Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 193B - Architectural Examining Board › Chapter 3 - Continuing Education › Rule 193B-3.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following definitions apply as used in Iowa Code chapter
				544A and this chapter of the architectural examining board rules, unless the
				context otherwise requires.
"Continuing education"
or
"CE"
means postlicensure learning that enables a licensed
				architect to increase or update knowledge of and competence in technical and
				professional subjects related to the practice of architecture to safeguard the
				public's health, safety, and welfare.
"Continuing education hour"
or
"CEH"
means one continuous instructional hour (50 to 60
				minutes of contact) spent in structured educational activities intended to
				increase or update the architect's knowledge and competence in health, safety,
				and welfare subjects. If the provider of the structured educational activities
				prescribes a customary time for completion of such an activity and if the
				prescribed time is not deemed unreasonable by the board, then such prescribed
				time will be accepted for CEH purposes as the architect's time irrespective of
				actual time spent on the activity.
"Distance learning"
means any education
				process based on the geographical separation of student and instructor.
				"Distance learning" includes computer-generated programs, webinars, and
				home-study/correspondence programs.
"Health, safety, and welfare subjects"
means
				technical and professional subjects that the board deems appropriate to
				safeguard the public and that are within the following enumerated areas
				necessary for the proper evaluation, design, construction, and utilization of
				buildings and the built environment.
1. Building systems: structural, mechanical,
			 electrical, plumbing, communications, security, and fire protection.
2. Construction contract administration:
			 contracts, bidding, and contract negotiations.
3. Construction documents: drawings,
			 specifications, and delivery methods.
4. Design: urban planning, master planning,
			 building design, site design, interiors, safety and security
			 measures.
5. Environmental: energy
			 efficiency, sustainability, natural resources, natural hazards, hazardous
			 materials, weatherproofing, and insulation.
6. Legal: laws, codes, zoning, regulations,
			 standards, life safety, accessibility, ethics, and insurance to protect owners
			 and the public.
7. Materials and
			 methods: construction systems, products, finishes, furnishings, and
			 equipment.
8. Occupant comfort: air
			 quality, lighting, acoustics, and ergonomics.
9. Predesign: land use analysis, programming,
			 site selection, site and soils analysis, and surveying.
10. Preservation: historic, reuse, and
			 adaptation.
"Not engaged in active practice"
means that an
				architect is not engaged in the practice of architecture or earning monetary
				compensation by providing professional architectural services in any licensing
				jurisdiction of the United States or a foreign country.
"Retired from active practice"
means the same
				as "not engaged in active practice."
"Structured educational activities"
means
				educational activities in which at least 75 percent of an activity's content
				and instructional time is to be devoted to health, safety, and welfare subjects
				related to the practice of architecture, including courses of study or other
				activities under the areas identified as health, safety, and welfare subjects
				and provided by qualified individuals or organizations, whether the courses of
				study or other activities are delivered by direct contact or distance learning
				methods.