Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Continuing education
requirements:
(1) No license shall be
renewed unless the licensee has completed at least six (6) hours of continuing
education within twelve (12) months preceding the application for renewal.
(2) Credit will only be given for
continuing education programs approved by the Committee.
(3) A licensee is exempt from the continuing
education requirements of this Chapter for one (1) year from the date he or she
passed their current licensing exam.
(b)
Application procedures for
continuing education course approval. Any provider or instructor which
desires to sponsor education to licensees in compliance with the continuing
education requirements of OAC
158:60-5-4
shall file an application for approval on the form prescribed by the Committee,
or its designee at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the Regular
meeting of the Committee from which the organization wants the course to be
considered for approval, and at least thirty (30) days prior to the date for
which the course is scheduled. The application shall include a list of the
course instructors and their qualifications, an agenda detailing the material
to be presented, the location of the training, the program objectives, and the
number of credit hours of classroom and supervised instruction. Licensees shall
not receive continuing education credit for attending classes that are not
approved by the Committee. Within seven (7) days of the completion of the
course, the provider or instructor shall submit the original sign-in sheets for
all sessions to the Inspector Examiners Unit of the Construction Industries
Board. The sign-in sheets shall include the signature and state inspector
license number of each person in attendance. The provider or instructor shall
verify the total number of continuing education hours completed by each
attendee. All programs shall be presented as submitted and approved, including
lunch and breaks shown on the approved agenda, unless changes have been
approved. Changes to the program shall be submitted to the Committee, or its
designee, within ten (10) days of the training session for review by the
Committee. Failure to obtain approval of changes may result in loss of CEU
approval.
(c)
Standards for
continuing education. The following standards will govern the approval
of continuing education programs by the Inspector Examiners Committee:
(1) The program provider shall submit
evidence that the provider and instructional staff are qualified by reason of
education, experience or training.
(2) All material and information presented
shall pertain to the discipline in which the person is licensed.
(3) All courses must be of at least two (2)
credit hours in length.
(4) The
training location must be outside the regular work place or after hours.
(5) Correspondence or online
course approval standards:
(A) Providers or
instructors seeking to offer correspondence courses for continuing education
shall submit a course curriculum and study material for review and approval by
the Committee prior to the courses being offered as continuing education. An
access code and password shall be provided to the Committee, or its designee,
for an online course for the purpose of review and approval. Approved
correspondence courses shall be required to comply with all requirements for
other continuing education courses except for sign-in sheets. Providers shall
provide a student with a document of completion which certifies completion of
approved correspondence courses.
(B) Providers of an on-line course shall
submit verification of six (6) hours of real time on-line instruction.
Correspondence or online courses shall have sufficient explanation and or
graphics to expound the concepts being taught. The format of the online course
shall be constructed so as to elicit interaction between the student and the
material presented. Each page of text shall be designed with a question that
must be answered before advancing to the next page or a test at the end of a
subject matter before the course is considered complete. Providers shall
provide a student with a document of completion that shall certify completion
of an approved online course.
(C)
Applications for correspondence or online courses shall be resubmitted
annually, from date of approval, for review and approval.
(6) Along with a course application, a video
presentation may be submitted for course material and instructor approval by
the Committee if the video presentation is closely related to the subject
matter of the course and meets the following:
(A) All video presentations must be submitted
in electronic format at least thirty (30) days in advance of the Committee
meeting reviewing the course application, except for manufacturer's videos
generally accepted in the industry covering accepted industry practices or
standards. If the electronic format does not allow forwarding by email, then
seven (7) copies of a portable storage format are required.
(B) Video segments shall be no more than
thirty (30) minutes, followed by a discussion and no more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total course time.
(C) The required copies of each individual
video presentation training segment must be submitted with the CEU class
approval request for review and approval by the Committee of the course
material and instructor. However, if the video is a manufacturer's video, the
Committee is not required to approve of the instructor in the video as long as
the video course material and video presentation is approved by the Committee.
(D) An approved instructor will be
present during the viewing of any video and will monitor the class for
questions. Prior to any video presentation, class participants shall be
instructed to raise their hand if they have a question or comment during the
video presentation. When a class participant has a question or comment during
the video presentation, the instructor must be able to stop or pause the video
to accommodate live interactive discussion.
(E) Audio and video equipment shall be
arranged in advance or otherwise provided to assure that class participants are
able to see and hear all portions of any video presentation. In the case of
audio or video failure, the time of the video presentation may be presented by
the approved instructor over subject matter previously approved for that
instructor.
(d)
Course Advertisement.
(1) All advertising must include the course
ID number.
(2) The provider of an
approved continuing education program may announce or indicate as follows:
Course #____ has been approved by the Construction Industries Board Inspector
Examiners Committee for ___ hours of CE credit.
(e)
Approval Limitations.
(1) The Committee's designee may approve
additional course dates and locations after the course has been approved by
Committee vote. Substantive change to course content must be brought before the
Committee.
(2) Approval of all
courses, including correspondence and online courses, is rescinded upon the
adoption of a different statewide code by OUBCC, and a new application showing
updates of new code is necessary.
(3) The Committee or its designee may refuse
to accept any application for approval if the supporting documentation is
insufficient or incomplete. The Committee may deny or revoke approval of an
application for any of the following reasons:
(A) failure to comply with the continuing
education provisions;
(B)
inadequate application or supporting documentation;
(C) failure to instruct on the topic
approved; or
(D) unsatisfactory
evaluations of the course, instructor, or materials from previous classes.
(4) If an application
is refused or disapproved, written notice detailing the basis of the decision
shall be provided to the applicant.
(5) The Committee may at an time re-evaluate
and grant or revoke approval of an application or course.
(A) The Committee or its designee shall be
granted access to attend, observe and audit any continuing education course
approved by the Committee.
(B) The
Committee may at any time review courses for quality in instruction. The
Committee shall also investigate and take appropriate action, up to and
including revocation of authority to provide CE, regarding complaints involving
approved courses.
(C) A provider's
failure to comply with this Section constitutes grounds for disciplinary
action, up to and including revocation of authority to provide CE, against the
provider or for denial of future applications for coursework.
(6) The applicant will be notified
in writing by mail whether the program is approved or disapproved.
(f)
Alternate Credit
accrual;
(1) Credit may be earned
through teaching in an approved continuing education class in the license
category for which the renewal application is submitted. The Committee may
award up to six (6) hours of CE credit not to exceed the number of approved
hours for that CE class.
(2)
Credit may also be earned through teaching an approved course in an accredited
vocational school or a Building and Construction Inspector -specific program
approved by the Committee. The Committee may award up to six (6) hours of CE
credit for each semester of academic credit awarded by the academic institution
for the course.
(3) Credit may
also be earned through participating as a designate of a technical committee
appointed by the OUBCC to review and recommend adoption of building codes. The
Committee may award up to six (6) hours of continuing education for completing
a code review as designee in the code listed as the standard for the license
held and upon completion of the code review receiving a certificate to be
provided to CIB to receive continuing education credits.
(g)
Complaint procedure:
(1) A person, government, or private
organization may submit a written complaint to the Committee, or its designee,
charging a provider of continuing education with a violation of the rules, and
specifying the grounds for the complaint.
(2) Complaints must be in writing and include
contact information, and shall be filed on the proper complaint form prescribed
by the Construction Industries Board, or its designee.
(3) The Committee may consider an unsigned or
anonymous complaint for further investigation.
(4) Upon receipt of a signed complaint form,
a copy shall be sent to the continuing education provider addressed in the
complaint. The continuing education provider shall provide a written response
within fifteen (15) days. Upon receipt of the continuing education provider's
written response, both complaint and response shall be considered by the
Committee, or its designee, for appropriate action including dismissal of the
complaint, further investigation, or a finding of violation of a statute or
rule. The Committee, or its designee, shall notify both complainant and
continuing education provider of the determination made by the Committee.
Failure of the continuing education provider to respond will be considered as a
violation of this rule.
(5) If a
reasonable cause violation determination is made by the Committee, the Oklahoma
Administrative Procedure Act shall be followed for all disciplinary proceedings
undertaken including but not limited to all parts of this subsection.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 738, eff 1-22-02 (emergency); Added at
19 Ok Reg 1283, eff 5-28-02 ; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 1219, eff 5-25-06 ; Amended
at 30 Ok Reg 1552, eff 7-11-13
