(a) Each physician submitting the tax and registration fee shall submit satisfactory proof to the Board of ongoing compliance with the provisions of this article at the times specified herein.

(b) Commencing January 1, 1989, a physician shall complete 150 hours within a three-year period to satisfy the CME requirement; this three-year period is defined as the “CME requirement period.”

(c) The requirement of 150 hours during the three-year CME requirement period shall include a minimum of 60 hours of CME in Category 1-A or 1-B defined by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The balance of the CME requirement of 90 hours may consist of CME as defined by either the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) or the American Medical Association (AMA) and may be completed within the entire three-year CME requirement period.

(d) Effective January 1, 1989, the three-year CME period shall commence for those licensed on or before January 1, 1989. Those licensed subsequent to January 1, 1989 shall commence their three-year CME requirement period on a prorata basis commencing the first full calendar year subsequent to initial licensure. Subsequent three-year periods shall not include CME earned during a preceding three-year requirement period.

(e) Category 1-A, or other CME is defined by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), set forth in the American Osteopathic Association's “Continuing Medical Education Guide,” and is hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from the AOA at 142 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611; it is published once every three years by the AOA most recently in 1992. Category 1 defined by the American Medical Association is set forth in “Physicians Recognition Award Information Booklet,” and is hereby incorporated by reference and can be obtained from the American Medical Association, 515 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60610; it is published on an occasional basis by the AMA, most recently in January, 1986.