Why Join SCCOS?
The Santa Clara County Optometric Society (SCCOS) is California's fourth largest optometry society. SCCOS is a community of optometrists dedicated to helping promote the profession and provide its members with many resources and support. We play a key role in the direction of eye care. For example, we were instrumental in putting a fellow optometrist, Ed Hernandez, in the State Assembly. This gives optometry a voice of reason for legislators who are unfamiliar with our role as health care providers.
In the past year, the COA was instrumental in the passage of SB1406 which increases the scope of practice for optometrists to include treating glaucoma as well as removing restrictions on certain procedures.
In order to protect, preserve, and expand the profession of optometry, we require strength in numbers. That is why we have the California Optometric Association. Our society is making a call to all optometrists who practice in the Santa Clara County to join together to make a difference in the profession of optometry.
In the past year, the COA was instrumental in the passage of SB1406 which increases the scope of practice for optometrists to include treating glaucoma as well as removing restrictions on certain procedures.
In order to protect, preserve, and expand the profession of optometry, we require strength in numbers. That is why we have the California Optometric Association. Our society is making a call to all optometrists who practice in the Santa Clara County to join together to make a difference in the profession of optometry.
Benefits of Membership
COA works on your behalf to protect your license to practice in California. It also represents our interests in the California legislature and the courts. It advocates for a position in the regulatory and health care systems and for the inclusion in managed care programs. COA and SCCOS together offer quality continuing education programs to meet license requirements. This can add up to 18 credit hours per year, more than half our legal requirement.
Additional benefits include subscriptions to the award winning California Optometry magazine and government affairs newsletter, News and Views. You also get access to member pricing for association sponsored insurance programs and special registration discounts for educational conferences such as OptoWest, Monterey Symposium, and AOA's annual congress.
Additional benefits include subscriptions to the award winning California Optometry magazine and government affairs newsletter, News and Views. You also get access to member pricing for association sponsored insurance programs and special registration discounts for educational conferences such as OptoWest, Monterey Symposium, and AOA's annual congress.
Membership and Project Keep
As a new member of SCCOS, you will be paired with a mentor who will introduce you to fellow colleagues, remind you of upcoming meetings, make sure there is always a friendly face there to make you feel at home and be a source of information.
Project Keep is a program designed to encourage new licentiates to become more involved in the society. Considering the size of SCCOS, many opportunities exist for members to take on leadership roles. Project Keep enables each eligible member, who elects to be a society officer or chairperson, to benefit from a substantially reduced membership dues schedule.
Project Keep is a program designed to encourage new licentiates to become more involved in the society. Considering the size of SCCOS, many opportunities exist for members to take on leadership roles. Project Keep enables each eligible member, who elects to be a society officer or chairperson, to benefit from a substantially reduced membership dues schedule.
Young OD Group
Once a month this group of young optometrists get together to discuss business strategy, hear from seasoned optometrists about how they run their practice and simply get a chance to meet other young optometrists.
Be Part of SCCOS Today!
Start by filling out the COA application online, and indicate that you would like to join the Santa Clara County Optometric Society.