<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:44:17:01 Continuing education requirements.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:44:17:01"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:44:17:01 Continuing education requirements."> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Office HTML Filter 2.0"> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10"> <style> <!-- --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:44:17:01.&nbsp;&nbsp;Continuing education requirements.</b> Sixteen hours of continuing education credits are required each two years for biennial renewal of a license or registration by electrical inspectors, electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, Class B electricians, and apprentice electricians.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Electricians obtaining a license or registration in the first year of a biennium must meet the scheduled continuing education requirements for renewal of their license or registration. Electricians obtaining a license in the second year of the biennium are not required to meet the scheduled continuing education requirements until the second renewal of their license or registration.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inactive electrical contractors, inactive Class B electricians, and inactive journeyman electricians must provide proof of meeting the continuing education requirements when applying for an active license.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Licensed and registered electricians called into active military service are exempt from continuing education requirements for 12 months following their release from active military service.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 13 SDR 75, 13 SDR 95, effective January 1, 1987; 14 SDR 46, effective September 28, 1987; 14 SDR 76, effective November 30, 1987; 18 SDR 83, effective November 10, 1991; requirements for counting credits transferred to §&nbsp;20:44:13:01.01, 20 SDR 222, effective July 6, 1994; transferred from §&nbsp;20:44:13:01, August 12, 1994; 28 SDR 178, effective July 1, 2002.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-16-12">36-16-12</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-16-13.3">36-16-13.3.</A></p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-16-12">36-16-12</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=36-16-13.3">36-16-13.3.</A></p> </div> </body> </html>