15A NCAC 27 .0820. DETERMINATION OF CREDIT

(a)  The Commission has final authority with respect to approval of courses or activities, CEU values, and methods of earning credit.  Courses or activities must maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge related to the practice of well contractor activities in order for a well contractor to receive credit. The Commission shall award the stated hours of credit (CEU) for any acceptable and successfully completed course or activity in each of the following categories:

(1)           Credit for college or community college courses shall be 45 CEU for receipt of a passing grade in the course, regardless of the number of credits awarded by the college or community college;

(2)           Credit for continuing education courses (including, but not limited to, correspondence, televised, videotaped, audiotapes, webinars and other courses/tutorials) that provide a completion certificate shall be one CEU for each hour of attendance or contact time;

(3)           Credit for published papers, articles and books is 10 CEUs;

(4)           Credit for active participation in professional and technical societies is limited to two CEU per organization.  "Active participation" requires that the well contractor attend at least 75 percent of the regularly scheduled meetings.  CEU credits for this type of activity are not earned until the end of each calendar year of membership in the organization. A minimum of three (3) meetings held in a year is required to qualify for CEU credit; and

(5)           Credit for teaching or presenting in Items (1) and (2) of this Rule are double the stated credits.  Credit for teaching or presenting is available only for the first time that a well contractor teaches such a course or makes such a presentation. 

(b)  CEU credit shall not be awarded to an individual certified well contractor for scheduled portions of a program where the individual did not actually attend, was not awake or in which the individual certified well contractor did not personally participate.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 87-98.12; 143B-301.11;

Temporary Adoption Eff. December 15, 1998;

Eff. August 1, 2000;

Amended Eff. May 1, 2011.