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 suppose that I should oppose this requirement into my professional career as an unnecessary intrusion as every day is a continuing education day for me.
However, as I am licensed in 16 or so states and some of these states also require CEU's, the impact is limited on me. I take these classes and, even with those sponsored by the AIA, I usually know more than the presenter. However, I diligently sit through my class knowing that I need these hours to simply be able to practice my trade. Is it necessary? Not for me, but in this day of "feel good" regulation, it seems to be the norm.
The AIA instituted continuing education for its members a short while back.
Items that need to be addressed:
The cost to my firm will be tremendous as we have approximately 30-40 licensed architects and engineers. Each of these will be required to take time off from work to maintain their license-even though we don't require them to seal the drawings. They will look to us to cover the cost of maintaining their license while they take classes.
Thank you.