Looking for additional ABO and NCLE credits in 2025?? Become a OAAK Member today under membership and send a message to www.oaakpresident.org for the link information for up to 4 FREE CEs on 6/3/25!! Join us on 6/3/25 for great education with the NAO/SECO!!

 On 4/23/25 Opticians were successful in renewing their personal license for this biannual renewal period for 2025 by clicking on useful links and clicking on The State of Alaska's Dispensing Opticians Program, from there click to renew via the SOA MY LICENSE Online Renewal process. For those of you licensed and have not yet renewed. My advice to you is not to wait till the deadline of 6/30/2025 and I would renew sooner rather than later. Also, I wanted to give you a couple of tips as well from the renewal process.

-If you are spectacle AND contact lens endorsed with the SOA you need to have a total on 10 CEs for EACH aspect (10 ABO and 10 NCLE CEs) spanning the dates from 7/1/2023 through 6/30/2025 and it is your responsibility to keep the record of your CEs for any possible audit by the SOA at any time.

-In Alaska random audits can occur for licensed opticians at any time and it is advised from the SOA to maintain a minimum of 4 years of CEs for any audits required by the SOA.

The current OAAK President Paul Holman is moving from the position of Business Development Rep of ZEISS for Alaska, Montana and N. Wyoming to the new ABO-NCLE Education Coordinator on 5/30/25. He will continue to serve and work for the betterment of the OAAK for the future in this new position and thanks you for your support in the new role and looks forward to serving Alaska and the US with Optician and Speaker needs moving forward.