(1) A minimum of 25 credit hours in category 1 must be earned in any two-year reporting period.

(2) Credits may be obtained for education offered by the following optometry-specific course and program sources:

(a) The American Optometric Association (AOA) and its state affiliates;

(b) Educational institutions accredited by the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO);

(c) The Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's (ARBO) Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE)—Accredited education;

(d) ARBO member boards;

(e) Nationally recognized academic and scholarly optometric organizations including, but not limited to, the American Academy of Optometry, the Optometric Extension Program, and the College of Optometrists in Vision Development; and

(f) Ophthalmic referral centers, secondary and tertiary ophthalmic specialty providers.