N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3A-7.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:3A-7.1 - Continuing education requirements; criteria; waiver of requirements

(a) A licensed tree expert or licensed tree care operator shall earn 32 credits or more of continuing education during the first two-year license period in which the individual obtains licensure and each succeeding two-year license period.

(b) A licensed tree expert or licensed tree care operator may earn continuing education credit for seminars, courses, programs, presentations, continuing education quizzes, or lectures administered by approved arboricultural organizations successfully completed during the biennial licensure period in which the continuing education was completed as set forth at N.J.A.C. 7:3A-7.5. No continuing education credits may be carried over into a succeeding biennial period. However, in the case of qualifying for reinstatement of a suspended license, credit earned in a successive biennial period may be applied toward qualifying for reinstatement.

(c) A licensee may request that the Board grant a waiver of the continuing education requirement for any of the following reasons: illness certified by a physician, disability, military deployment, or other good cause deemed acceptable by the Board. Any licensee seeking a waiver of the continuing education requirements shall submit a request to the Board in writing specifying the reasons for the request by October 31 of the second year of the two-year biennial license period. The licensee shall also provide the Board with such information as it may reasonably request in support of a waiver request. The Board shall notify the licensee in writing whether it approves the licensee's waiver request. In the case of a denial, the Board shall explain its reasons for denying the request and shall advise the candidate that he or she may request an adjudicatory hearing pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:3A-10.1.

(d) Participants will receive one continuing education credit for each hour of attendance or teaching that includes at least 50 minutes of instructional content.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3A-7.1

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 743(a), effective 4/17/2017