(1) Continuing education - Continuing
education is post-licensure learning that enables a registered architect to
increase or update knowledge of and competence in technical and professional
subjects related to the practice of architecture to safeguard the public's
health, safety, and welfare.
(2)
Continuing education hour - one continuous instructional hour (fifty to sixty
minutes of contact) spent in structured educational activities intended to
increase or update the architect's knowledge and competence in health, safety,
and welfare subjects.
If the provider of the structured educational activities
prescribes a customary time for completion of such an activity, then such
prescribed time shall, unless the board finds the prescribed time to be
unreasonable, be accepted as the architect's time for continuing education hour
purposes irrespective of actual time spent on the activity.
(3) Structured educational activities -
educational activities in which at least seventy-five per cent of an activity's
content and instructional time must be devoted to health, safety, and welfare
subjects related to the practice of architecture, including courses of study or
other activities under the areas identified as health, safety and welfare
subjects and provided by qualified individuals or organizations, whether
delivered by direct contact or distance learning methods.
(4) Health, safety, and welfare subjects -
technical and professional subjects that the board deems appropriate to
safeguard the public and that are within the following enumerated areas
necessary for the proper evaluation, design, construction, and utilization of
buildings and the built environment.
(a)
Legal: laws, codes, zoning, regulations, standards, life safety, accessibility,
ethics, insurance to protect owners and public
(b) Building systems: structural, mechanical,
electrical, plumbing, communications, security, fire protection
(c) Environmental: energy efficiency,
sustainability, natural resources, natural hazards, hazardous materials,
weatherproofing, insulation
(d)
Occupant comfort: air quality, lighting, acoustics, ergonomics
(e) Materials and methods: construction
systems, products, finishes, furnishings, equipment
(f) Preservation: historic, reuse,
adaptation
(g) Pre-design: land use
analysis, programming, site selection, site and soils analysis,
surveying
(h) Design: urban
planning, master planning, building design, site design, interiors, safety and
security measures
(i) Construction
documents: drawings, specifications, delivery methods
(j) Construction contract administration:
contracts, bidding, contract negotiations
(5) Qualified individuals or organizations -
All programs and providers shall be preapproved for credit/contact hours by one
of the following organizations:
(a) The
American institute of architects
(b) National council of
architectural registration boards
(c) The association of licensed
architects
(d) Colleges
and universities/other educational institutions
(e) Other technical/professional societies,
state agencies or organizations