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 28-04-01-05 - Qualifying activities

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
The board does not preapprove courses, providers, or
				  activities. It is the responsibility of the registrant to determine whether the
				  activity qualifies under this board's requirements. During the audit process,
				  the board will make the final determination of professional development hour
				  credit. All professional development hour allowances stated in this section are
				  biennial requirements. Examples of qualifying activities include:
1.
College unit, semester, or quarter
				hour credit for college courses.
A course must be regularly offered and
				participants tested with a passing grade required. One semester hour generally
				consists of fifteen class meetings of fifty to fifty-five minutes duration. It
				is assumed that twice as much study time is required as class contact time,
				thus equating to forty-five professional development hours. Similarly, a
				quarter hour qualifying course meets ten times and thus thirty professional
				development hours are allowed. Monitoring courses do not require a test, and
				therefore only the actual class contact hours are allowed. On occasion,
				educational institutions may offer a one-day seminar and award fractional
				quarter hour credit such as one-half of a quarter hour. These courses do not
				qualify on the quarter hour basis since they are not part of the regular
				curriculum of the educational institution, do not require testing, and have no
				provision for additional out-of-class requirements. For courses such as this,
				only actual contact hours will be allowed for professional development hour
				credit.
2.
Interactive
				activities.
Other qualifying courses, seminars, employer-sponsored
				educational activities, programs, and activities are allowed one professional
				development hour credit for each contact hour. A correspondence course,
				recorded programs, and online courses must require the participant to show
				evidence of achievement with a final graded test or certificate of
				completion.
3.
Teaching
				credit for short courses.
Teaching credits for the instructor are twice
				that of the participants in qualifying courses and seminars. However,
				repetitive teaching of the same course will not earn additional
				credit.
4.
Published paper,
				article, or book.
A published paper, article, or book must be a serious
				effort to qualify. For example, a news article in a technical or professional
				bulletin is not considered a published paper. Although it is recognized that
				often many more hours are spent in being an author of a publication, ten
				professional development hours are allowed for publication. Only one
				publication may be claimed for professional development hours per renewal
				period. Repetitive publication of the same paper or article will not earn
				additional credit.
5.
Active
				participation in professional and technical societies and licensing
				boards.
Active participation in professional and technical societies is
				to encourage registrants to participate fully in appropriate technical and
				professional societies. Contact with one's peers at such meetings is considered
				one way to stay abreast of current topics, issues, technical developments,
				ethical situations, and learning opportunities. Two professional development
				hours per biennium can be earned for each organization with a maximum of six
				professional development hours per biennium allowed. All technical and
				professional societies are included, but this does not include civic or trade
				organizations. Up to ten professional development hours per biennium may be
				earned by individuals who serve on any jurisdiction's licensing board for
				engineers and/or land surveyors.
6.
Patents.
Patents are allowed ten professional development hours
				after a patent is issued and the inventor submits details to the board. The
				invention must be related to the registrant's profession.
7.
STEM.
Active
				facilitation/support of STEM programs is highly encouraged. The board allows
				registrants to claim no more than four professional development hours per
				biennium for these activities. Registrants must complete and retain the board
				approved professional development hours certificate found on the board's
				website.
General Authority:
NDCC 43-19.1-33
Law Implemented:
NDCC
					 43-19.1-33