State Approvals
More than thirty U.S. states now require continuing education for engineers to maintain licensure. And, several others have new regulations pending that will take effect soon.
States That Pre-Approve Providers
Four state boards pre-approve continuing education providers. PDHengineer.com is an approved provider in all four of these states:
- Florida (Continuing Education Provider Number 0003610 - Approval Letter)
- Louisiana (Approval Letter)
- New York (Approval Letter)
- North Carolina (Approval Letter)
Other States
Other than the four states listed above, none of the state boards have a program in place to pre-approve specific course providers or specific courses. PDHengineer.com courses have been accepted for PDH credit by all the state boards that don't pre-approve course providers. However, it is ultimately the engineer's responsibility in these states to determine whether an activity meets the guidelines set forth by the state board.
The state boards typically accept a PDH activity that meets the following criteria:
"A course or activity whose purpose and objective are clear with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensees field of practice." Additionally, many states require that the course consist of "technical, ethical or managerial content relevant to the practice of engineering."
Correspondence, distance learning and internet courses are accepted by all the states that require continuing education activities provided that the course meets the Board's requirements and provided that completion of the course can be independently verified.
The state boards consider completion of a course to be independently verified if you must take and pass a quiz to successfully complete the course, the quiz is graded and the results are kept on file by the course provider for a prescribed length of time (the number of years varies for each state).
Click on the links to the right for information on each state's continuing education requirements.
Record Keeping
It is generally the engineer's responsibility to maintain records of continuing education activities and to submit the records to the board upon request.
North Carolina and Florida are the only two states that require course providers to submit records to the state board. PDHengineer.com will submit your course completion records periodically to the North Carolina Board and the Florida Board in accordance with their requirements.
As stated above, online courses are accepted for credit if completion of the course can be independently verified, which requires that the course provider maintain a record of successful course completion for a prescribed length of time.
In addition to issuing a certificate of completion when you pass the course quiz, PDHengineer.com maintains a record of your successful course completion at our company's headquarters for 7 years, which meets or exceeds the requirements of all states that mandate continuing education for engineers.
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