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AL Professional Engineers
The State of Alabama requires 15 hours of Continuing Education each year prior to the license renewal period.
-Renewal for Engineers is December 31st annually.
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Alabama
Professional Engineer Continuing Education Requirements
Listed below is a summary of Alabama State requirements:
| Hours Required: | 15 Hours annually |
| Renewal Deadline: | December 31 every year for all engineers |
| Carryover Allowed: | 15 |
| Course Approval: | The Board does not pre-approve or endorse any CPC activities. It is the responsibility of each licensee to assure that all PDH credits claimed meet the requirements. Course PDH may be acceptable, if the licensee can demonstrate high quality education from the course, if requested. An on-line course must require the participant to show evidence of achievement and completion and/or a final graded test. |
| Course Content: | Criteria - Continuing professional competency activities must meet the following criteria: (a) There is a clear purpose and objective for each activity which will maintain, improve, or expand skills and knowledge obtained prior to initial licensure or to develop new and relevant skills and knowledge. (b) The content of each presentation is well organized and presented in a sequential manner. (c) There is evidence of preplanning which should include the opportunity for input by the target group to be served. (d) The presentation will be made by persons who are well qualified by education or experience. (e) There is a provision for individual participant registration which will include information required for record keeping and reporting. |
| State Website: | http://www.bels.state.al.us/pdfs/2003%20Law%20&%20Code.pdf |
| Contact Info: |
Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers PO Box 304451 Montgomery, AL 36130-4451 (334) 242-5568 |
| Valid Course Work: |
Continuing professional competency activities which satisfy the professional development requirement shall include, but not be limited to: (a) Successfully completing or auditing college or university sponsored courses, (b) Successfully completing courses which are awarded continuing educational units (CEU), (c) Successfully completing tutorials, short courses, correspondence courses, televised courses, or videotaped courses, (d) Attending seminars, in-house programs, workshops, or professional or technical presentations made at meetings, conventions, or conferences. (e) Teaching, presenting, or instructing as described in (a) through (d) above, (f) Authoring published papers, articles, books, or accepted licensing examination items, and (g) Receiving a United States patent. All of such activities as described in (a) through (g) above must be relevant to the practice of engineering or land surveying and may include technical, ethical, or managerial content. |
| Converting Education to PDH: |
The conversion to PDH units from other units is as follows: 1 University semester hour of credit... 45 PDH 1 University quarter hour of credit... 30 PDH 1 Continuing Educational Unit (CEU). 10 PDH 1 Hour of acceptable professional development education ... 1 PDH |
| Recordkeeping: |
The responsibility of maintaining records which can be used to support credits claimed is the responsibility of the licensee. Records required include but are not limited to: (1) a log showing the type of activity claimed, sponsoring organization, location, duration, instructor's or speaker's name, and PDH credits earned; (2) attendance verification records in the form of completion certificates, signed attendance receipts, paid receipts, a copy of a listing of attendees signed by the sponsoring organization, or other documents supporting evidence of attendance. These records must be maintained for a period of four years and copies must be furnished, if requested, to the Board for audit verification purposes. These records should not be furnished with the renewal application. |
| Additional Information: |
Credit for qualifying courses successfully completed which offer PDHs based on semester hours, quarter hours, or CEUs is as specified above. All other activities permit the earning of one PDH credit for each contact hour with the following exceptions: (a) Successful auditing of university or college courses permits PDH credit of 1/3 that shown above. (b) Teaching or instructing qualifying courses or seminars or making presentations at technical meetings can earn PDH credit at twice that of participants. (c) Authorship of papers, articles, or books cannot be claimed until actually published. Receipt of a US patent cannot be claimed until the patent is actually awarded. Credit earned will equal preparation time spent not to exceed 10 PDH per publication or patent. (d) The Board does not encourage meeting continuing professional competency requirements through correspondence, video, audio, or on-line courses. Course PDH may be acceptable, if the licensee can demonstrate high quality education from the course, if requested. A correspondence, video, audio, or on-line course must require the participant to show evidence of achievement and completion and/or a final graded test. (e) The Board will not accept self study, regular employment including repetitive teaching of the same course without updating course material, service club meetings, equipment demonstrations, membership on Boards or Committees, enrollment without attending the course, conversational language courses for personal use, and other activities not relevant to engineering or land surveying and not educational in nature. |