Section 28-04-01-03 - General requirementsAll individual registrants must acquire thirty professional development hours every two years before renewing their license.
1. At least twenty professional development hours must be in technical subjects that directly safeguard the public's health, safety, and welfare, including technical professional management subjects such as total quality process or technical engineering or land surveying software training.2. A maximum of ten professional development hours may be in nontechnical professional-related subjects. At least one nontechnical professional development hour must be in an ethics-oriented class.3. If chosen for audit, registrants will be required to submit a list of continuing professional development activities and associated certificates/documents.4. Registrants holding both professional engineering and surveying registrations must earn a minimum of one-third, or ten professional development hours in each profession with a total of thirty professional development hours every two years. A dual registrant is not required to obtain more than thirty professional development hours per biennial renewal period because of dual registrations.5. A maximum of fifteen qualifying professional development hours may be forwarded to the subsequent biennial renewal period.6. Comity for continuing professional development is allowed if the registrant is currently licensed in a jurisdiction or state that requires mandatory continuing professional competency and meets the minimum requirements as established by the North Dakota state board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors.7. New registrants shall comply with continuing education requirements as follows: registrants who receive their license prior to the fourth quarter in an odd-numbered year shall report the full biennial requirement of thirty professional development hours at the time of next renewal; and registrants who receive their license prior to the fourth quarter in an even-numbered year shall report one-half of the biennial requirement, i.e., fifteen professional development hours, at the time of next renewal.N.D. Admin Code 28-04-01-03
Effective October 1, 2004Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2021-382, October 2021, effective 10/1/2021.Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2023-391, January 2024, effective 1/1/2024.General Authority: NDCC 43-19.1-33
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-19.1-33