Action | Develop regulations for a mandatory continuing education requirement for architect, professional engineer, and land surveyor licenses. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 5/2/2008 |
Fellow registered PROFESSIONALS,
As someone noted in one of the many comments above, the Board is REQUIRED by Virginia State Code, Amended and Approved in April 2006, to promulgate regulations for continuing education required for registered engineers, surveyors and architects. The amendment REQUIRES the completion of the equivalent of 16 hours of CE per biennium as a prerequisite for renewal or reinstatement of their certification, and REQUIRES that the Board shall establish the criteria for such continuing education. Read the Code, that's what is required, we don't get to "vote" on it! The time for that was when the legislation was going through the General Assembly. Talk to your legislator about why he/she voted for or against it.
Instead of complaining, suggest some reasonable guidelines for the CE requirements to the Board, so that they won't be so burdonsome. I would suggest the following:
Thanks to the Board for the opportunity to comment on the Proposed Regulations.