(A) After license restoration, the CME requirement for the CME period shall be computed as follows:

If the date of restoration is prior to the first day of the second year of a CME period, an individual shall be required to earn fifty total hours, of which at least twenty shall be category 1; if the date of restoration is on or after the first day of the second year of a CME period and prior to the first day of the eighteenth month of that CME period, the licensee shall be required to earn twenty-five hours, of which at least ten hours shall be category 1; if the date of restoration is on or after the first day of the eighteenth month of a CME period, the licensee shall not be required to earn any hours of CME credits for that CME period.

(B) Nothing in this rule shall limit the board's authority to require additional training under the provisions of section 4731.222 of the Revised Code. Training required by section 4731.222 of the Revised Code shall not be used to satisfy the CME requirement of this rule and of section 4731.281 of the Revised Code.

Effective: February 28, 2003