Or. Admin. Code § 809-025-0000

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 809-025-0000 - Definitions

The following are definitions of terms used in this Division:

(1) "Audit period" - the period for which the registrant's continuing education activities are subject to audit by the Board.

(2) "Continuing Education Activity" - a course or educational endeavor that has a clear purpose and objective and maintains, improves or expands the professional knowledge or skill of the registrant or develops new and relevant knowledge or skills in relation to the public practice of geology, as defined at ORS 672.505(7).

(3) "Continuing Education Hour" - one (1) hour (with no less than fifty (50) minutes of direct involvement, commonly referred to as a contact hour) of an activity that meets the requirements of these rules.

(4) "Pro bono service" - refers to professional services related to the public practice of geology, as defined at ORS 672.505(7), provided to the public or an organization without fee or other compensation. Services must draw upon the knowledge and skills of the registrant while also helping to maintain, improve, or enhance the registrant's practice. Unbilled hours from a project done for compensation do not qualify as pro bono service.

(5) "Renewal period" - the one (1) year period immediately preceding a registrant's annual renewal date. For example, the renewal period for a registrant with a renewal date of May 31 begins June 1 of the previous year and runs through the renewal date.

(6) "Self-directed educational activity" - A continuing education activity that:

(a) Does not have a sponsor;

(b) Is accounted for in terms of time spent completing the activity by the registrant; and

(c) Is documented by the registrant instead of a sponsor.

(7) "Sponsor" - an entity, such as but not necessarily limited to, an employer, professional organization, non-profit organization, university, or for-profit business, which provides a continuing education activity that the registrant completes to fulfill the continuing education activity requirements of these rules.

(8) "Structured educational activity" - any continuing education activity that:

(a) Has a sponsor;

(b) Is documented by the sponsor and verifiable by the Board; and.

(c) For academic coursework, the conversion of academic coursework credit to continuing education activity credit shall be as defined in 809-025-0015(2)(b).

Or. Admin. Code § 809-025-0000

BGE 3-2020, adopt filed 06/03/2020, effective 1/1/2021

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 670.310, ORS 672.588

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 672.588