AIArchitect, Nov. 12, 2001 - Mandatory CE Rules Set for Wyoming, Pending for Illinois

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Mandatory CE Rules Set for Wyoming, Pending for Illinois

With enabling legislation already in place in Alaska, Delaware, Illinois, and Wyoming requiring continuing education for architecture licensure renewal, state officials have been busy hammering out the details. Illinois is particularly close to announcing the rules for architects registered in that state, according to AIA staff monitoring the situation. That announcement could come this week.

The Wyoming State Board of Architects and Landscape Architects has already announced its mandatory continuing education rules for architects. Beginning with the renewal application for the 2001–2002 biennium, the state now requires 16 "professional development units" for each 24-month period. Wyoming becoming the 23rd state with mandatory continuing education requirements is particularly important because it indicates that the movement of such state laws is beginning to take root in the West.

Architects licensed in Mississippi will find a new question in their annual renewal form about continuing education activities. It is a voluntary program meant to assess the level of continuing education among architects practicing in that state. Specifically, the renewal form asks registrants whether they participated in 24 contact hours of continuing education during the previous two-year period. The study will help the state licensing board assess possible future implementation of a mandatory program.

For information on state continuing-education requirements across the country, go to the AIA/CES Web site and click on the map. (The site can also help you find recognized CE programs in your vicinity.)

For more information, contact Paul Mendelsohn, 202-626-7388.

Reference

If you are lacking in learning units, there are several sources of informative and convenient continuing education. Check with your local component for programs in your area. Read magazines that offer learning-unit-earning technical article, such as Architectural Record. (Note, there is a new AIA Continuing Education System policy on earning learning units from magazine articles that members should read. And if you need continuing education for state licensure, check with the state licensing board to make sure it recognizes all of your learning activities.) To get continuing education online anytime, go to the eClassroom Web campus.