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Georgia Continuing Education Requirements

Rule 50-6-.04 Professional Development Reporting Requirements

1. Beginning with applications for renewal of certificates of registration that expire on June 30, 2005, a registered architect must have completed twenty-four (24) professional development units, acceptable to the Board, during the two-year period immediately preceding each biennial renewal date as a condition for registration renewal. Of these, at least sixteen (16) units must be in Public Protection Subjects acquired in Structured Education Activities. The remaining units may be in Related Practice Subjects acquired either in Structured Educational Activities or in Public Protection Subjects acquired in Individually Planned Educational Activities
2. An applicant for renewal who has been initially registered in Georgia as a registered architect for one year, but less than two, at the date of registration expiration must have completed twelve (12) professional development units, acceptable to the Board, during the period between initial registration and the expiration date as a condition for registration renewal. Of these, at least eight (8) units must be in Public Protection Subjects acquired in Structured Education Activities. The remaining units may be in Related Practice Subjects acquired in Structured Educational Activities or in Public Protection Subjects acquired in Individual Planned Educational Activities.
3. An applicant for renewal who has been initially registered in Georgia as a registered architect for less than one year at the date of registration expiration will be not be required to complete any professional development units prior to that first registration expiration date as a condition for registration renewal.

Rule 50-6-.06 Professional Development Record Maintenance and Verification

1. Responsibility for documenting the fulfillment of the professional development requirements provided for in this Chapter rests with the registrant, and the registrant must retain for a period of four (4) years the evidence to support fulfillment of the requirements. Such evidence shall include evidence of completion of each professional development course or program, a description of the contents of each professional development course or program, and verification of the number of units of each professional development course or program.
2. The Board may verify on a test basis satisfactory completion of the professional development requirements in this Chapter. In doing so, the Board may require registrants to submit copies of the documentation described in paragraph (1) above to the Board and may require other information as it deems necessary to decide upon the acceptability of a professional development course or program. In cases where the Board determines that the professional development requirements have not been met, the Board may grant an additional period of time for the registrant to provide further evidence of having acquired the professional development units disallowed or to cure the disallowance by acquiring additional professional development units.

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