Section 12 AAC 36.510 - Continuing education requirements(a) Unless exempted under 12 AAC 36.530, a registrant shall meet the continuing education requirements of 12 AAC 36.510 - 12 AAC 36.550 as a condition of the renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of the registrant's registration.(b) Unless exempted under 12 AAC 36.530, a registrant seeking renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of the registrant's registration shall submit, on a form provided by the department, a certification that the registrant has met the continuing education requirements of 12 AAC 36.510 - 12 AAC 36.550.(c) To renew a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration, a registrant shall obtain a minimum of 24 professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding that registration period.(d) To reinstate a lapsed professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration, a registrant seeking reinstatement shall obtain a minimum of 24 professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding the application for reinstatement of the registrant's registration unless the registrant meets the requirements of 12 AAC 36.530(e) and obtains eight professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding the application for reinstatement of the registrant's registration, except as provided in AS 08.01.100(d).(f) A professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect holding multiple registrations in the state is required to earn at least the minimum number of professional development hours of continuing education as those required for a single registration holder.(g) Continuing education courses or activities are not pre-approved by the board, but must be in technical and professional subjects related to the scope of practice of the registrant.(i) A registrant who also holds a registration as a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect in another licensing jurisdiction may meet the requirements of 12 AAC 36.510 - 12 AAC 36.550 by establishing that the registrant has met the mandatory continuing education requirements for renewal of the professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration in the other licensing jurisdiction, if the mandatory continuing education requirements of the other jurisdiction are substantially similar to or exceed those of 12 AAC 36.510 - 12 AAC 36.550 at the time that continuing education credit is claimed.(j) To reactivate a retired professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration, a professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect seeking reactivation must obtain 24 professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding the application for reactivation of the professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration unless the registrant meets the requirements of 12 AAC 36.530(e) and obtains eight professional development hours during the 24 months immediately preceding the application for reinstatement of the registrant's registration, except as provided in AS 08.01.100(d).(k) If an applicant for renewal of an architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect registration fails to meet the continuing education requirements of (c) of this section on or before December 31 of the current biennium, the applicant may request an extension to complete the required professional development hours. This extension does not function as a license extension and the registrant cannot practice during this period. The applicant must (1) submit a completed application for biennial registration renewal on a form provided by the department;(2) pay the biennial registration renewal and continuing education extension fees established in 12 AAC 02.110;(3) complete the required professional development hours before the first January 31st of the new biennium; and(4) submit a continuing education audit form with documentation, acceptable to the board, showing completion of the required continuing education.Eff. 10/18/2007, Register 184; am 7/12/2008, Register 187; am 7/13/2011, Register 199; am 9/11/2015, Register 215, October 2015; am 10/31/2019, Register 232, January 2020; am 10/15/2023, Register 248, January 2024Authority:AS 08.48.071
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