2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 147 - Architecture › 7308 - Mandatory Continuing Education for Architects.

§  7308.  Mandatory  continuing  education for architects. 1. (a) Each
licensed architect required under this article to  register  triennially
with  the  department  to  practice  in  the  state  shall  comply  with
provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements prescribed
in subdivision two of this section except as set forth in paragraphs (b)
and (c) of this subdivision. Architects who do not satisfy the mandatory
continuing education requirements shall not practice until they have met
such requirements, and have  been  issued  a  registration  certificate,
except   that   an  architect  may  practice  without  having  met  such
requirements  if  he  or  she  is  issued  a  conditional   registration
certificate pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
(b)  In  accord  with the intent of this section, an adjustment and/or
exemption to the  mandatory  continuing  education  requirement  may  be
granted  by  the  department  for  reasons  of  health  certified  by an
appropriate health care professional, for extended active duty with  the
armed forces of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to
the department which may prevent compliance.
(c)  A licensed architect not engaged in practice as determined by the
department, shall be exempt  from  the  mandatory  continuing  education
requirement upon the filing of a statement with the department declaring
such  status.  Any  licensee who returns to the practice of architecture
during the triennial registration period  shall  notify  the  department
prior  to  reentering  the  profession  and  shall  meet  such mandatory
education requirements as shall be  prescribed  by  regulations  of  the
commissioner.
2.   During  each  triennial  registration  period  an  applicant  for
registration shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of  acceptable
continuing  education, as specified in subdivision four of this section,
provided  that  a  minimum  of  twenty-four  hours  of  such  continuing
education  shall  be  in  the  areas  of health, safety and welfare. Any
architect whose first registration date following the effective date  of
this  section occurs less than three years from such effective date, but
on or after January first, two thousand one, shall  complete  continuing
education  hours  on  a prorated basis at the rate of one hour per month
for the period beginning January first, two thousand  up  to  the  first
registration  date  thereafter.  A  licensee  who  has not satisfied the
mandatory continuing  education  requirements  shall  not  be  issued  a
triennial  registration  certificate  by  the  department  and shall not
practice unless and until  a  conditional  registration  certificate  is
issued  as  provided  for in subdivision three of this section. With the
exception of continuing education hours taken  during  the  registration
period immediately preceding the effective date of this section, no more
than  six  continuing  education hours taken during one triennium may be
transferred to a subsequent triennium.
3.  The  department,  in  its  discretion,  may  issue  a  conditional
registration  to  a  licensee who fails to meet the continuing education
requirements established in subdivision two  of  this  section  but  who
agrees to make up any deficiencies and complete any additional education
which  the  department  may  require.  The  fee  for  such a conditional
registration shall be the same as, and in addition to, the fee  for  the
triennial  registration.  The  duration of such conditional registration
shall be determined by the department but shall not exceed one year. Any
licensee who is notified of the denial of registration  for  failure  to
submit  evidence, satisfactory to the department, of required continuing
education and who practices architecture without such registration,  may
be  subject  to  disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five
hundred ten of this title.
4. As used in subdivision two of this section, "acceptable  continuing
education"  shall mean courses of learning and educational activities in
architecture, engineering, interior design,  land  surveying,  landscape
architecture and geology that may contribute to professional practice in
architecture  and  which meet the standards prescribed by regulations of
the  commissioner.  Completing  courses  of  learning  and   educational
activities  that  fall  within the scope of practice of another licensed
profession  does  not  authorize  the  licensed  architect  to  lawfully
practice  a  profession  that  they  are  not  authorized to practice as
defined in section  seventy-three  hundred  one  of  this  article.  The
department  may,  in  its  discretion and as needed to contribute to the
health and welfare of the public, require the completion  of  continuing
education courses in specific subjects.
5.  Architects  shall maintain adequate documentation of completion of
acceptable continuing education and  educational  activities  and  shall
provide such documentation at the request of the department.
6. The mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty-five dollars,
shall  be  payable  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  each  triennial
registration period, and shall be paid  in  addition  to  the  triennial
registration  fee required by section seventy-three hundred four of this
article.