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any deficiency for the prior calendar year (which will be applied
to the previous calendar year and cannot be applied to the current
calendar year requirement); and
(B) Completed 12 hours of qualifying CEPH to be applied
to the current calendar year requirement.
(i) Upon written request, the Board may require a Landscape
Architect to produce documentation to prove that the Landscape Architect
has complied with the minimum continuing education program requirements.
(1) Board staff will review a Landscape Architect's
response to such a request to determine whether the Landscape Architect
is in compliance with this Section.
(2) If a Landscape Architect fails to provide acceptable
documentation of compliance within 30 days of a request, the Landscape
Architect will be presumed to have not complied with minimum continuing
education requirements.
(3) The Board has final authority to determine whether
to award or deny credit claimed by a Landscape Architect for continuing
education activities.
(j) Violations of continuing education requirements
and administrative penalties:
(1) Falsely attesting to compliance with minimum continuing
education requirements shall be subject to an administrative penalty
in the amount of $500;
(2) Failure to timely complete minimum continuing education
requirements shall be subject to an administrative penalty in the
amount of $100 for every hour of deficiency per calendar year;
(3) Failure to maintain a detailed record of continuing
education activities shall be subject to an administrative penalty
of $100 for every hour of claimed continuing education for which a
Landscape Architect is unable to provide proof of compliance; and
(4) Failure to timely respond to or comply with a continuing
education audit or verification shall be subject to an administrative
penalty of $250 per failure.
(k) The administrative penalties identified in subsection
(j) of this section are considered appropriate for a first-time violation
of continuing education requirements. If a Landscape Architect was
previously found to have violated the Board's continuing education
requirements in a warning or Order of the Board, the Board may increase
the penalty up to a factor of two for a second or subsequent violation,
in addition to consideration of suspension or revocation of registration
under §3.232 of the Board's rules.
(l) The administrative penalties identified in subsection
(j) of this section are to be applied to each individual violation
of the Board's continuing education requirements. If a Landscape Architect
has committed multiple violations, the Landscape Architect shall be
subject to a separate administrative penalty for each violation.
(m) If a Landscape Architect is registered to practice
more than one of the professions regulated by the Board and the Landscape
Architect completes a continuing education activity that is directly
related to more than one of those professions, the Landscape Architect
may submit that activity for credit for all of the professions to
which it relates. The Landscape Architect must maintain a separate
detailed record of continuing education activities for each profession.
(n) A Landscape Architect may receive credit for up
to 24 CEPH earned during any single calendar year. A maximum of 12
CEPH that is completed in excess of the continuing education requirements
for a calendar year may be carried forward to satisfy the continuing
education requirements for the next calendar year.
(o) As the term is defined in §3.29(a) of the
Board's rules, a military service member is entitled to two years
of additional time to complete any CEPH requirements.
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