teach to the American Board of Opticianry – National Contact Lens Examiners (ABO - NCLE) National Opticianry Competency Examination (NOCE) Content Outline and Test Specifications (https://www.abo-ncle.org/ABONCLE/ABONCLE/Exams/Basic-Exams.aspx).

2. Training Material.

a. Course objectives: a listing of the course objectives stated in terms of the skills, knowledge, or aptitude the participant will be able to demonstrate as a result of the instruction;

b. Course description: a detailed description showing the major topics, planned presentation sequence, activities, audio-visual presentations, and other major activities;

c. Required course materials: a list of the name, publisher, and publication date for commercially available publications or, for reference materials developed by the program or available exclusively through the course, a copy of the reference material to be used by the participant; and

d. Modality of instruction.

3. Evidence satisfactory to the board that the related technical instruction meets the minimum of 144 hours for each year of the two-year apprenticeship.

4. List of references used in course content development.

5. List of individuals, including qualifications, used in course content development.

6. List of review criteria used to ensure course content is current with ABO-NCLE NOCE Content Outline and Test Specifications.

7. A description of the means that will be used to determine the successful completion of the related technical instruction program by individuals, such as examinations, projects, personal evaluations, or other recognized evaluation techniques.

B. To maintain approval of the program, the curriculum must be submitted to the board for review and approval:

1. Every five years; or

2. Thirty days prior to any substantive changes to the requirements found in subsection A of this section.

Statutory Authority

§ 54.1-201 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 8, eff. January 1, 2026.

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