Action | Develop regulations for a mandatory continuing education requirement for architect, professional engineer, and land surveyor licenses. |
Stage | Final |
Comment Period | Ended on 3/18/2009 |
6 comments
18VAC10-20-680. Reinstatement.
B. ...resintatement... is spelled wrong.
The phrase "continuing education" should be replaced with "continued professional development" throughout 18VAC10-20-670.
Continuing Education implies college courses whereas Continued Professional Development encompasses all of the following which includes education:
If the APELCIDLA Board is developing regulations to require continued professional development and allow credit for more than just education courses to maintain ones license, then 18VAC10-20-670 needs to reference "Continued Professional Development" instead of "Continuing Education" to be accurate and complete.
Thank you,
Bradford S. Price, PE
Analyzing the comments received during the proposal period, we find opposition to these regulations exceeding support by a ratio of 7.6-to-1 (59 favorable, 449 opposed). Opinion pollsters might interpret this 1.6-percent sampling as being statistically representative of the whole body of registrants regulated by the board. I believe it actually understates the overwhelming opposition to these new regulations.
As written, state mandated continuing education cannot be proven to increase compentency or decrease incompetency. To claim otherwise is defamation of character and illegal.
States should establish one minimum standard for architectural practice. Adding MCE requirments as you go dicriminates against experienced professionals and is unfair.
Read the article "The Continuing Education Myth" on the attached link. Either repeal Mandatory continuing Education requirments or accept professional practice for continuing education credits. It's the only competent thing to do.
http://berenyi.com/article.html?id=10
Having personally been actively involved with professional development at both national level (Transportation Research Board as a committee member & Strategic Highway Research Program 2 serving on Expert Task Group for Renewal) and local level (President of local Old Dominion Section of American Society of Highway Engineers), I find it very disconcerting that these levels of effort to continue advancement of the profession may not qualify as satisfying this "continuing education program".
I commented 3/17/08 regarding this same issue. http://www.townhall.virginia.gov/L/viewcomments.cfm?commentid=1109
Not to blow this out of proportion but to imply the need for a continuing education class for concealed carry permit holders is outside your profession and expertise.