Section 308-13-185. What activities qualify as professional development?

(1) You are responsible to seek out qualifying activities that can be demonstrated to the board as relevant to professional development.

(a) Activities are not preapproved by the board.

(b) Activities must be relevant to the practice of landscape architecture and may include technical, ethical or managerial content.

(i) At least eighteen PDHs must address public health, safety and welfare.

(ii) All activities must have a clear purpose and objective that will maintain, improve or expand skills and knowledge relevant to the practice of landscape architecture.

(2) The board is the final authority with respect to claimed qualifying activities and the respective PDH credit.

(3) The qualifying activity becomes eligible for credit upon completion of the given activity.

(4) Examples of qualifying activities:

(5) The following activities do not qualify as professional development:

(a) Activities that were conditions of a board order;

(b) Attendance or testimony at legislative hearings, at city or county council meetings/hearings, or at civil or criminal trials;

(c) Time spent fund-raising for scholarships or other society purposes or lobbying for legislation;

(d) Attendance at gatherings that are primarily social in nature;

(e) Membership and/or attendance in service club meetings.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 18.96.060. WSR 10-12-116, § 308-13-185, filed 6/2/10, effective 7/3/10.]

RCW 18.96.060. WSR 10-12-116, § 308-13-185, filed 6/2/10, effective 7/3/10.