Readers of AIA Continuing Education System (CES)-approved articles in registered-provider magazines earn learning units (LUs) when they complete and submit the test that accompanies the article. Submissions go to the CES provider magazine, as instructed in the magazine. The recording date the CES Records Office in Oklahoma ascribes to those LUs will be the last day of the month in which they receive notification from the provider magazine that the credit has been earned. The Records Office will not backdate the LUs to the month the article was published.

Some new AIA/CES rules are going into effect regarding the use of magazine articles for CES credit. Beginning January 1, 2002:
• To ensure material is current, CES-approved magazine articles that are more than two years old can only be self-reported as part of a self-designed research project. They no longer qualify for health, safety, welfare (HSW) credit
• The total number of CES-approved magazine articles that a member may submit for credit each year is eight, regardless of the source
• The test questions will be included at the end of each CES-approved article; test answers may be posted on a Web site, but may not be included within the same magazine issue as the CES-approved article.

All CES-registered providers must report credits earned by AIA members directly to the Records Office in Oklahoma for recording on the AIA member's transcript. To comply with state licensing mandatory continuing education, the registered provider will establish a system to provide certificates of completion to participants who are not AIA members. This may include a special fee to cover additional handling, printing, and postage. The provider determines any such processing fee.

All CES providers agree to follow the "AIA Distance Education Policy, Magazine Articles for LU Credit" for AIA members and nonmembers alike. Inconsistency in the practice of awarding credits will result in removal of CES approval of articles.

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