Continuing Education Requirements

New York

New York licensed Professional Engineers must include one (1) hour of Ethics within their 36 hour continuing education requirement each triennial cycle. The requirement became effective for registration periods beginning August 1, 2011 and after.

Currently there is not an ethics requirement for New York licensed Architects.

New Jersey

While the New Jersey State Registration Board is still requiring licensed Professional Engineers to comply with their continuing competency requirement of 24 hours each registration period (including 3 hours of ethics training), the State Board has temporarily discontinued approving programs until the regulations have been completed. The Board is anticipating that the regulations will be completed by Spring. In the meantime, the State Board has instructed New Jersey licensed professional engineers that they must still comply with the recent statue by taking their required mandatory credit hours with courses that they believe are applicable to the profession of engineering, and to maintain accurate records and copies of their Completion Certificates and any handout materials provided at the seminars.

Pennsylvania

The second cycle requiring 24 hours of mandatory continuing education for Pennsylvania licensed professional engineers began with the September 2011 registration period. Licensees are required to take 24 hours of continuing education to be completed by September 30, 2013.

The above information can be verified by contacting your individual state boards.