Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
Chapter 31 - Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Section LXI-3111 - Determination of Credit
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LXI-3111
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. PDHs may be earned as indicated in §3113 for the following activities:
1. successful completion of college courses,
correspondence courses, continuing education courses, seminars, tutorials, and
short courses, and/or by teaching/instructing these items;
2. attending or presenting qualifying
seminars; in-house courses sponsored by corporations, governmental agencies or
other organizations; workshops; or professional/technical presentations made at
meetings, conventions, or conferences;
3. obtaining teaching credit for
teaching/instructing or presenting. To obtain credit for teaching/instructing
or presenting, licensees must be able to document that research and preparation
were necessary, such as in the case of first-time teaching;
4. membership in engineering and land
surveying professional associations or technical societies;
5. authoring and publishing articles/papers
in engineering or land surveying journals; or authoring and publishing books
related to engineering or land surveying;
6. obtaining patents;
7. formal, documented problem preparation for
NCEES or state professional engineering or land surveying exams;
8. serving as thesis directors for students
pursuing a masters or doctoral degree in engineering; and
9. serving on technical committees that are
assisting federal, state or local governmental agencies in developing standards
related to engineering or land surveying.
B. PDHs may not be earned through informal, non-structured activities such as reading technical journals.
C. The board has final authority with respect to the acceptability of activities, PDH credit, PDH value for activities, and other methods of earning PDH credit. PDH credit for acceptable college or correspondence courses may be based upon course credit established by the college or school.
D. Selection of activities is the responsibility of the licensee.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:697.1.
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