Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
The purpose of professional development requirements is to
demonstrate a continuing level of competency of professional engineers, land
surveyors, and photogrammetrists.
(1)
Requirements:
(a) Every registrant is
required to obtain 30 professional development hour (PDH) units during each
biennial registration period and in order to renew for the next biennial
registration period.
(b)
Registrants who are licensed for part of a registration period of six months or
greater shall obtain a prorated amount of required PDH.
(c) Registrants who are licensed for part of
a registration period of less than six months, and not under registration
discipline, are not required to obtain PDH for that registration
period.
(d) Every registrant shall
report PDH units on the Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Organizational form provided by the Board and submit it to the Board office
with the renewal form and fee. The CPD Organizational form must be completed in
its entirety.
(e) Supporting
documentation to verify the PDH units recorded on the CPD Organizational form
must be submitted to the Board office when requested to participate in an
audit. Supporting documentation may include, but is not limited to:
(A) Completion certificate(s);
(B) Paid receipt(s);
(C) Attendance log(s);
(D) Other documents supporting evidence of
attendance.
(f) The CPD
Organizational form and supporting documentation must be submitted to the Board
in English or translated to English.
(g) Records must be retained for five (5)
years.
(2) PDH units must
be obtained in qualifying activities related to the individual's registration.
A qualifying activity is any course or activity with a clear purpose and
objective which improves, or expands the skills and knowledge relevant to the
registrant's field of practice or practices.
(3) Non-qualifying activities may include,
but are not limited to:
(a) Regular
employment;
(b) Real estate
licensing courses;
(c) Personal,
estate, or financial planning;
(d)
Personal self improvement;
(e)
Service club meetings or activities;
(f) Equipment demonstrations or trade show
displays;
(g) Topics not relevant
to engineering, land surveying, or photogrammetry professions;
(h) Enrollment without attendance at courses,
seminars, etc.
(i) Repetitive
attendance at the same course;
(j)
Repetitive teaching of the same course;
(k) Attending committee meetings or general
business meetings of any organization;
(l) Taking professional or required
examinations.
(4) Units -
The conversion of other units of credit to PDH units is as follows:
(a) 1 College Semester hour equals 45
PDH;
(b) 1 College Quarter hour
equals 30 PDH;
(c) 1 Continuing
Education unit equals 10 PDH.
(5) Sources of PDH units - One (1) PDH unit
may be obtained for each contact hour of instruction or presentation. Unless
otherwise noted, there is no maximum amount of PDH units a registrant may earn
per biennial registration period. Sources of PDH units include, but are not
limited to the following:
(a) Successful
completion of college courses;
(b)
Successful completion of short courses, tutorials, correspondence, web based
courses, televised and videotaped courses;
(c) Active participation in seminars,
in-house courses, workshops, and professional conventions;
(d) Teaching or instructing a course,
seminar, or workshop one time only. (This does not apply to full-time faculty
teaching college courses);
(e)
Authoring or co-authoring published papers, articles or books. Maximum of 10
PDH units per biennial registration period;
(f) Active participation in professional or
technical society, committee, or board. Maximum of 8 PDH units per biennial
registration period;
(g) Self
study. Maximum of 6 PDH units per biennial registration period;
(h) Mentoring of engineering, land surveying,
or photogrammetry topics to a nonregistered individual not under your
supervision. Maximum of 10 PDH units per biennial registration
period;
(i) Non-technical
educational activities related to the registrant's employment;
(j) Developing, writing, or scoring an
engineering, land surveying, or photogrammetric mapping examination for
licensure or certification. Maximum of 15 PDH units per biennial registration
period.
(k) Participation in a
student engineering, land surveying, or photogrammetric mapping competition.
Maximum of 10 PDH units per biennial registration period.
(6) Determination of Credit - The Board has
final authority with respect to approval of courses, credit, PDH units for
courses and other methods of earning credit.
(a) The Board will approve without listing
courses which are sponsored by nationally recognized technical societies and
those technical societies listed in 820-001-0000(4)(b)(A) through (E) and
(4)(c)(A) through (H).
(b) Credit
determination for activities is the responsibility of the registrant and is
subject to review by the Board.
(7) If a registrant exceeds the requirement
in any registration period, a maximum of 15 PDH units in courses/activities may
be carried forward into the next registration period.
(8) In the event a registrant holds a license
in another state that has a lesser PDH requirement than Oregon or no PDH
requirement, the registrant will need to satisfy Oregon's 30 PDH requirement to
renew the Oregon license.
(9)
Multiple Registrants. The number of PDH units required shall remain a total of
30 PDH per registration period for persons who hold registration as an
engineer, land surveyor, and/or photogrammetrist.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
670.310 & 672.255
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
672.002 - 672.375
