Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4703 - State Board of Examiners of Architects › Chapter 4703-2 - Architect Registration Examination › Section 4703-2-07 - Continuing education

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definitions
(1) Continuing education - Continuing
			 education is post-licensure learning that enables a registered 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.
(2)
			 Continuing education hour - one continuous instructional hour (fifty to sixty
			 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, then such
				prescribed time shall, unless the board finds the prescribed time to be
				unreasonable, be accepted as the architect's time for continuing education hour
				purposes irrespective of actual time spent on the activity.
(3) Structured educational activities -
			 educational activities in which at least seventy-five per cent of an activity's
			 content and instructional time must 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
			 delivered by direct contact or distance learning methods.
(4) Health, safety, and welfare subjects -
			 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.
(a)
			 Legal: laws, codes, zoning, regulations, standards, life safety, accessibility,
			 ethics, insurance to protect owners and public
(b) Building systems: structural, mechanical,
			 electrical, plumbing, communications, security, fire protection
(c) Environmental: energy efficiency,
			 sustainability, natural resources, natural hazards, hazardous materials,
			 weatherproofing, insulation
(d)
			 Occupant comfort: air quality, lighting, acoustics, ergonomics
(e) Materials and methods: construction
			 systems, products, finishes, furnishings, equipment
(f) Preservation: historic, reuse,
			 adaptation
(g) Pre-design: land use
			 analysis, programming, site selection, site and soils analysis,
			 surveying
(h) Design: urban
			 planning, master planning, building design, site design, interiors, safety and
			 security measures
(i) Construction
			 documents: drawings, specifications, delivery methods
(j) Construction contract administration:
			 contracts, bidding, contract negotiations
(5) Qualified individuals or organizations -
			 All programs and providers shall be preapproved for credit/contact hours by one
			 of the following organizations:
(a) The
			 American institute of architects
(b) National council of
			 architectural registration boards
(c) The association of licensed
			 architects
(d) Colleges
			 and universities/other educational institutions
(e) Other technical/professional societies,
			 state agencies or organizations