Current through February 24, 2025
(a) For successful completion of an approved
continuing competency activity, the department will award the following contact
hours:
(1) one contact hour for each
consecutive 50-minute block of classroom instruction;
(2) 15 contact hours for one academic
semester credit;
(3) ten contact
hours for one academic quarter credit;
(4) for a correspondence course, the number
of contact hours
(A) recommended by the
organization if the course is approved under
12 AAC 21.660(b);
or
(B) approved by the department
if the course is approved under
12 AAC
21.660(c);
(5) 16 contact hours for successfully passing
the examination under
AS
08.18.025(b)(2);
(6) notwithstanding (1)-(4) of this
subsection, no more than two contact hours for successful completion of a first
aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class for a licensing period that
begins after January 1, 2003.
(b) The department will award a residential
endorsement holder contact hours for completion of
(1) one new home per licensing period for a
licensing period that begins before January 1 2021, if the home is assigned an
energy rating of "four-star plus" or higher by an energy rater authorized under
and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under
15 AAC 155.510 -
15 AAC 155.560; the department
will award contact hours under this paragraph as follows:
(A) for a "four-star plus" home, four contact
hours;
(B) for a "five-star" home,
six contact hours;
(C) for a
"five-star plus" home, eight contact hours; or
(2) one new home per licensing period for a
licensing period that begins on or after January 1, 2021, if the home is
assigned an energy rating of "five-star" or higher by an energy rater
authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established
under 15 AAC 155.510-15 AAC
155.560; the department will award contact hours under
this paragraph as follows:
(A) for a
"five-star" home, four contact hours;
(B) for a "five-star plus" home, six contact
hours;
(C) for a "six-star" home,
eight contact hours; or
(3) one remodel of an existing home per
licensing period, if the remodel increases, by at least a half star, the energy
rating assigned to the home by an energy rater authorized under and using the
Alaska Home Energy Rating Systemestablished under
15 AAC 155.510-15 AAC
155.560; the department will award one contact hour
for each half-star rating increase obtained on a remodel.
(c) For the first time preparation and
presentation of a residential construction course, seminar, or workshop, as
described in
12 AAC 21.663(4)
and approved under
12 AAC 21.660(b) or
(c), the department will award one and
one-half times the contact hours approved for students in the course, up to a
maximum of 16 contact hours.
(d)
The department will not award contact hours to a licensee for the same activity
more than once during a licensing period.
(e) Contact hours used to satisfy the
reinstatement requirements of
AS
08.18.025(c) when an
endorsement has lapsed may not be submitted again to satisfy the requirements
for a future renewal.
Authority:AS
08.01.080
AS
08.18.025
