New Background Screening Requirement – Easy Onsite Option

As of July 1, 2025, healthcare practitioners must complete fingerprinting and background screening for licensure and renewal.

POF has partnered with Broward Live Scan to offer convenient onsite Level 2 background checks at all regional events.

Schedule LiveScan

Select your event → Click “Level 2 Background Check” → Choose a date and time.
You’ll receive a confirmation email with instructions.

Cost: $90 cash - paid to provider onsite | $92.61 credit card 
Appointments are limited and fill quickly.

Ft Walton Beach, FL

Feb 27-28, Mar 1, 2026

Preserve the Story of Vision

Support the Optical Heritage Museum

The history of eyewear is a history of craftsmanship, innovation, and human connection. From mid-century frame consultations to iconic 1960s designs and early sunwear, each artifact tells the story of how people have seen the world — and themselves — across generations.

The Optical Heritage Museum is proud to preserve this story.

As the nation’s only museum dedicated solely to optical heritage, we care for thousands of irreplaceable artifacts representing decades of design, education, and innovation. Every frame, tool, photograph, and display piece in our collection is a physical record of a profession built on skill, precision, and service.

Today, that record is in jeopardy.

Due to ongoing funding challenges, the Optical Heritage Museum faces the a real threat to it’s future. Without ongoing support, the future of this collection — and the ability to properly preserve, store, and share it — is uncertain.

This is not an abstract risk.

Museum artifacts require controlled environments, proper archival materials, and secure space. If the facility closes, these items cannot simply be boxed up or replaced. Once damaged, dispersed, or discarded, this history is gone forever.

Saving the Optical Heritage Museum means:

• Preventing the loss of thousands of one-of-a-kind optical

artifacts

• Protecting the craftsmanship and education that shaped

modern opticianry

• Preserving a professional legacy for students, educators, and

future generations

• Ensuring the public can continue to learn the story behind the

eyewear they wear every day

This is a critical moment.

We are requesting immediate support to sustain the museum’s operations, preserve its collection, and keep this history accessible. Whether through a donation, sponsorship, membership, or simply sharing our message, every action helps keep the doors open and the collection intact.

If optical history matters to you — if you believe skilled professions deserve to be remembered — now is the time to act.

Help us save the Optical Heritage Museum.

Because once a profession’s history is lost, it cannot be rebuilt.