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17-30-307. Continuing education requirements.
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17-30-307. Continuing education requirements.
(a)(1) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors shall issue rules establishing the continuing education requirements for professional engineers and engineer-interns.
(2) The rules shall take into account the accessibility to applicants of the board's continuing education requirements.
(3) The rules may:
(A) Rely upon guidelines and pronouncements of recognized educational and professional associations;
(B) Prescribe the content, duration, and organization of courses;
(C) Provide for the relaxation or suspension of requirements for:
(i) Applicants who certify that they do not intend to engage in the practice of engineering; and
(ii) Instances of individual hardship;
(D) Exempt from licensed continuing education requirements a professional engineer sixty-five (65) years of age or older with twenty-five (25) or more years of experience as a practicing professional engineer; and
(E)(i) Prescribe the manner and condition under which credit shall be given for participation in a program of continuing education that the board considers necessary and appropriate to maintain competency in the practice of engineering.
(ii) Examples of programs of continuing education that are acceptable include without limitation programs or seminars sponsored by higher educational institutions, government agencies, and professional engineering organizations and related professions.
(b)(1) An application for renewal of a certificate of licensure shall be accompanied by evidence documenting the completion of acceptable continuing education credit during the previous renewal period.
(2) Failure by an applicant to provide this evidence upon request by the board is grounds for disciplinary
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-30-307
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17-30-307. Continuing education requirements.
(a)(1) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors shall issue rules establishing the continuing education requirements for professional engineers and engineer-interns.
(2) The rules shall take into account the accessibility to applicants of the board's continuing education requirements.
(3) The rules may:
(A) Rely upon guidelines and pronouncements of recognized educational and professional associations;
(B) Prescribe the content, duration, and organization of courses;
(C) Provide for the relaxation or suspension of requirements for:
(i) Applicants who certify that they do not intend to engage in the practice of engineering; and
(ii) Instances of individual hardship;
(D) Exempt from licensed continuing education requirements a professional engineer sixty-five (65) years of age or older with twenty-five (25) or more years of experience as a practicing professional engineer; and
(E)(i) Prescribe the manner and condition under which credit shall be given for participation in a program of continuing education that the board considers necessary and appropriate to maintain competency in the practice of engineering.
(ii) Examples of programs of continuing education that are acceptable include without limitation programs or seminars sponsored by higher educational institutions, government agencies, and professional engineering organizations and related professions.
(b)(1) An application for renewal of a certificate of licensure shall be accompanied by evidence documenting the completion of acceptable continuing education credit during the previous renewal period.
(2) Failure by an applicant to provide this evidence upon request by the board is grounds for disciplinary action unless the board determines the failure is due to a reasonable cause or the applicant was not engaged in the practice of engineering during the previous renewal period.
(3) The board may renew a certificate of licensure despite an applicant's failure to furnish satisfactory evidence of meeting continuing education requirements and may issue a certificate of licensure to an applicant who has previously maintained inactive status under § 17-30-304 if the applicant follows a particular program or schedule of continuing education prescribed by the board.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-30-304. Fees — Renewal of certificates — Disposition of funds — Inactive — Reinstatements.
(a) The State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors may establish application fees, certificate fees, renewal fees, license reinstatement fees, examination fees, penalties for late renewals or cancellations, and any other fees it deems necessary within the guidelines of the State of Arkansas.
(b) The board may establish guidelines and require a demonstration of continuing professional competency as a condition of renewal or relicensure.
(c) All certificates shall be renewed annually or biennially at the discretion of the board.
(d) The fees shall be deposited into a bank designated by the board, and the officer or employee who collects the fees and disburses them shall be required to execute a corporate surety bond for the proper accounting thereof.
(e)(1) A professional engineer or engineer-intern licensed under this chapter who is not engaged in the practice of engineering may request that the board grant him or her inactive status by placing his or her name on the board's inactive roll.
(2) A professional engineer or engineer-intern who is granted inactive status maintains the right to seek active license status at a later time.
(3) A professional engineer whose license is inactive may return to active status by:
(A) Notifying the board in advance of his or her intention to return to active status;
(B) Paying the appropriate fees; and
(C) Meeting all requirements of the board, including demonstration of professional competency.
(4) Inactive status shall continue so long as the license holder pays the annual fee under the board's rules.
(f) A professional engineer or engineer-intern whose license is not renewed may ha
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-30-304
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