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"Regulations in most states generally adhere to model guidelines for continuing professional competency drafted by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, Clemson, S.C. "The goal is to promote consistency among the various states," says Jerry Carter, NCEES associate executive director. These model guidelines require that engineers accumulate 15 professional development hours each year. One PDH is defined as one contact hour of instruction or presentation."

http://enr.construction.com/features/education/archives/031027.asp.

 

The following table summarizes the requirements for continuing education in the 24 states that have them.  The other states do not have such requirements as of October 2003.

 

State

PDH/Year

State Web Site

Telephone

Comment

Alabama

15

www.bels.state.al.us

(334) 242-5568

 

Arkansas

15

www.state.ar.us/pels

(501) 682-2824

 

Delaware

Voluntary

www.dapa.org

(302) 368-6708

 

Florida

8 in 2 years

www.fbpe.org

(850) 521-0500

 

Georgia

30 in 2 years

www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/pels

(478) 207-1450

 

Iowa

30 in 2 years

www.state.ia.us/government/com/prof/engx/index.htm

(515) 281-4126

 

Kansas

15

www.accesskansas.org/ksbtp

(785) 296-3053

 

Louisiana

15

www.lapels.com

(225) 925-6291

 

Maine

30 in 2 years

www.professionals.maineUSA.com

(207) 287-3236

mandatory 1/1/04

Minnesota

12

www.aelslagid.state.mn.us

(651) 296-2388

 

Mississippi

15

www.pepls.state.ms.us

(601) 359-6160

 

Missouri

30 in 2 years

www.ecodev.state.mo.us/pr/moapels

(573) 751-0047

 

Montana

15

www.discoveringmontana.com/dli/pel

(406) 841-2367

 

Nebraska

15

www.ea.state.ne.us

(402) 471-2021

 

Nevada

15

www.boe.state.nv.us

(775) 688-1231

 

New Hampshire

30 in 2 years

http://www.state.nh.us/jtboard/home.htm

(603) 271-2219

 

New Mexico

15

www.state.nm.us/pepsboard

(505) 827-7561, ext. 140

 

New York

36 in 3 years

www.op.nysed.gov

(518) 474-3817

mandatory 1/1/04

North Carolina

15

www.ncbels.org

(919) 841-4000

 

Oklahoma

15

www.pels.state.ok.us

(405) 521-2874

 

Oregon

30 in 2 years

www.osbeels.org

(503) 362-2666

 

South Carolina

30 in 2 years

www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Engineers

(803) 896-4422

 

South Dakota

30 in 2 years

www.state.sd.us/dol/Boards/engineer/index.htm

(605) 394-2510

 

Tennessee

24 in 2 years

www.state.tn.us/commerce/ae.html

(615) 741-3221; (800) 256-5758

 

Utah

24 in 2 years

www.dopl.utah.gov/licensing/engineer_and_land surveyor.html

(801) 530-6628

 

West Virginia

15

www.wvpebd.org

(304) 558-3554

 

Wyoming

15

http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/borpe/borpe.html

(307) 777-6155

 

 

 

The above data was obtained from an article in the October 27, 2003 issue of Engineering News-Record.  The link for the entire article is http://enr.construction.com/features/education/archives/031027.asp.

 

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