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Indiana Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 20, 2016) |
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Title 864. STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS |
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Article 864IAC1.1. ADMINISTRATION; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
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Rule 864IAC1.1-15. Continuing Education |
Section 864IAC1.1-15-4. Credit for distance learning, teaching, college courses and other qualifying activities
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(a) Distance learning courses obtained by distance learning methods shall qualify.
(b) Courses that are relevant to the professional engineer's professional skills, which are part of the curriculum of an accredited university, college, or educational institution, shall earn:
(1) fifteen (15) hours of continuing education for each academic semester hour completed; or
(2) ten (10) hours of continuing education for each academic quarter hour completed.
(c) Teaching a course at an accredited university, college, or educational institution shall earn two (2) times the number of hours a student is allowed under subsection (b), but only for the first time the instructor teaches the course.
(d) Services as an instructor or presenter at a qualified continuing education course shall earn two (2) hours of continuing education for each hour taught, but only for the initial instruction or presentation.
(e) Active participation in educational outreach activities with kindergarten to grade 12, or higher education students pertaining to professional engineer registration or the engineering profession shall qualify for a maximum of one (1) hour of continuing education per activity, and a maximum of two (2) hours of continuing education per biennium.
(f) Active participation in a professional or technical society relating to the practice of engineering shall qualify for one (1) hour of continuing education per year of service and, therefore, a maximum of two (2) hours of continuing education per biennium.
(g) Authoring of published papers, articles, or books relevant to the professional engineer's practice of engineering shall qualify for five (5) hours of continuing education in the biennium in which the publication occurred unless peer reviewed for an archival journal, in which case it shall qualify for ten (10) hours of continuing education in the biennium in which the publication occurred. Not more than one (1) paper, article, or book may be counted in any one (1) biennium.
(h) Attainment of a patent relevant to the professional engineer's practice of engineering shall qualify for ten (10) hours for each patent. (State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers; 864 IAC 1.1-15-4; filed Jul 19, 2010, 11:22 a.m.: 20100818-IR-864090788FRA; filed Nov 15, 2013, 2:51 p.m.: 20131211-IR-864130333FRA, eff Jan 1, 2014)