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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1982
These national standards are intended to serve as a guide for the establishment of thorough and complete apprenticeship programs to produce trained optical technicians (contact lens technicians). Covered in the individual sections are the following topics: definitions, qualifications for apprenticeship, credit for previous experience, continuity…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Apprenticeships, Employment Practices, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedSolan, Harold A.; Heiberger, Michael A. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1995
A survey of 15 optometry schools investigated degree of compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, concerning accommodation of students with disabilities, particularly in regard to students with learning disabilities. Results indicate institutional policy is made at a different level than that at which it is implemented.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
Peer reviewedJournal of Optometric Education, 1980
A position paper presented to Congress for the development of legislation for the education of health professions personnel is provided. Recommendations include: scholarship program for minority and disadvantaged students; program development for cost effectiveness, health protection and promotion, primary care, target populations, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedHaffner, Alden N. – Optometric Education, 1991
A review of optometry's twentieth-century history looks at curriculum standardization and recognition of the doctorate in Optometry, federal legislation, public health movement, optometry in universities, use of pharmaceuticals, the primary care concept, Optometry in group health care, growth of professional publications, and entry into health…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Doctoral Degrees, Drug Therapy, Educational History
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower. – 1977
The Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976, signed into law on Oct. 12, 1976, extends health mampower training authorities through fiscal year 1980 with significant changes to meet national needs. The law (PL 94-484), which amends Title VII of the Public Health Service Act and other laws, is designed primarily to produce more…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dentistry, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1985
A bill amending the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs under Title VII (health professions programs) is addressed in this congressional report. The bill reauthorizes for 3 years the following programs: the Health Education Assistance Loan program of insurance for market-rate student loans (the ceiling is raised); the Health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Dental Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
