In 2013, the International Examination and Certification Board (IECB) began to operate autonomously from the OVDRA Board of Directors. At that time, maintenance of certification (MOC) was instituted for FOVDRs, FOVDR-As and COVTs.

Certifications from OVDRA expire, as denoted by the date on your certificate or in your OVDRA member profile. You must submit for your MOC to continue your active status as a certified constituent of OVDRA by 12/31 of the expiration year.

Maintenance of Certification Information Guide

Instructions for submitting MOC

For FOVDRs

 Points table

Complete your MOC *

To log in: use your OVDRA account email address. Need your password? Contact cert@covd.org

Certemy Application Instructions

For FOVDR-As

Individuals with an FOVDR-A certification must also submit for MOC.

 Points table

 MOC Application

For COVTs

 Points table

Complete your MOC *

To log in: use your OVDRA account email address. Need your password? Contact cert@covd.org

Certemy Application Instructions

Important points

Fees

 Maintenance of Certification Fees Table

Membership with OVDRA is NOT required to maintain your certification. However, there is a non-member fee for those that wish to maintain certification without OVDRA membership.

Members may maintain their certification at no cost if material is submitted PRIOR to 10/31 of the year of expiration. After this date, there is a $75.00 MOC processing fee that must accompany your submission or be paid online. After six months, that fee increases to $150.00.

Certemy - Certification Platform

1.       Scan QR code to open Certemy
Or log in at https://covd.certemy.com/entry/login Bookmark this page for future use!

2.       Enter your Login Email
*note, this email address is associated with your OVDRA membership profile. Use that email for this process. Your information was loaded in 2020 or 2021 so please be mindful of what your email was at that time.

3.       Enter your Login Password
Use this temporary password: Certemy2020! You can change your password at any time using the Reset Password link on the login page. if this password does not work, it means you did this process already! and please select forgot password

4.       View your Certifications
Once logged in, you will see your certification(s) on the left side of the screen. Click ACCEPT for each certification(s) to confirm and maintain the certificate(s).

Tip: Notice the small circles below the certificate name?  They represent the steps (requirements) for that certificate and are color-coded. Green means complete and white means incomplete.

5.       Complete your Certification Requirements
Completing the steps (requirements) for each certification is easy. First, select the certification on the left side of your screen. Then click on any of the steps on the right side of your screen to view or complete the corresponding requirement.

Tip: You’ll see the status (complete, partially completed, or incomplete) for each step together with the due date. The system will automatically send you email alerts as you approach the due date for an incomplete step.

Choosing not to maintain certification

If you chose NOT to maintain your certification, your certification will officially expire and you will be unable to continue to use the professional designation of FOVDR, FOVDR-A or COVT and will not receive a new certificate.  

If you have fully retired and are not actively seeing patients or licensed, you are not required to maintain certification. We do ask that the OVDRA office has your current status on file. Please email cert@covd.org or contact the OVDRA office if your status has changed to fully retired.

Questions?

We look forward to your continued professional development and dedication to the field of vision therapy, development, and rehabilitation.

Maintenance of certification questions can be directed to cert@covd.org.

As always, do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.