First, I appreciate the opportunity for all of us affected to voice opinions here, no other State that I was registered in prior to adopting a CE requirement did this, so "Thank You!".

If I understand previous posts to this forum corrrectly, the 'requirement' is already now law in VA, but the methodology has not been determined. I am generally in favor of the concept, but so far,  have not seen continuing education implemented in a seriously meaningful way in any state's requirements , (or the AIA's) as of today.  As such here are my comments:

1. Please try to standardize the Virginia requirements to be 'compatible' with other states and National professional organizations (in my case the AIA). Nothing is more vexing to me than to have each state and the AIA renewal at a different time of year, some annual, some biennial, and all have not only differing numbers of continuing education hours, but they account for the time differently!?!?!

2. Consider waiving the Virginia requirement, by allowing 'recioprocity' for out-of-state professionals who have met their 'home' state's continuing education requirements, or those of a national professional body (like the AIA in our case).

3. Allow individuals some leeway in 'averaging' credit accumulations from year-to-year. Some years an individual might be a few credits low, others could be in excess. If 'excess' credit could be carried forward, allowances for unanticipated lapses (sickness, hardship, travel) would be covered.

4. Allow the submission of CE transcripts from National professional organizations as sufficient documentation. (Some states currently require a hand written full page listing of 'who, what. when, where, etc.!! A monumental waste of time!)

Thanks!