CHAPTER 94
S.P. 320 - L.D. 979
An Act To Require Continuing Education for Professional Engineers
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1362 is enacted to read:
§1362. Continuing professional education
1. Requirement for renewal. Beginning with registrations that expire in December 2005, every person seeking renewal under section 1357 must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the person has completed 30 continuing professional education hours within the period for which the registration was issued.
2. Failure to meet requirement. The board may not renew a registration to an applicant who fails to meet the continuing professional education requirements under subsection 1. If an applicant subsequently fulfills the requirement after the registration has expired, the board may renew the registration for the remainder of the 2-year period for which a renewal would have been valid but for the applicant's failure to meet the continuing professional education requirement.
3. Annual review; monitoring. The board shall annually review and monitor compliance with the continuing professional education requirement under subsection 1.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL
REGULATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Engineers - Board of Registration
for Professional
Initiative: Allocates funds for the costs associated with establishing a continuing education requirement.
Other Special Revenue Funds 2003-04 2004-05
All Other $18,000 $0
__________ __________
Other Special Revenue Funds
Total $18,000 $0
Effective September 13, 2003, unless otherwise indicated.
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