PDFWAC 246-851-155
Category 4—Credit for publishing and exhibiting.
(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.]