Action | Develop regulations for a mandatory continuing education requirement for architect, professional engineer, and land surveyor licenses. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 5/2/2008 |
I took the PE exam 20 years after obtaining my BS degree. I had to learn "20 years" of new material for the test. I learned it on my own. There were no "everything new since you graduated" classes. I received no credit for this other than passing the exam. However, it equated to far far less than 160 CE hours (16 CE hours X 10 Bienniums). I believe 16 CE hours per biennium is two to four times too high a requirment. While classes may help us to maintain currency, I don't see how they will improve public safety as is an intent of the bill. Instead, perhaps it would be more effective to make safe driving school mandatory for licensed/registered professionals.