Sec. 1001.210. CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. (a) The board shall recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for its license holders. A license holder must participate in the programs to the extent required by the board to keep the person's license.
(b) The board may not require a license holder to obtain more than 15 hours of continuing education annually. The board shall permit a license holder to certify at the time the license is renewed that the license holder has complied with the board's continuing education requirements.
(c) The board shall permit a license holder to receive continuing education credit for educational, technical, ethical, or professional management activities related to the practice of engineering, including:
(1) successfully completing or auditing a course sponsored by an institution of higher education;
(2) successfully completing a course certified by a professional or trade organization;
(3) attending a seminar, tutorial, short course, correspondence course, videotaped course, or televised course;
(4) participating in an in-house course sponsored by a corporation or other business entity;
(5) teaching a course described by Subdivisions (1)-(4);
(6) publishing an article, paper, or book on the practice of engineering;
(7) making or attending a presentation at a meeting of a technical or engineering management society or organization or writing a paper presented at such a meeting;
(8) participating in the activities of a professional society or association, including serving on a committee of the organization; and
(9) engaging in self-directed study.
(d) A license holder may not receive more than five continuing education credit hours annually for engaging in self-directed study.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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