20:38:35:01. Continuing professional development required for license renewal. Unless exempted as provided in § 20:38:35:08, a licensee must obtain a minimum of thirty PDH during the biennium preceding license renewal. PDH credit must be obtained in a qualifying professional development activity or course with clear purposes and objectives that maintain, improve, or expand the licensee's skills and knowledge relevant to the licensee's field of practice.
Of the required thirty PDH, a minimum of twenty PDH must be in technical subjects that lead to further professional development in the licensee's field of practice. Technical subjects include:
(1) Accessibility;
(2) Acoustical, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems;
(3) Building codes;
(4) Construction methods;
(5) Construction observation;
(6) Design;
(7) Environmental analysis;
(8) Land survey;
(9) Lateral forces;
(10) Programming and planning;
(11) Selection of building materials;
(12) Site and soils analyses and design; and
(13) Structural systems.
Of the required thirty PDH, a maximum of ten PDH may be in professional management subjects, including total quality management, professional business practice, and ethics.
A licensee submitting a renewal application must include a copy of the PDH log required by subdivision 20:38:35:07(1). The licensee shall certify, under penalty of perjury, that all information submitted by the licensee in the application is true and correct.
If notified by the board of an audit, a licensee must supply sufficient additional information within thirty calendar days to permit verification that the continuing professional development requirement has been met.
Source: 26 SDR 9, effective July 29, 1999; 33 SDR 70, effective June 20, 2006; 34 SDR 107, effective October 31, 2007; transferred from § 20:38:23:03, 38 SDR 121, effective January 16, 2012; 47 SDR 73, effective December 21, 2020; 51 SDR 56, effective November 20, 2024.
General Authority: SDCL 36-18A-22(4), 36-18A-39.
Law Implemented: SDCL 36-18A-39(2), 36-18A-40.
