Board of Certification NewS

 

Testing at Test Centers NOW AVAILABLE

The CRA Written Examination and the OCT-C Examination are now available to be taken by candidates at approved test centers both within the United States and Internationally.  Please contact boc@opsweb.org for details. A PDF list of approved centers is available HERE.

2011 Recertification Reminder

Certified Retinal Angiographers and Optical Coherence Tomographer-Certifieds who were certified or recertified in 2008, this is the third and final year that your certification remains valid.

If you are up for recertification in 2011, please take the time now to:
- Review C.E.C. requirements
- Review OPS membership status
- Check that the OPS/BOC has your current contact information (Member Search)

If you are up for CRA recertification in 2011, NOW is the time to:
Sign up for an American Red Cross or American Heart Association CPR course near you.

Links to CPR Classes near you:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3012360

http://www.redcross.org/?action=ChangeZip


For more info, please contact the Recertification Chairs: 

Peter B. Hay, CRA, FOPS, recert@opsweb.org

OCT-C: John Carpentier, CRA, OCT-C oct@opsweb.org


DOWNLOAD 2011 Recertification forms

 

Upcoming Exam Dates

 

Questions? Contact the CRA Chair at CRA@opsweb.org, or the OCT-C Chair at OCT@opsweb.org.


OPS Board of Certification

The Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society (OPS) created the Board of Certification (BOC)
in 1979. The OPS BOC serves as the formal body responsible for the certification of
retinal angiographers, ophthalmic photographers and ophthalmic tomographers.

The BOC’s foremost certification is the Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) program.
The OPS administered the first CRA exam in 1979. The National Commission for
Certifying Agencies (NCCA) accredited the CRA program in 1999, and reaccredited it in 2005.

CRA Certification requires submission of work examples that meet established
standards as well as successful completion of written and performance examinations.
To date, more than 740 ophthalmic photographers have attained the Certified Retinal Angiographer (CRA) credential. For more information, download the CRA Program Guide (PDF).

The BOC launched a certification program for Ocular Optical Coherence Tomography
(OCT-C) Imaging in July of 2007. OCT-C certification requires submission of work
examples that meet established standards and successful completion of a written
examination. For more information, check out the OCT-C Certification Program Guide (PDF).


 

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