Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.15101

Current through Vol. 24-22, December 15, 2024

Section R. 339.15101 - Definitions

Rule 101.

(1) As used in these rules:

(a) "CACB" means the Canadian Architectural Certification Board.

(b) "Code" means the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.101 to 339.2677.

(c) "Continuing education" means an instructional course or activity in an approved health, safety, and welfare subject that is designed to bring licensees up to date on a particular area of knowledge or skills relevant to the licensee's area of professional practice.

(d) "Course" means any qualifying activity with a clear purpose and goal that keeps, improves, or expands the skills and knowledge relevant to the licensee's area of professional practice. Regular duties for compensation are not considered activities, except for employer compensated continuing education activities.

(e) "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.

(f) "Distance learning" means any of the following:

(i) Courses where an instructor and a licensee may be apart, and instruction takes place through online or electronic media.

(ii) Courses, which include, but are not limited to, instruction presented through interactive classrooms, at the job site, computer conferencing, and interactive computer systems.

(iii) Monographs, which are distant learning courses that examine or investigate current and emerging topics in architecture, that can be in the form of an online quiz or test offered by a sponsor, that may not require an instructor.

(g) "Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) subjects" means technical and professional subjects related to the practice of architecture that safeguard the public and include the continuing education subjects approved under R 339.15506.

(h) "NAAB" means the National Architectural Accrediting Board.

(i) "NCARB" means the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.

(j) "Sponsor" means an individual that represents to the public that any of its courses fulfill the requirements of section 2009 of the code, MCL 339.2009, for continuing education.

(2) A term defined in the code has the same meaning when used in these rules.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.15101

1985 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2013 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2018 AACS; 2020 AACS; 2022 AACS; 2023 MR 9, Eff. 5/1/2023