California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 19 - Structural Pest Control Board › Article 3.5 - Continuing Education › Section 1950.5 - Hour Value System

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following hour values shall be assigned to the
				  educational activities approved by the Board. All educational activities must
				  be submitted to the Board for approval before presentation for continuing
				  education credit, in accordance with section
				  1953. Each activity approved for
				  technical or rules and regulations continuing education hours must include a
				  written examination to be administered at the end of the course. Examinations
				  administered at the end of the course must consist of ten questions per one
				  hour of instruction, with 40 questions minimum for any activity of instruction
				  of four hours or more. Licensees must obtain a passing score of 70% or better
				  in order to obtain a certificate of course completion. If the examination is
				  failed, the licensee shall be allowed to be reexamined by taking a different
				  examination within sixty days.
(a)
				Accredited college courses - 10 hours for each 2 semester-unit course; 16 hours
				for each 3 semester-unit course.
(b) Adult education courses - 6
				hours
(c) Professional seminars or
				meetings - up to a maximum of 6 hours per seminar or meeting. Additional hours
				may be approved depending on the complexity of the activity and its relevance
				to new developments in the field of pest control.
(d) Technical seminars or meetings - up to a
				maximum of 6 hours per seminar or meeting. Additional hours may be approved
				depending on the complexity of the activity and its relevance to new
				developments in the field of pest control.
(e) Operators' courses approved by the Board
				pursuant to section
				8565.5 of the code - 1 hour per
				hour of instruction.
(f)
				Correspondence courses developed by the Board pursuant to section
				8565.5 of the code - full credit
				per branch.
(g) Correspondence
				courses approved by the Board - hours will be assigned depending on the
				complexity of the course and its relevance to new developments in the field of
				pest control.
(h) Association
				meetings - 1 hour for every hour of instruction up to a maximum of 4 hours per
				meeting.
(i) Structural Pest
				Control Board meetings - 1 general hour and 1 rule and regulation hour per
				meeting, up to a maximum of 4 hours per renewal period (excluding Board
				Members.) This activity is exempt from examination requirements pursuant to
				this section.
(j) Structural Pest
				Control Board Committee meetings - 1 hour per meeting, up to a maximum of 2
				hours per renewal period (excluding Board Members).
(k) In-house training in technical subjects -
				1 hour per hour of instruction.
(l)
				Board approved Rules and Regulations courses - 1 hour for every hour of
				instruction.
(m) Integrated Pest
				Management courses - 1 hour for every hour of instruction.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-13-91; operative 7-13-91 (Register 91, No. 41).
2. Amendment
				  of subsections (c), (d), (g), (h) and (l) and new subsection (m) filed 5-12-94;
				  operative 6-13-94 (Register 94, No. 19).
3. Amendment of subsections
				  (d) and (h) filed 3-6-95; operative 4-5-95 (Register 95, No. 10).
4.
				  Amendment of subsections (d) and (m) filed 3-13-96; operative 4-12-96 (Register
				  96, No. 11).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending
				  subsections (c), (d), (g) and (h) filed 3-26-2002 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2002, No. 13).
6. Amendment filed 7-6-2005;
				  operative 8-5-2005 (Register 2005, No. 27).
7. New subsection (m)
				  filed 3-20-2009; operative 4-19-2009 (Register 2009, No.
				  12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 8525,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section
					 8593,
					 Business and Professions Code.