Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 04 - Board of Public Accountancy
Article 6 - Continuing Education
12 AAC 04.300 - Hours of continuing education required

(a) Continuing education in this section must ensure that a licensee

(b) An applicant must demonstrate to the board that continuing education completed in the concluding biennial licensing period as set out in 12 AAC 04.300 - 12 AAC 04.400 meets the requirements for continued education as set out in this section.

(c) Except as provided in 12 AAC 04.430 and 12 AAC 04.440, an applicant for renewal of a license issued by the board under this chapter shall provide verification to the board that the applicant completed not less than 80 hours of approved continuing education during the concluding biennial licensing period. At least 20 hours of continuing education must have been completed for each year of the concluding biennial licensing renewal period.

(d) At least four hours of the minimum 80 hours of approved continuing education required in (c) of this section must cover ethics.

(e) Not more than 10 hours of the minimum 80 hours of approved continuing education required in (c) of this section may be completed by means of micro-learning activities.

(f) The continuing education requirements of this section do not apply to an individual who holds an inactive license under AS 08.04.410.

(g) For the purposes of this section a continuing education activity under one hour in length is considered a micro-learning activity.

(h) A licensee who for reasonable cause or excusable neglect is unable to complete the continuing education requirements for renewal of a license may request an exemption by explaining the cause for the exemption to the board a written statement. If the exemption is granted, the board will prescribe an alternative method for the licensee to complete the continuing education requirements.