Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to delete the
contact hour requirement for professional development units.
(1) Each licensed professional land surveyor,
as a condition for renewal of his/her license, shall complete a minimum of
twenty (20) professional development units (PDUs) each two- (2-) year period
immediately preceding renewal, except as provided in section (2) of this rule.
(A) Of the twenty (20) professional
development units, licensed professional land surveyors shall complete a
minimum of two (2) professional development units in Surveying Standards (20
CSR 2030, Chapters 16 and 17, and/or Chapters 60 and 327, RSMo) during the two-
(2-) year period immediately preceding renewal.
(2) The following are exceptions to the
requirement that licensees successfully complete twenty (20) PDUs prior to
renewal:
(A) The licensee can show good cause
why he/she was unable to complete the PDU requirements. In the event good cause
is shown, the licensee will be allowed to make up all outstanding required PDUs
within a reasonable amount of time as established by the board;
(B) A professional land surveyor who holds
licensure in Missouri for less than twelve (12) months from the date of his/her
initial licen-sure, need not report PDUs at the first license renewal;
or
(3) A licensee who
completes more than twenty (20) PDUs during the two (2) years immediately
preceding renewal may carry forward into the next two- (2-) year period up to
ten (10) PDUs.
(4) In evaluating
PDUs for licensure renewal, the board will be guided by the following standards
and guidelines:
(A) Criteria: In order to
qualify as acceptable PDU credit, each activity must:
1. Have a clear purpose and objective to
maintain, improve and/or expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to
licensure, or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge;
2. Have a well organized content presented in
a sequential manner;
3. Show
evidence of pre-planning, including an opportunity for input by the target
group to be served;
4. Be presented
by persons qualified by education and experience; and
5. Provide information to the licensee
necessary for PDU record keeping and reporting purposes.
(B) Except as otherwise stated in this rule,
licensees will earn one (1) PDU for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) minutes of
activity that qualifies as acceptable PDU credit pursuant to this
rule.
(C) Activities.
1. PDU activities must be relevant to the
practice of land surveying and may include technical, ethical, or business
related content.
2. PDUs may be
earned at locations outside Missouri, so long as the activity qualifies as
acceptable PDU credit pursuant to this rule.
3. Assuming they otherwise qualify as
acceptable PDU credit pursuant to this rule, the following activities are
acceptable sources of PDU credits:
A.
Successful completion of college or university course earns thirty (30) PDUs
per semester hour and twenty (20) PDUs per quarter hour. Auditing or "hearing"
a course qualifies for one-third (1/3) PDU credit of that stated
herein;
B. Active participation and
successful completion of seminars, tutorials, workshops, short courses,
correspondence courses, or televised or videotaped courses. Attending program
presentations at related technical or professional meetings. A correspondence
course must require the participant to show evidence of achievement with a
final graded test;
C. Authoring a
paper or article earns five (5) PDUs upon actual publication in a regionally or
nationally circulated technical journal or trade magazine. Credit cannot be
claimed until that article or paper is actually published. PDUs earned for
authoring a paper or article are limited to ten (10) PDUs per two- (2-) year
renewal period;
D. Teaching or
instructing a course or seminar that satisfies the PDU criteria described in
this rule, or making a presentation at a technical meeting or convention. For
the original instruction or presentation, a licensee earns two (2) PDUs for
each PDU a participant could earn pursuant to this rule.
E. Notwithstanding the provisions above, PDUs
will only be awarded for the first occurrence of attending or teaching a
qualifying course or seminar per every two- (2-) year renewal period.
(5) All
licensees shall maintain and retain records of PDU activities completed for a
period of four (4) years after the reporting period in which the PDU was
completed and copies must be furnished to the board for audit verification
purposes if requested. If these records get lost or destroyed the licensee must
inform the board, in writing, within thirty (30) days. The board may randomly
audit a portion of licensees each renewal period, or a specific licensee if a
complaint has been filed against the licensee, to verify compliance with the
PDU requirements. Licensees shall assist the board in any audit by providing
timely and complete responses to the board's inquiries. At a minimum, licensees
must keep the following records:
(A) A log
identifying the type of activity claimed, the sponsoring organization, location
of the program, duration of the program, the name of the instructor(s) or
speaker(s), and the PDU credits earned; and
(B) Attendance verification records such as
certificates of attendance which identify the participant by name, signed
attendance receipts, a copy of a listing of all attendees signed by a person in
responsible charge of the activity, or other documentation verifying
attendance.
(6) Any
person or entity may seek preapproval of a PDU activity by providing the board
the following information. The professional land surveying division will
approve or deny credit for the activity within forty-five (45) calendar days of
receipt of the information.
(A) Date(s) of
the program or activity;
(B) An
outline or syllabus of the program;
(C) Presentation abstract(s);
(D) Preliminary program with time frames;
(E) Course or program description;
and
(F) Names of the instructor(s)
or speaker(s) with biographical information showing their education and
professional experience.
(7) The board will review all PDUs claimed in
support of a renewal application. If audited and it is determined that a
portion of the claimed PDUs fail to meet PDU requirements, the licensee will be
notified in writing of the denied PDUs. The licensee will have three (3) months
from the license renewal date in which to substantiate the original claim or to
earn other credits to meet the minimum requirements. If PDUs are denied to the
extent that the licensee has failed to obtain the required number of PDUs for
renewal, then the board will deny issuance of the renewal.
*Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981,
1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001.
