Section 338.254. Professional optometric degree program; approval standards.

(1) The board approves and adopts by reference in these rules  the standards of the accreditation council on optometric education set forth in the publication entitled "Accreditation Manual: Professional Optometric Degree Programs" revised June 2004, which provide for  the accreditation  of professional optometric degree programs.

(2)   A professional optometric degree program accredited by the accreditation council on optometric education may be approved by the board.

(3)  A professional optometric degree program that is not accredited by the accreditation council on optometry education may be approved by the board if it meets the standards in subrule (1) of this rule.

(4)   Copies of the accreditation manual of the accreditation council on optometric education are available free   of  charge  from  the  American Optometric Association, 243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63141 or from the association's website at http://www.aoa.org. Printed copies also are available for inspection and distribution at cost  from  the  Department  of Community Health, Ottawa Building, 611 W. Ottawa,

P.O. Box 30670, Lansing, MI 48909.

History: 1944 AC; 1954 AC; 1979 AC; 1983 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2010 AACS.