21 NCAC 42M .0103        QUALIFICATIONS

(a)  To qualify for a preceptorship, an individual must:

(1)           be a student in good academic standing currently enrolled in an optometric program leading to a doctorate degree in optometry at a school whose preceptorship program has been approved by the Board;

(2)           submit evidence satisfactory to the Board of an educational background sufficient to enable the applicant to function in a clinical environment;

(3)           be recommended for participation in a preceptorship by the dean of the optometry school or college or his designee;

(4)           be approved and registered by the Board.

(b)  Within 60 days of the completion of a preceptorship, the institution under whose auspices the preceptorship was offered shall furnish the Board with an evaluation of the preceptee's performance in the preceptorship, such evaluation to include copies of no fewer than one case report for each week the preceptee was engaged in the program.

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.