A CE registration cannot be combined with another registrant.
No special offers or promotions can be combined. Other discounts do not apply. Discounts do not apply to registrations already secured. Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable. Credit rollovers will not be granted for unused courses.
Vision Expo will not be responsible for courses that have not received accreditation.
Do not assume that the courses will be approved.
You will NOT receive credit if you are late.
Conferees must have at least 50 minutes of course instruction for every 60 minutes of course time to verify course attendance. The grace period is 10 minutes per course hour. If you are not in the course for the required amount of time, you will not receive CE credit. No exceptions. These accreditation guidelines will be strictly adhered to by Vision Expo.
Your conference badge is required for admittance to each course.
After the conference, you will receive a letter via email verifying your course attendance. Please submit this letter to your state board / national accreditation agency for license renewal.
The Vision Expo courses will be submitted to ABO, NCLE, COPE, AOA Paraoptometric Commission, NY State Board for Ophthalmic Dispensing, and all State Boards of Opticianry for consideration of Education Credit approval. Most State Boards of Optometry now accept COPE approved courses. For specific State Board of Optometry license rules and regulations pertaining to the COPE acceptance, Vision Expo recommends contacting your State Board directly. COPE approved courses are accredited in Canada.
The "pending education approval" courses listed are to serve as a guide to assist you with your course selections. These course listings are being submitted to the specified accrediting agencies for consideration of approval – if the course is NOT listed, it is NOT being submitted.
Course approvals will be updated periodically as approvals are received from the accrediting agencies. Please check back to see if currently "pending" courses have been approved. Course approval information will also be available on-site in the Education and Registration areas. Please contact Client Services at 800-811-7151 with any education accreditation questions.
Note: All Opticians are required to provide their ABO-NCLE license numbers when registering for Vision Expo continuing education courses.
Note: Only Optometrists and Opticians licensed in Florida must provide their license # when registering for Vision Expo continuing education courses.
Note: All Optometrists are required to provide their ARBO/OE Tracker # for COPE when registering for Vision Expo continuing education courses.
Note: All licensed professionals must provide their NPI # when registering for Vision Expo continuing education courses.
COURSE EVALUATIONS
Please complete a course evaluation for each course that you attended. The feedback you provide is incredibly important to our Education Planning Committee as they consider content and speakers to include in future meetings. And in order for us to provide you with the best education available, we need to understand what your needs are.
There will be a Course Evaluation QR code (available on the front tables in the course rooms) for the attendees to scan to complete the course evaluation for each course. There is only one Course Evaluation QR code which links to all of the courses in the CE Program.
COURSE HANDOUTS
Course Handouts are only posted to the Vision Expo website. Course handouts are updated periodically. If a course is not listed, then a handout was not provided by the speaker. Handouts will be available for one month after the conference.
COURSE ADMITTANCE
In an effort to improve the education registration process, conference badges will not be mailed. Please bring your confirmation letter with barcode onsite to Registration to have your badge printed when you arrive at the conference.
Please note: Your badge will be scanned each time you enter/exit a course. Conferees must have at least 50 minutes of course instruction for every 60 minutes of course time to verify course attendance. The grace period is 10 minutes per course hour. If you are not in the course for the required amount of time, you will not receive CE credit. No exceptions. These accreditation guidelines will be strictly adhered to by Vision Expo.
COURSE ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION
ABO-NCLE
Attendees must provide their ABO-NCLE certification number when registering for Education. Vision Expo will report the ABO-NCLE CE credits after the Show. You can access your ABO-NCLE certification number using this link: ABO-NCLE Home
COPE-ARBO
Attendees must provide their COPE-ARBO OE Tracker number when registering for Education. At the end of each COPE-approved course, Vision Expo will provide a QR code to scan for course credit. Once scanned, your COPE credit will automatically appear in your OE Tracker account. Before the CE Program begins, make sure to download the OE Tracker app so you can scan the QR codes without any issues.
Please note: The Course Attendance Verification Letter will only include courses that you have successfully attended. Vision Expo will also email your CE Letter to you a few weeks after the conference. Be sure to provide an email address with your registration record so that your CE Letter can be emailed to you. If you did not provide an email address when you registered, please call Client Services at 800-811-7151 to update your registration record. You should submit this letter to your state boards of optometry/opticianry and national accreditation agencies for license renewal.