Oregon Administrative Rules|Section 808-040-0020 - Continuing Education Biennial and Reporting Requirement

                                                
Current through Register Vol. 60, No. 12, December 1, 2021 
(1) Biennial CEH requirement. To maintain licensing, a landscape construction professional: 
(a) Licensed for six (6) years or less must complete sixteen (16) hours of continuing education hours (CEH) every two years unless such requirement is waived by the Board under ORS 671.676(4)) and OAR 808-040-0070.
 
(b) Licensed for more than six years must complete eight (8) hours of continuing education hours (CEH) every two years unless such requirement is waived by the Board under ORS 671.676(4)) and OAR 808-040-0070.
 
(2) The required hours must be completed during the two-year period immediately preceding the renewal date of the landscape construction professional license.
 
(3) The required hours must conform to OAR 808-040-0040.
 
(4) Reporting Requirement at Renewal. As a requirement of renewal of an active landscape construction professional license, licensees are required to certify that the licensee has fulfilled the CEH requirement.
 
(5) Licensees with even numbered licenses must report the CEH requirement by the license expiration date in even numbered years.
 
(6) Licensees with odd numbered licenses must report the CEH requirement by the license expiration date in odd numbered years.
 
(7) New Licensees. CEH requirements for new licensees are as follows: 
(a) New licensees who receive an even numbered license in an odd numbered year must report 8 CEH the first reporting cycle.
 
(b) New licensees who receive an even numbered license in an even numbered year must report 16 CEH the first reporting cycle.
 
(c) New licensees who receive an odd numbered license in an even numbered year must report 8 CEH the first reporting cycle.
 
(d) New licensees who receive an odd numbered license in an odd numbered year must report 16 CEH the first reporting cycle.
 
(e) CEH obtained by new licensees during the two-year period immediately preceding the renewal date of the landscape construction professional license will be eligible to the meet the initial CEH requirement.
 
(8) Active duty military licensees may convert a license to inactive military status military as per OAR 808-003-0234. Inactive military status licensees do not need to comply with the CEH requirements while on inactive military status and up to 60 days from an honorable discharge.
 
Or. Admin. R. 808-040-0020
LCB 8-2007, f. 12-24-07, cert. ef. 1-1-08; LCB 2-2009(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 5-13-09 thru 11-9-09; LCB 10-2009, f. & cert. ef. 10-28-09; LCB 1-2010, f. & cert. ef. 1-27-10; LCB 18-2011, f. 12-29-11, cert. ef. 1-1-12; LCB 2-2012, f. 3-30-12, cert. ef. 4-1-12; LCB 9-2015, f. 12-22-15, cert. ef. 1-1-16; LCB 5-2016, f. & cert. ef. 5-23-16
Stat. Auth.: ORS 670.310 & 671.670
 
Stats. Implemented: 2007 OL Ch. 550
This section was updated on 7/18/2016 by overlay.