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 |
This proposal will lead to a cumbersome and expensive bureaucracy for tracking hours, approving training, and adjudicating disputes over whether or not specific training meets the requirement. It will also create a cottage industry focused on providing “continuing education” for a price. That combination will promote one more inefficient drag on every business in the state that employs licensed engineers at the very time that Virginia is promoting itself nationally as a business friendly state. I wonder what the impact would be if every other regulated profession in Virginia would be required to meet a similar requirement.