4. An optometrist who holds one of the permits referred to in section 1 must send to the Order, in the manner and form established by the Order, not later than the 30th day following the end of each full reference period where the optometrist is entered on the roll, a declaration indicating whether the optometrist carried out the activities authorized by each permit during that period.
An optometrist who has not carried out those activities must, during the subsequent reference period, successfully complete the refresher program approved by the board of directors and provided for in section 5.
In this Division, “reference period” means any 3-year period starting on the date determined by the board of directors.
846-2018O.C. 846-2018, s. 4; 1655-2023O.C. 1655-2023, s. 11.