- (1) A maximum of 10 credit hours in category 4 may be earned in any two-year reporting period.
(2) Five credits may be obtained for each paper, exhibit, publication, or for each chapter of a book that is authored and published.
- (a) A paper must be published in a recognized optometric, scientific, or medical journal.
- (b) A qualifying paper or exhibit must be presented to practitioners or allied health professionals.
- (c) Credit may be claimed only once for the scientific materials published or exhibited.
- (d) Credit will be assigned as of the date materials were presented or published.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.54.070(2), 18.130.050, 18.130.175, and 18.130.186. WSR 23-22-068, § 246-851-155, filed 10/25/23, effective 11/25/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.54.070(2). WSR 15-24-119, § 246-851-155, filed 12/1/15, effective 1/1/16.]