To become an acupuncturist or acupuncture and Eastern medicine practitioner, an applicant must have training in basic sciences that must consist of a minimum of forty-five quarter credits or thirty semester or trimester credits. These credits shall consist of the following:

(1) Anatomy;

(2) Physiology;

(3) Microbiology;

(4) Biochemistry;

(5) Pathology;

(6) Survey of western clinical sciences; and

(7) Hygiene.