Section 12.36.520. Computation of continuing education credit.

	(a)  The board has final authority with respect to the acceptance of courses, activities, credits, professional development hour values, and other methods of earning continuing education credits. Continuing education credit is computed as follows:  
		(1) credit for college approved courses is based upon course credit established by the college;  
		(2) credit for qualifying seminars, in-house workshops, and professional or technical presentations is based on one professional development hour for each hour of attendance at the seminar, in-house workshop, or professional or technical presentation;  
		(3) attendance at qualifying programs presented at professional and technical society meetings, conventions, or conferences earns one professional development hour for each hour of attendance at the program;  
		(4) credit for published papers, articles, or books is  
			(A) based on one professional development hour for each hour of professional preparation of the paper, article, or book;  
			(B) determined by the professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect; and  
			(C) subject to review and approval by the board under the standards set out in 12 AAC 36.510 - 12 AAC 36.550;  
		(5) credit for participating in professional and technical societies may be claimed for a year of service as an officer or in active participation in a committee of the society, based on one professional development hour for every two hours of service or participation; professional development hour credits under this paragraph are earned at the end of each full year of service or participation.  
	(b)  The computation of credits of professional development hours is as follows:   
		(1) one unit of college semester credit equals 45 professional development hours;   
		(2) one unit of college quarter credit equals 30 professional development hours;   
		(3) one continuing education unit of professional architect, engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect continuing education equals 10 professional development hours;   
		(4) one hour of a seminar, in-house workshop, or professional or technical presentation attended at meetings, conventions, or conferences equals one professional development hour;  
		(5) one hour of initial instruction of the subject matter when teaching professional development courses, seminars, or professional or technical presentations equals two professional development hours; this provision does not apply to full-time faculty;  
		(6) up to 10 professional development hours per biennial registration period may be claimed for a published paper, article, or book, based on the amount of time and effort required to produce the paper, article, or book;  
		(7) for serving as an officer or actively participating in a committee of professional and technical societies, up to eight professional development hours per year may be claimed for each professional or technical society.  

Authorities

08.48.071;08.48.101

Notes

Authority

AS 08.48.071 AS 08.48.101

History

Eff. 10/18/2007, Register 184; am 7/12/2008, Register 187; am 7/13/2011, Register 199