a. Membership must be paid by January 1 of the current year  to be eligible for competition.
     b. Exhibitor must be registered at the Annual State Meeting.
     c. All others will be disqualified.

2. All exhibits submitted must:

     a. Be researched and prepared by the student or technologist and not have been prepared by a professional exhibit company.
     b. Be related to procedures done in applicant's department or related to new procedures or interest to the general membership.
     c. Be original, in so far as they have never been entered into any competition or displayed at a state or national meeting.
     d. Not contain any marks of identification such as pictures, references to doctors or patients, film or x-ray companies or hospitals that can in any way present clues as to the origin of the exhibitor or the exhibitor's department or training program.
      e. Not occupy an area larger than 48" in length.
      f. View boxes are no longer available.  Participant must supply his or her own means of illumination if needed.

3. Applicants must submit an exhibit reservation form to the Chairperson of Scientific Awards before February 1 of the current year.

4. All scientific exhibits must achieve at least 50 points on content to be eligible for an award.

5. Scientific exhibits will be evaluated at the Annual State Meeting by two independent judges with the following awards:

     a. Registered Technologist:        1st place                       $75
                                                 2nd place                      $50

     b. Student:                              1st place                      $75
                                                  2nd place                     $50