1. (a) Except as provided in (e) below, each licensee shall complete a minimum of 20 credit hours of continuing professional education during each period of licensure.
2. (b) Except as provided in (e) below, all 20 credit hours of continuing professional education shall be completed in the licensing period preceding the expiration date of the license being renewed.
3. (c) No greater than 20% of the activities submitted for continuing professional education credit during each period of licensure shall be for the reading or writing of peer-reviewed professional publications.
4. (d) All licensees shall submit to the OPLC in accordance with Plc 308.04(b) all continuing education documents described in Diet 505.06 intended to be used toward the continuing education requirements described in Diet 405.
5. (e) Only activities approved pursuant to these rules shall qualify for continuing professional education credit.
6. (f) No single program, presentation, course of study or independent self-study, examination, reading, or writing of a peer-reviewed professional publication, seminar, or meeting shall be counted by the board as more than one activity in fulfillment of the continuing professional education credit requirement of these rules.
7. (g) The OPLC shall approve continuing professional education credit for activities in accordance with the criteria set forth in Diet 405.02 through Diet 405.05.

Source. #7938, eff 8-23-03; ss by #8336, eff 5-1-05, EXPIRED: 5-1-13 New. #10691, eff 10-9-14; renumbered by #13570 (formerly Diet 404.01); ss by #14314, eff 9-9-25, EXPIRES: 9-9-35