For business reasons I have license in several states that require mandatory Continuing Education with the most stringent being NYS where the local PE society has a tight hold on what is approved. According to NYS a useful and appropriate technical class on stream hydraulics or structural engineering at a local university does not count as my contact hours since NYSPES does not get money from it as a sponsor. I just recently returned from a wasted two day trip to Albany listening to all sorts of local consultants describe their latest project in limited technical detail – the “courses” concentrated on very generic terms a layperson would easily understand – not something that would help me protect public safety. My other state licenses require courses of similar content with one even accepting my attendance at a marketing networking event as acceptable PDH’s. Please do not add additional unnecessary cost and record keeping for me to practice in VA. The value just is not there
