(1) A maximum of ten category 4 credit hours 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 or medical journal.

(b) A qualifying paper or exhibit must be presented to optometrists 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.