PE/PS CPD NEWS

Beginning with the May 17, 2006 meeting, the Cleveland Section of AIChE will be offering Certificates for Professional Development Hours that will be emailed as PDF files to those who register at the meetings. 

AIChE is adding a new Steering Committee position to host the tasks of Continuing Professional Development.  If you are interested in this position please contact Joe Yurko or Mike Galgoczy.

The following material will better describe the motivation and application of Continuing Professional Development in the State of Ohio.

On February 15, 2005, Governor Taft signed Ohio House Bill (H.B.) 322 into law requiring each Ohio P.E., P.S. or P.E. and P.S. (dual registrant) to obtain 15 professional development hours (PDH) per year beginning in 2007 in order to renew registration for 2008 and subsequent years.

Ohio will not require any state-specific courses or activities. The law requires “courses or activities in technical, ethical or managerial topics relevant to the practice of engineering or surveying.”

The Board will not pre-approve the courses and activities; each registrant will be responsible for choosing courses or activities that fall within the board range of courses and activities described above. Registrants must maintain their own records for three years. The required records need only include a log showing the type, date, duration, numbers of PDH claimed, instructor’s name for the courses or activities and certificates of completion or other evidence of attendance.

PDH may be earned by any combination of the following methods:

• Attending or teaching relevant courses, seminars or workshops (1 PDH per hour attended). Courses, conferences, seminars and workshops in technical, ethical or managerial topics relevant to the practice of engineering or surveying offered at colleges and universities or provided by the professional associations are acceptable.

• Authoring relevant published papers, articles or books (10 PDH each)

• Being an officer or active committee member of an engineering or surveying society (2 PDH per year per society)

• Completion of relevant college courses (1 quarter hour = 30 PDH, 1 semester hour = 40 PDH)

• Obtaining a patent (10 PDH)

The records of each registrant will be subject to audit by the Board. Registrants will be randomly audited by the Board to assure compliance. Go to http://ohiopeps.org/cpd/samplelog.html on the Board’s website for a sample log. If the Board discovers that the requirement has not been completed, the registrant will be so informed and allowed up to six months to remedy the deficiency. If the deficiency is not remedied, the Board may revoke or suspend the registrant’s license after offering an adjudication hearing.