La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXI-3105

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXI-3105 - Requirements

A. Every professional engineer, including those listed in two or more disciplines, is required to earn 15 PDHs per calendar year in engineering-related acceptable activities. Professional engineers may not earn more than 8 PDHs within a single calendar day.

1. At least one of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in professional ethics. Professional ethics concerns the standard of professional conduct and responsibility required of a professional engineer.

2. At least four of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in Life Safety Code, building codes and/or Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines by every professional engineer who designs buildings and/or building systems or reviews and/or approves plans for buildings and/or building systems in Louisiana during such calendar year.

B. Every professional land surveyor is required to earn 8 PDHs per calendar year in land surveying-related acceptable activities.

1. At least one of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in professional ethics. Professional ethics concerns the standard of professional conduct and responsibility required of a professional land surveyor.

2. At least one of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in the standards of practice for boundary surveys in Louisiana.

C. Each dual licensee is required to earn 15 PDHs per calendar year; however, at least one-third of the required PDHs for each calendar year shall be earned separately for each profession.

1. At least one of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in professional ethics. Professional ethics concerns the standard of professional conduct and responsibility required of a professional engineer and/or professional land surveyor.

2. At least one of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in the standards of practice for boundary surveys in Louisiana.

3. At least four of the PDHs per calendar year shall be earned in Life Safety Code, building codes and/or Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines by every professional engineer who designs buildings and/or building systems or reviews and/or approves plans for buildings and/or building systems in Louisiana during such calendar year.

D. Excess PDHs

1. If a licensee exceeds his/her annual requirement of PDHs, up to a maximum of 7 PDHs may be carried forward into the subsequent calendar year.

2. Excess PDHs may include, without limitation, those earned in professional ethics, the standards of practice for boundary surveys in Louisiana, Life Safety Code, building codes and/or Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines.

E. Licensees will be required to verify compliance with these CPD requirements at the end of each of their biennial licensure renewal periods.

F. As used in this Section, the phrase designs buildings and/or building systems shall mean the design of and/or specifications for any component of any building and/or building system including but not limited to architectural engineering design, site work, foundations, structural, electrical, mechanical, fire protection system, communications and associated appurtenances.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXI-3105

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, LR 24:2152 (November 1998), amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, LR 27:1047 (July 2001), LR 30:1730 (August 2004), LR 37:2420 (August 2011), Amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, LR 421104 (7/1/2016), Amended LR 44629 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 47495 (4/1/2021), Amended by the Department of Transportation and Development, Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board, LR 471897 (12/1/2021), Amended LR 482366 (9/1/2022).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:697.1.