Code of Massachusetts Regulations
231 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTS
Title 231 CMR 3.00 - Procedures for Application, Examination, Registration, and Renewal
Section 3.06 - Continuing Education Requirements
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) General Requirement. Every registered architect shall complete a minimum of 12 continuing education hours each calendar year in continuing education courses, programs or activities which meet the applicable requirements of 231 CMR 3.06(3) through (6) as a condition for renewal of his or her registration.
(2) Exemption from Requirement. A registered architect may be exempted from the continuing education requirements of 231 CMR 3.06(1) if:
(3) Program Content Requirements.
(4) Methods of Earning Continuing Education Credit. A registered architect may earn continuing education contact hours for any of the following types of continuing education activities:
(5) Amount of Credit Earned. The amount of continuing education contact hours to be granted shall be determined as follows:
(6) Completion of Continuing Education Through Distance Learning. A registered architect may complete continuing education required for renewal of his or her registration through the use of a continuing education course or program, as long as it is approved by the Board and:
(7) Documentation of reported continuing education hours shall be maintained by the architect for six years from the date of award.
(8) Each registered architect, as part of his or her application for renewal of his or her registration, shall attest under the pains and penalties of perjury that he or she has completed the number of continuing education hours required by 231 CMR 3.06(1), or that he or she is exempt from the continuing education requirement pursuant to 231 CMR 3.06(2). Such attestation shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the Board.
(9) Upon written request by the Board, a registered architect shall furnish to the Board such information as the Board may reasonably require about any or all continuing education courses, programs or activities completed by said architect. Failure or refusal to provide timely proof of completion of the number of continuing education hours required by 231 CMR 3.06 upon the request of the Board shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board, including but not limited to refusal to renew the registration of said architect.
(10) If the Board disallows any continuing education hours, the architect shall have 60 days from notice of such disallowance to either provide further evidence of having completed the continuing education hours disallowed or to remedy the disallowance by completing the required number of continuing education hours (such continuing education hours shall not be used for any other calendar year).
(11) Falsification of reports of continuing education courses, seminars, workshops and completed hours, or misrepresentation of any material fact concerning the completion of such continuing education hours, by any registered architect shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action by the Board.
(12) In the event that an application for approval of a specific continuing education course or program, or for approval of an individual continuing education activity, is denied by the Board, the applicant shall have the right, upon written request, to have the Board's decision reviewed and reconsidered. As part of said review process, the applicant may appear personally before the Board and shall have the right to present any additional information which may reasonably have a bearing on the issue of whether the application for approval should be approved.