Section 12 AAC 21.665 - Contact hours(a) For successful completion of an approved continuing competency activity, the department will award the following contact hours: (1) one contact hour for each consecutive 50-minute block of classroom instruction;(2) 15 contact hours for one academic semester credit;(3) ten contact hours for one academic quarter credit;(4) for a correspondence course, the number of contact hours (A) recommended by the organization if the course is approved under 12 AAC 21.660(b); or(B) approved by the department if the course is approved under 12 AAC 21.660(c);(5) 16 contact hours for successfully passing the examination under AS 08.18.025(b)(2);(6) notwithstanding (1)-(4) of this subsection, no more than two contact hours for successful completion of a first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class for a licensing period that begins after January 1, 2003.(b) The department will award a residential endorsement holder contact hours for completion of (1) one new home per licensing period for a licensing period that begins before January 1 2021, if the home is assigned an energy rating of "four-star plus" or higher by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under 15 AAC 155.510 - 15 AAC 155.560; the department will award contact hours under this paragraph as follows: (A) for a "four-star plus" home, four contact hours;(B) for a "five-star" home, six contact hours;(C) for a "five-star plus" home, eight contact hours; or (2) one new home per licensing period for a licensing period that begins on or after January 1, 2021, if the home is assigned an energy rating of "five-star" or higher by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under 15 AAC 155.510-15 AAC 155.560; the department will award contact hours under this paragraph as follows: (A) for a "five-star" home, four contact hours;(B) for a "five-star plus" home, six contact hours; (C) for a "six-star" home, eight contact hours; or(3) one remodel of an existing home per licensing period, if the remodel increases, by at least a half star, the energy rating assigned to the home by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating Systemestablished under 15 AAC 155.510-15 AAC 155.560; the department will award one contact hour for each half-star rating increase obtained on a remodel.(c) For the first time preparation and presentation of a residential construction course, seminar, or workshop, as described in 12 AAC 21.663(4) and approved under 12 AAC 21.660(b) or (c), the department will award one and one-half times the contact hours approved for students in the course, up to a maximum of 16 contact hours.(d) The department will not award contact hours to a licensee for the same activity more than once during a licensing period.(e) Contact hours used to satisfy the reinstatement requirements of AS 08.18.025(c) when an endorsement has lapsed may not be submitted again to satisfy the requirements for a future renewal.Eff. 10/15/2000, Register 156; am 8/8/2021, Register 239, October 2021Authority:AS 08.01.080
AS 08.18.025