45:8-35.12 Duties of board relative to subject matter, contents.
2. a. The board shall:
(1) Establish standards for continuing professional competency in professional engineering, including the subject matter and content of courses of study, which shall be in conformity with a national model, such as that of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying;
(2) Approve educational programs offering credit towards the continuing professional competency in engineering requirements; and
(3) Approve other equivalent educational programs, including, but not limited to, meetings of constituents and components of professional engineering associations and other appropriate professional and technical associations when an engineering topic is presented as a principal part of the program, examinations, papers, publications, technical presentations, teaching and research appointments, technical exhibits, management, leadership or ethics courses, and correspondence courses on engineering topics where a final examination is required and shall establish procedures for the issuance of credit upon satisfactory proof of the completion of these programs.
b. In the case of education courses and programs, each hour of instruction shall be equivalent to one credit.
c. Two of the 24 credits of continuing professional competency required pursuant to section 1 of this act shall be in professional practice ethics.
L.2009, c.294, s.2.