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While we are not part of the Texas Department of State Health and Human Services Opticians Registry*, we do encourage all Opticians serving the public in Texas to become a Registered Optician and maintain their TDSHS Registered Opticians status.

*To find out more or renew your Voluntary License (Registration), call 512-834-6661 or go on line and clicking on registration renewal at the following link:

   See Letter of Appreciation from Dallas U T Southwestern Medical Center Ophthalmology Department. Click Here

2008  ROATx Activity List

    March 1st - The first day that a participant may pay the $1500 tuition for the comprehensive Advanced Ophthalmic Optics and Refraction course to be held Mid June 2008 and it is when the forty hour away study / distance learning portion of the course begins.

    April 2nd - Is the Cut off to pre-register for the annual convention at the reduced half price rate for current members ($79 vs. $159) and reserve your room at the special convention rate ($122 per night plus tax) for 2008 in San Antonio. Call (800) 223-4361 to make your room reservations.    

   May 2nd- NAIT students are invited to attend a hands-on lab and pre-Final Exam preparation session in San Antonio at the Menger Hotel from 9 AM - 3 PM on the Friday before the convention.

   May 3rd and 4th - The 7th Annual ROATx Convention and Education Seminar. CLICK HERE We will once again be in San Antonio at the historic "Menger Hotel", next door to the Alamo and across from the River Walk area.  Earn up to 10 Intermediate Level CECs either or both ABO/NCLE during Saturday and Sundays Education Seminar and Exhibit Hall activities and join us for a gala lunch sponsored by our Education Sponsors.  Bring your entire family and make a weekend of memories enjoying all that the San Antonio area has to offer.   

    Call (512) 657-2020 or e-mail us at info@roatx.org  for more information.  

    ATTEND OUR Pre-ABO EXAM COURSE DURING THIS CONVENTIONthe expansion of our education offerings through out the nation, and the 

   June 1st (Sunday 1 PM - 4 PM)- NAIT Final Exam and Mid-Term will be held through out Texas.

   June 7th- Sustaining Members are invited to an annual planning and leadership meeting in Fort Worth at 5000 Collinwood (Go to www.mapquest.com for directions). 

   This meeting will be from 2 PM until at least 6 PM and will cover topics such as (1) a new state wide community service project we are calling "Save the Children's Sight" that partners ROATx Certified Vision Screeners with the LIONS Clubs of Texas to help the one, two, three, and four year old children of Texas, (2) we will also finalize plans of what we need to do to help the Opticians of Texas and America be able to build on their Optical Science education, and (3) what we need to do NOW to prepare for the next session of the Texas State Legislature. Call B J Rust for directions to his office in Fort Worth. We need your input and help to make next year the best year ever.  

   Mid-July -  CLICK HERE for more information.  Class room portion of the "Comprehensive Advanced Ophthalmics and Refraction Course" will be offered in Harlingen Texas. The dead line to register for this course is March 15th, 2008.  This excellent course requires 100+ hours of study for which you will receive documentation for 48 CECs Advanced Level-3 ABO and/or NCLE, and/or JCAHPO Type A. Make your $150.00 refundable deposit today to hold your placement. The cost of the course, which includes a copy of the "Virtual Phoroptor CD" (a $350 value), is $1500 for non-members and $1200 for ROATx members (a 20% discount). If you already own a copy of the Virtual Phoroptor CD, you will be given credit towards the cost of this excellent course. This course is limited to a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 15 participants.  Call (512) 657-2020 for information. 

   July 12th - The ROATx Certified Instructors of Refraction, assisted by members from our 2005 class of certified refractionists, have been invited for the fifth consecutive year to serve as guest instructors at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. They will be helping the Ophthalmology residents learn the  skill of refraction.

   July 13th- 5 CEC Intermediate Level Course "Introduction to the Phoroptor" will be held in Dallas at the University of Texas Medical Center. 

     Location and telephone: (use front entrance and park across the street)
James W. Aston Ambulatory Care Center
5303 Harry Hines Boulevard , 6th floor
214-645-2020 or 512-657-2020 cell #

   August 9th- 5 CEC Intermediate Level Course "Introduction to the Phoropter" will be held in Houston at Baylor University Medical Center. ABO, NCLE, and JCAHPO CECs available. Call 512-657-2020 for information. CLICK HERE for more information.

    Location and telephone:
Department of Ophthalmology   
Baylor College of Medicine – Smith Tower (parking in Smith Tower garage (entrance on Fannin) is recommended)
6550 Fannin, Suite 1501
Houston , TX 77030        call 512-657-2020 cell #  

  After the above course, Any "Refracting Opticians" who wish to take the written and practical examination in order to become a "ROATx Certified Instructor of Refraction" will be able to do so.

   August 10th - The ROATx Certified Instructors of Refraction, assisted by members from our 2005 and 2008 classes of certified refractionists, have been invited for the fourth consecutive year to serve as guest instructors at Baylor University Medical Center in Houston. They will be helping the Ophthalmology residents learn the  skill of refraction.

The "Virtual Phoroptor" interactive refraction/ophthalmic optics training CD is now selling for $350.00, as a member of ROATx your cost is only $280.00, you save $70 (20%). This is a great practice, skill development, and training tool in the Art and Science of Ophthalmic Optics.  Call or email ROATx to order this great skill development tool. 

We encourage you to print out and use the "Prescription Analysis Form" (see button at Home Page) when needed in your office. Please remove the name of the doctor's patient at the top of the form and fax it to our office at (512) 459-1560 for reporting purposes. For information on the uses and purpose of the "Prescription Analysis Form" CLICK HERE.