Sec. 09.09.02.01. Required Hours of Continuing Education

A. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, to be eligible for renewal of a license, a master electrician shall have completed 10 hours of continuing education during the prior license term, as required by Business Occupations and Professions Article, §6-310(c)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland.

B. Application of Continuing Education Requirements.

(1) If a license expires on or before July 30, 2013, a licensee is not required to fulfill the continuing education requirement as provided in §A of this regulation.

(2) If a license expires between August 1, 2013 and July 30, 2014, a licensee is required to fulfill 50 percent of the continuing education requirement as provided in §A of this regulation.

(3) If a license expires on or after August 1, 2014, a licensee is required to fulfill the full continuing education requirement as provided in §A of this regulation.

C. Acquisition of Qualifying Continuing Education.

(1) The continuing education required by §A of this regulation must have been obtained during the 24 months immediately preceding license renewal.

(2) Continuing education hours required by §A of this regulation obtained prior to the immediately preceding license term shall not be considered toward an applicant’s eligibility for license renewal.

D. The following standards will be used to measure the hours of credit to be given for acceptable continuing education programs completed by individual applicants.

(1) Only participation hours or the equivalent, and not hours devoted to preparation, shall be counted.

(2) Services as teacher, lecturer, or instructor of subject matter related to the provision of electrical services qualifying for continuing education credit shall be included to the extent that such services contribute to the licensee's occupational competence. Repetitious presentation, that is, those that are substantially the same subject material, may be included only once in each reporting cycle. Hours allowable in the capacity of teacher, lecturer, or instructor may not exceed 5 hours of the minimum requirements with no carry-over provision for excess hours.

(3) A teacher, lecturer, or instructor of a qualifying continuing education program shall receive 1 hour of continuing education credit for every hour of presentation or instruction.