North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 28 - Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional › Article 28-04 - Continuing Professional Competency › Chapter 28-04-01 - Continuing Education › Section 28-04-01-07 - Exemptions

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
A registrant may be exempt from the continuing education
				  requirements for one of the following reasons:
1. A registrant serving on temporary active
				duty in the armed forces of the United States, or a registrant serving on
				regular active duty who is deployed for a period of time exceeding one hundred
				twenty consecutive days in a year, shall be exempt from obtaining the
				professional development hours required during that year.
2. Registrants experiencing physical
				disability, illness, temporary leave from professional activity, or other
				extenuating circumstances as reviewed and approved by the board may be exempt.
				Supporting documentation must be furnished to the board. In the event such a
				person elects to return to active practice of professional engineering or land
				surveying, fifteen professional development hours must be earned before
				returning to active practice for each year exempted not to exceed the biennial
				requirement of thirty professional development hours.
3. Professional engineer registrants exempt
				from registration by North Dakota Century Code section 43-19.1-29 but
				voluntarily registered are exempt from continuing professional competency
				requirements. A claim of exemption under this provision must be verified by the
				board. This exemption is based on the registrant's primary employment. If the
				registrant provides engineering services outside the scope of primary
				employment, the exemption will be voided and the registrant will be required to
				comply with the continuing professional competency requirements. A person who
				is registered because of a requirement in the person's job description or
				qualification for a pay grade is not voluntarily registered. Noncompliance with
				the provisions of this exemption shall be grounds for disciplinary action as
				allowed by North Dakota Century Code section 43-19.1-25.
4. Registrants who qualify for retired status
				on the board-approved renewal form shall be exempt from the continuing
				education requirements. A registrant whose license has been retired for one
				year or more and who meets all other requirements may reinstate a retired
				license and is required to file an interim continuing professional competency
				report within one year of the date of reinstatement verifying that a minimum of
				fifteen professional development hours have been accomplished. A registrant
				whose license has been retired for less than one year and who meets all other
				requirements may reinstate a retired license and must show compliance within
				the previous two years with the continuing professional competency requirements
				set forth in this chapter at the time of reinstatement.
5. The board reserves the right to modify the
				requirements for continuing education based on extenuating circumstances that
				would prevent or restrict a registrant from obtaining the required professional
				development hours. This modification would not reduce the overall credits
				needed but allows for an extension in time to fulfill the
				requirements.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-19.1-33
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-19.1-33