New Mexico Optometry (OD) CE requirements

Optometrist — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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22CE hours every 1 yearVerify with board

Renewal: License renewal due July 1 each year; CE must be taken within the preceding renewal period (July 2 of one year through June 30 of the next) per 16.16.13.8 NMAC.

Required categories

Clinical pharmacology
10h
Pain management
1h

Details

Reporting
Submit CE verification with the renewal application; the Board may audit the current and the prior two licensing years.

At least 10 of the 22 hours must be in clinical or ocular therapeutic pharmacology (COPE prefixes GL, IS, LP, PO, SP, TD, NO, PH, SD) and at least 1 hour in pain management or a related topic per 16.16.15.11 NMAC. Current CPR certification is also required but does not count toward CE. No official grace period identified; unrenewed licenses expire.

Official source: NM Board of Optometry - Continuing Education (16.16.13 NMAC)

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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