Nev. Admin. Code § 625.470

Current through October 11, 2024

Section 625.470 - Assignment of professional development hours to certain activities

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a licensee who successfully completes an activity to maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to his or her discipline is entitled to the number of professional development hours assigned to the activity in accordance with the following schedule, subject to modification by the Board:

Activity	Professional Development Hours
College course with a duration measured in semesters .........................................................	45 for each semester credit hour received
College course with a duration measured in quarters ............................................................	30 for each quarter credit hour received
Attending a seminar, workshop, in-house course of instruction or professional meeting, convention or conference ....................................	1 for each hour of attendance
Teaching a course, tutorial, seminar, or workshop .............................................................	2 for each hour spent teaching
Authoring or coauthoring a paper, article or book that has been published ..........................	10
Serving as an officer or participating member of a committee of a professional or technical organization .................	2 for each calendar year of service
Receiving a patent as an inventor of record .............	10
Participating in a self-study activity .......................	1 for each hour of self-study

2. A licensee who teaches the same course on more than one occasion may not obtain any professional development hours for teaching that course a second or subsequent time. A licensee who is a full-time member of the faculty of any institution of the Nevada System of Higher Education or any other public or private institution of learning may not obtain any professional development hours for teaching at that institution.

Nev. Admin. Code § 625.470

Added to NAC by Bd. of Professional Eng'rs & Land Surv., eff. 11-14-97; A by R138-20A, eff. 2/25/2021

NRS 625.140, 625.398