Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
 
Board
Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects
 
chapter
Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Regulations [18 VAC 10 ‑ 20]
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
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4/22/08  3:53 pm
Commenter: Charles N. Calvano, Naval Postgraduate School

This needs a lot of thought
 

My reaction would be to cease to renew.  I pursued licensure as a matter of personal pride.  I have never been in a position where my license was needed; in fact I have never really "used" it.  But as a Naval Officer engineering specialist I thought my professional credibility demanded that I pursue the license and that I encourage my juniors to do so -- which I could not credibly do unless I had done so.  I now teach in a graduate engineering department.  I could not possibly maintain my teaching or research activities unless I were growing in education from year to year; I could not possibly function as a teacher or mentor to mature, capable graduate students without that growth.   I have seldom encountered a continuing education experience I thought worthwhile.  Thus, given the fact that I don't need the license but maintain it out of a sense of duty to the engineering profession and given that I think most continuing education is a waste of time and money, my response would be to allow my license to lapse.

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