Section 20-334d - Continuing professional education requirements for electricians and plumbers. Regulations. Exemptions(a) As used in this section:(1) "Accredited continuing professional education" means any education of an electrician or plumber that is (A) designed to maintain professional competence in the practice, pursuit and standards of electrical work or plumbing and piping work, (B) approved by the commissioner, and (C) provided (i) by an agency, institution or organization that has been approved by the commissioner, and (ii) in-person or through an online technology platform that includes real-time video with audio, requires participants to periodically confirm their active engagement during the educational training session and enables participants to interact with instructors in real time during the entire educational training session;(2) "Certificate of continuing education" means a document that (A) an agency, institution or organization that has been approved by the commissioner and offers accredited continuing professional education issues to an electrician or plumber, (B) certifies that an electrician or plumber has satisfactorily completed a specified number of continuing education hours, and (C) bears the (i) name of such agency, institution or organization, (ii) title of the program, (iii) dates during which the program was conducted, (iv) number of continuing education hours satisfactorily completed, and (v) signature of the director of such agency, institution or organization or of such director's authorized agent; and(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.(b) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Electrical Work Board established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 20-331, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing professional education for electricians licensed pursuant to sections 20330 to 20-341, inclusive; (2) establish qualifying criteria for accredited continuing professional education programs and establish qualifying criteria for acceptable certificates of continuing education; and (3) provide for the waiver of required accredited continuing professional education for electricians for good cause. Such regulations shall require not less than four hours per year of accredited continuing professional education for such electricians, except upon request of the Electrical Work Board, the commissioner may increase such hours to a maximum of seven hours.(c) The commissioner, with the advice and assistance of the Plumbing and Piping Work Board established pursuant to subsection (d) of section 20-331, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to: (1) Establish additional requirements for accredited continuing professional education for plumbers licensed pursuant to sections 20330 to 20-341, inclusive, which regulations shall require not more than a total of seven hours of accredited continuing professional education every two years, except in the event of significant changes to the building code, as approved by the International Code Council, that relate to plumbing, the commissioner, at such commissioner's discretion, may require more than a total of seven hours of accredited continuing professional education every two years; (2) establish qualifying criteria for accredited continuing professional education programs and establish qualifying criteria for acceptable certificates of continuing education; and (3) provide for the waiver of required accredited continuing professional education for plumbers for good cause.(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, any person who has been issued a P-6, P-7, W-8 or W-9 license pursuant to section 20-334a and the regulations of Connecticut state agencies shall not be required to meet the continuing education requirements established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section, all accredited continuing professional education offered under the provisions of this section shall: (1) Limit class size to (A) fifty attendees if such accredited continuing professional education is offered in-person, or (B) twenty-five attendees if such accredited continuing professional education is offered through an online technology platform; (2) not be offered or held at the place of business of a licensed plumbing contractor if such accredited continuing professional education is for plumbers and offered in-person; and (3) not be offered or held at the place of business of a licensed electrical contractor if such accredited continuing professional education is for electricians and offered in-person. A provider of an accredited continuing professional education course shall retain an audio-visual recording of such course for a period of not less than thirty days after completion of such course. Recordings shall be made available to the department upon the department's request for such recordings.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-334d
( P.A. 02-142 , S. 1 ; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146 (c); P.A. 04-189 , S. 1 ; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 , S. 48 ; P.A. 06-49 , S. 1 ; P.A. 07-110 , S. 1 ; P.A. 11-247 , S. 1 .)
Amended by P.A. 22-0104, S. 42 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/24/2022.Amended by P.A. 11-0247, S. 1 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2011.