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The Board shall establish criteria for continuing education activities including, but not limited to (i) content and subject matter; (ii) curriculum; (iii) standards and procedures for the approval of activities, courses, sponsors, and instructors; (iv) methods of instruction for continuing education courses; and (v) the computation of course credit.B\n\nThe Board may grant exemptions or waive or reduce the number of continuing education hours required in cases of certified illness or undue hardship.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219106,"text":"The Board shall promulgate regulations governing continuing education requirements for architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects licensed by the Board. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 683<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2009, chapter 309<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":240589,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59827,"identifier":"54.1-404.2","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-404.2","url":"\/54.1-404.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/54.1-404.2\/","token":"54.1\/II\/4\/1\/54.1-404.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuing education","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 54.1-404.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Board<\/span> shall promulgate regulations governing continuing education requirements for architects, professional engineers<\/span>, land surveyors<\/span>, and landscape architects<\/span> licensed by the Board<\/span>. Such regulations shall require the completion of the equivalent of 16 hours per biennium of Board<\/span>-approved continuing education activities as a prerequisite to the renewal or reinstatement of a license issued to an architect, professional engineer<\/span>, land surveyor<\/span>, or landscape architect<\/span>. The Board<\/span> shall establish criteria for continuing education activities including, but not limited to (i) content and subject matter; (ii) curriculum; (iii) standards and procedures for the approval of activities, courses, sponsors, and instructors; (iv) methods of instruction for continuing education courses; and (v) the computation of course credit. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Board<\/span> may grant exemptions or waive<\/span> or reduce the number of continuing education hours required in cases of certified illness or undue hardship. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUING EDUCATION (\u00a7 54.1-404.2)\n\nA. The Board shall promulgate regulations governing continuing education\nrequirements for architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, and\nlandscape architects licensed by the Board. Such regulations shall require the\ncompletion of the equivalent of 16 hours per biennium of Board-approved\ncontinuing education activities as a prerequisite to the renewal or\nreinstatement of a license issued to an architect, professional engineer, land\nsurveyor, or landscape architect. The Board shall establish criteria for\ncontinuing education activities including, but not limited to (i) content and\nsubject matter; (ii) curriculum; (iii) standards and procedures for the approval\nof activities, courses, sponsors, and instructors; (iv) methods of instruction\nfor continuing education courses; and (v) the computation of course credit.\n\nB. The Board may grant exemptions or waive or reduce the number of continuing\neducation hours required in cases of certified illness or undue hardship.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 683; 2009, c. 309.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}