West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 2 - Architects › Title 2 - PROCEDURAL RULE BOARD OF ARCHITECTS › Series 2-01 - Registration of Architects › Section 2-1-8 - Registration

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
8.1. Issuance -- When the Board has
				determined that an applicant for registration has satisfied the registration
				standards set forth in this rule, the Board shall issue a certificate of
				registration containing the registered applicant's name and registration
				number.
8.2. Duration -- Each
				registration issued by the Board is valid for one (1) fiscal year. Active
				registration may be verified electronically on the Board's web site.
8.3. Renewal. -- A registered architect may
				renew his or her registration in accordance with W. Va. Code §
									30-12-5. An
				application shall be available electronically or by mail upon request by
				registrant.
8.4. Continuing
				Education -- In addition to all other requirements for registration renewal, a
				registered architect must complete the required Continuing Education each
				calendar year, or be exempt from these requirements as provided below. For
				renewals starting in a fiscal year, the Continuing Education Hours from the
				previous calendar year shall apply. Failure to comply with these requirements
				will result in non-renewal of the architect's registration.
8.4.1. Continuing Education Requirements. --
				A registered architect shall acquire twelve (12) Continuing Education Hours for
				each calendar year since his or her last renewal or initial registration, as
				the case may be, or be exempt from these continuing education requirements, as
				provided in this subsection. All twelve Continuing Education Hours shall be
				obtained in Health, Safety, and Welfare Subjects acquired in Structured
				Educational Activities. Each registrant shall be responsible for maintaining
				their own record of completed Continuing Education Hours for a minimum of the
				previous two calendar years.
8.4.2.
				A registered architect may not carry over Continuing Education Hours acquired
				for any calendar year to a subsequent calendar year. The registered architect
				may acquire the Continuing Education Hours within any jurisdiction.
8.4.3. Audit Reporting and Record Keeping. --
				The Board shall verify compliance with Continuing Education requirements by
				auditing five percent of registrants, selected randomly by the Board. A
				registrant that has been selected for audit shall complete and submit on forms
				prescribed or accepted by the Board certifying that he or she has acquired the
				required Continuing Education Hours. The information provided on these forms
				shall be audited by the Board for verification of compliance with the
				requirements. If the registered architect is deficient in meeting the required
				Continuing Education Hours, or if the Board disallows any Continuing Education
				Hours claimed in good faith, the architect has sixty calendar days from notice
				of the non-compliance to provide evidence of completion of Continuing Education
				Hours equal to the deficiency or disallowance. If the architect remedies the
				non-compliance by acquiring and reporting new Continuing Education Hours, those
				hours may not also be used to satisfy the requirement for the next reporting
				period. If the Board finds, after proper notice and hearing, that the architect
				willfully disregarded these requirements or falsified documentation of required
				Continuing Education Hours, the architect may be subject to disciplinary
				action.
8.4.4. -- The Board shall
				follow W.Va. Code §
										30-1B-1 et seq. and other laws regarding continuing
				education for licensees on active duty U.S. Military and their spouses to the
				extent applicable and appropriate.
8.4.5. Exemptions. An architect is not
				subject to the requirements of subdivision 8.4.1, 8.4.2 and 8.4.3 of this
				subsection if
:
8.4.5.a. -- The architect has been granted
				inactive or Emeritus status by the Board and is not engaged in the practice of
				architecture; or
8.4.5.b. -- The
				architect otherwise meets all renewal requirements and is called to active
				United States military service for a significant period of time, is ill or
				disabled for a significant period of time or can demonstrate to the Board
				another similar hardship; or
8.4.5.c. -- The architect otherwise meets all
				renewal requirements and is registered in any other state or territory of the
				United States which has continuing professional development requirements, which
				the architect has met: Provided, that the other jurisdiction accepts
				satisfaction of West Virginia's continuing professional development
				requirements as meeting its own.