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Continuing education rule changes might make things easier for you
If you pay any amount of attention to the Board's
enforcement program, you'll know one thing for sure:
of all the things people get in trouble for, continuing
education (CE) is the most common. We write what
we think are helpful, useful continuing education
articles in nearly every issue of this newsletter, and we
talk about CE in almost every presentation or class we
give. Recently, the Board went even further to help
every TBAE registrant comply with CE regulations.
Read on to learn what changed and how it might just
make compliance noticeably easier for you.
In February of 2021, the Board amended its CE rules.
Here's a summary of the highest-profile change, and
how it might help you out of a sticky continuing
education situation.
The rule change is a solution for when you are about to
renew your registration, but then realize you lack some
number of CE hours for the previous calendar year. For
instance, let's say you were born in October. You know
that before you renew by the end of October, 2021
(your renewal deadline is the end of your birth month)
you will need to certify that you completed 12 CE hours
the previous calendar year-2020. So you check your
records, your transcript, etc. and realize: Oh no-I only
did nine hours in calendar year 202O1I can't go back in
time, so what do I do now???
With the amended CE rule, it's a little bit like you CAN
go back in time and apply CE credits to a previous
calendar year that's already come and gone. If you ever
realize after the fact that you're short some hours for
the previous calendar year, simply follow these steps
before renewing:1. Do NOT renew your registration until you are
compliant with CE requirements, as follows.
2. Complete qualifying CE credits to cover any
deficiency for the previous calendar year.
3. IN ADDITION to covering the deficiency for the
previous calendar year, complete the full12-hour
requirement for the current calendar year. Your
total for the current and past calendar year now
should be 24 CE hours.
4. Renew your registration and safely certify that
you have completed the required hours.
Additional CE tips, tricks, and hints
to make your life easier
- The basics, which haven't changed since 2012:
Each calendar year, from January 1 through
December 31, a registrant shaHl earn 12 hours of
CE directly relating to health, safety, and welfare.
One of them must be in accessibility/ADA/
barrier-free, and one must be in sustainable or
energy-efficient design.
- At least eight of your 12 hours each calendar
year must be "structured" courses, also known
as classroom courses. How can you teHl whether
a course is structured? A structured course
may be delivered by direct, in-person contact
or through distance learning methods, but it
must result in the issuance of a certificate or
other record of attendance by the provider.
Note that some course providers work with
transcript services (e.g. AIA, LACES, or IDCEC)
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