SUBCHAPTER 42M - PRECEPTORSHIPS

21 NCAC 42M .0101        DEFINITIONS

As used in this Subchapter:

(1)           An "institution" is a school or college of optometry approved by the Board in accordance with Rule 21 NCAC 42B .0101.

(2)           A "preceptee" is an individual who is still enrolled as a student in a school or college of optometry approved by the Board and whose clinical training is continuing under the auspices and control of the institution in which he or she is enrolled and under the supervision of the preceptor to which he or she has been assigned by his or her institution.

(3)           A "preceptor" is an optometrist, duly licensed in the State of North Carolina, credentialed by the institution for which he is serving as preceptor and who has been approved by the Board to act as such and under whose supervision a preceptee serves.

(4)           A "preceptorship" is a course of study in which students enrolled in a school approved pursuant to Rule 21 NCAC 42B .0101 receive part of their clinical training in a private practice setting outside the direct confines of the educational institution and whose training is continuing under the auspices and overall responsibility of the institution in which he or she is enrolled and under the supervision of a preceptor credentialed by the institution for which he or she is acting as a preceptor and whose credentials have been approved by the board.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 90-115.1(3); 90-117.5;

Eff. April 1, 1993;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 23, 2015;

Amended Eff. March 1, 2023.