Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 50-6-.05 - Professional Development Definitions

(1) "Professional Development Unit" shall mean one continuous instructional hour spent in either Structured Educational Activities or Individually Planned Activities intended to increase the architect's knowledge and competence in Public Protection Subjects and Related Practice Subjects. If the vendor of the Structured Educational Activities prescribes a customary time for completion of such an Activity, then such prescribed time shall, unless the Board finds the time to be unreasonable, be accepted as the architect's time for Professional Development Unit purposes irrespective of actual time spent on the Activity. For the purpose of this rule, the terms "professional development" and "continuing education" are interchangeable.

(2) "Structured Educational Activities" shall mean educational activities in which the teaching methodology consists primarily of the systematic presentation of Public Protection Subjects or Related Practice Subjects by qualified individuals or organizations, including monographs, course of study taught in person or by correspondence, organized lectures, presentations or workshops and other means through which identifiable technical and professional subjects are presented in a planned manner.

(3) "Individually Planned Educational Activities" shall mean educational activities in which the teaching methodology primarily consists of the architect himself addressing Public Protection Subjects or Related Practice Subjects, which are not systematically presented by others, including reading or writing articles of such Subjects, studying or researching building types, designs or building systems, rendering services to the public, advancing the profession's and the public's understanding of the practice of architecture and the like.

(4) "Public Protection Subjects" shall mean technical and professional subjects, which the Board deems appropriate to safeguard the public's health, safety and welfare. Such subjects include building design, environmental or land use analysis, life safety, architectural programming, site and soils analyses, accessibility, structural systems considerations, lateral forces, building codes, evaluation and selection of building systems, products or materials, construction methods, contract documentation, construction administration and the like.

(5) "Related Practice Subjects" shall mean technical and professional subjects other than Public Protection Subjects, which the Board deems appropriate to safeguard indirectly the public's health, safety and welfare. Such subjects include building cost analysis, construction contract negotiation, construction phase office procedures, project management, review of state registration laws including rules of professional conduct and the like.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 50-6-.05

O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-4-9, 43-4-12.

Original Rule entitled "Professional Development Definitions" adopted. F. Apr. 1, 2003; eff. Apr. 21, 2003.