New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 32 - LICENSURE OF CERTAIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
Subchapter 4 - QUALIFIED PURCHASING AGENTS
Section 5:32-4.2 - Continuing education requirements
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:32-4.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) Renewal of a qualified purchasing agent certificate shall be required every three years, subject to the applicant's fulfillment of continuing education requirements, the submission of an application for renewal, and payment of a $ 35.00 fee payable to the order of the Treasurer, State of New Jersey.
1. For
certificate renewal cycles commencing before August 1, 2022, applicants shall
obtain 20 continuing education contact hours in the subject areas of
procurement procedures, office administrative/general duties, ethics, and green
purchasing. For certificate renewal cycles commencing on or after August 1,
2022, applicants shall obtain 25 continuing education contact hours in the
subject areas of procurement procedures, office administrative/general duties,
ethics, and green purchasing. Said credits shall be approved by the Director as
relevant to the subject matter area and the duties of a QPA pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40A:11-9 and this chapter, with the following
minimum contact hours for each subject area:
i. Two contact hours in the subject area of
procurement procedures for certificate renewal cycles commencing before August
1, 2022, or for certificate renewal cycles commencing on or after August 1,
2022, five contact hours in the subject area of procurement
procedures;
ii. Two contact hours
in the subject area of office administrative/general duties;
iii. Three contact hours in the subject area
of ethics; and
iv. Two contact
hours in the subject area of green purchasing.
2. At the option of the applicant, contact
hours in the subject areas of information technology and public works
compliance, as approved by the Director for relevance to the subject matter
area and the duties of a QPA pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 40A:11-9 and this chapter, may be applied
toward the number of continuing education contact hours required pursuant to
(a)1 above, in addition to the required minimum contact hours.
3. If an applicant has earned at least the
minimum number of continuing education contact hours required pursuant to (a)1
above within the renewal period but has not achieved the minimum number of
contact hours in a given subject area, the Director has discretion to waive the
required minimum upon application and good cause shown, provided that the
applicant has earned at least one contact hour in the given subject
area.
4. Qualified purchasing agent
certificates shall expire and be due for renewal according to the following
schedule:
i. All qualified purchasing agent
certificates issued prior to January 1, 2005, shall first expire and be due for
renewal as of June 30, 2015, and every three years thereafter.
ii. All qualified purchasing agent
certificates issued on or after January 1, 2005, but prior to January 1, 2010,
shall first expire and be due for renewal as of January 1, 2016, and every
three years thereafter.
iii. All
qualified purchasing agent certificates issued between January 1, 2010 and
April 11, 2012, shall first expire and be due for renewal as of June 30, 2016,
and every three years thereafter. All qualified purchasing agent certificates
issued after April 11, 2012, shall first expire and be due for renewal either
on June 30 or December 31, whichever is sooner, at least three years from when
they are first issued, and every three years thereafter, except that no
qualified purchasing agent certificate issued after April 11, 2012, shall
expire sooner than June 30, 2016.
5. Renewal of qualified purchasing agent
certificates shall be requested on a renewal form approved by and submitted to
the Director.
6. An individual who
holds a qualified purchasing agent certificate and allows such certificate to
lapse by failing to renew shall be required to apply to take the qualifying
examination and pay the requisite fee for such application in order to obtain a
new qualified purchasing agent certification, except that, when an individual
applies within six months after the expiration of the certificate, the
application may be made in the same manner as a renewal.
7. Within 12 months after the expiration of
the certificate, an application may be made in the same manner as renewal, only
if the Director determines that a certificate holder is prevented from earning
the required continuing education units within six months of the expiration of
the certificate. The applicant must demonstrate a good faith effort to earn the
required continuing education units within six months after the expiration of
the certificate, and that either or both of the conditions in (a)7i and/or ii
below made it impossible to obtain the requisite continuing education units.
The circumstances preventing renewal that qualify under this paragraph are:
i. A flood, hurricane, superstorm, tornado,
or other natural disaster, and a state of emergency has been declared as a
result thereof by the Governor; or
ii. A medical event or condition.
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