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The Commission on Opticianry Accreditation (COA), a not-for-profit agency, accredits Opticianry training in the United States. 

The mission of the Commission on Opticianry Accreditation is to foster excellence in opticianry education by setting standards, assessing educational effectiveness, and identifying those academic programs that meet the standards, in order to aid programs to produce competent graduates who will provide professional services to the public.

Scope of practice: The COA accredits two-year opticianry degree programs and one-year ophthalmic laboratory technology certificate programs.


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  Ellen Stoner, Director of Accreditation
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