Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 804 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BOARD › Division 25 - CONTINUING EDUCATION › Section 804-025-0020 - Uniform Continuing Education Standards

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Definitions: The following are
			 definitions of terms used in this Division.
(a) "Activity" - any course or educational
			 endeavor that has a clear purpose and objective and maintains, improves or
			 expands the professional knowledge or skill of the registrant in relation to
			 the practice of landscape architecture.
(b) "Audit period" - the renewal period for
			 which the registrant's continuing education activities are subject to audit.
(c) "Health, safety, and welfare
			 (HSW)" - any issue related to the practice of landscape architecture
			 exemplified by the examination required for registration or that is otherwise
			 related to safeguarding of public HSW as related to proper evaluation,
			 planning, design, construction and utilization of the natural and built
			 environment. HSW issues include but are not necessarily limited to the
			 following list related to the practice of landscape architecture:
(A) Codes, acts, ordinances, laws, and
			 regulations governing the practice of landscape architecture;
(B) Construction administration, including
			 the administration of construction contracts;
(C) Construction documentation;
(D) Design of environmental systems and use
			 of site materials and methods of site construction;
(E) Environmental process and analysis;
(F) Erosion control methods,
			 including storm water management;
(G) Grading and drainage;
(H) Horticulture, planting design, and
			 vegetation management;
(I)
			 Irrigation methods;
(J) Land
			 planning and land use analysis;
(K) Landscape preservation, landscape
			 restoration and adaptive reuse;
(L) Natural hazards impacts related to site
			 design;
(M) Pedestrian and
			 vehicular circulation;
(N)
			 Preparedness and resiliency design and related construction details;
(O) Resource conservation and management;
(P) Risk management in practice
			 and design;
(Q) Site
			 accessibility, including American with Disabilities Act standards for
			 accessible site design;
(R) Site
			 and soils analysis;
(S) Site
			 design;
(T) Specifications
			 writing; and
(U) Sustainable
			 design.
(d) "Outside
			 the normal performance of occupation" - refers to continuing education
			 activities that are completed separate from professional services provided and
			 that are not customarily associated with or part of the registrant's normal
			 employment duties. Required workplace orientations or training activities are
			 generally considered part of normal employment duties. Training received on a
			 voluntary basis at the workplace may qualify as PDH.
(e) "Pro-bono service" - refers to
			 professional services provided without fee or anticipation of other
			 compensation to the public or an organization where such services are provided
			 outside the normal performance of occupation. Services must draw upon the
			 knowledge and skills of the registrant while also helping to maintain, improve,
			 or enhance the registrant's practice. Unbilled hours from a project done for
			 compensation do not qualify as pro-bono service.
(f) "Professional development hour (PDH)" -
			 one hour (with no less than 50 minutes of direct involvement, commonly referred
			 to as a contact hour) of an activity that meets the requirements of these
			 regulations.
(g) "Renewal period"
			 - the one-year period immediately preceding each annual renewal date. For
			 example, the renewal period for a registrant with a renewal date of May 31 runs
			 from June 1 to the next renewal date of May 31.
(h) "Self-directed activity" - Any continuing
			 education activity that:
(A) Does not have a
			 third-party sponsor;
(B) Is
			 completed outside the normal performance of occupation; and
(C) Is accounted for in terms of time spent
			 completing the activity by the registrant.
(i) "Structured educational activity" - any
			 continuing education activity that:
(A) Has a
			 third-party sponsor, i.e. sponsor other than the registrant;
(B) Is characterized by pre-planning
			 including a written objective and format;
(C) Is documented and verifiable; and
(D) For academic coursework, the
			 following credit conversions apply:
(i) One
			 university or college quarter credit hour = 30 PDHs; and
(ii) One university or college semester
			 credit hour = 45 PDHs.
(E) One International Association For
			 Continuing Education And Training (IACET) Continuing Education Unit (CEU) = 10
			 PDHs.