Sec. 1001.210.  CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ENGINEERS. (a) The board shall recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for engineers. An engineer must participate in the programs to the extent required by the board to keep the engineer's license.
(b)  The board may not require an engineer to obtain more than 15 hours of continuing education annually. The board shall permit an engineer to certify at the time the license is renewed that the engineer has complied with the board's continuing education requirements.
(c)  The board shall permit an engineer to receive continuing education credit for educational, technical, ethical, or professional management activities related to the practice of engineering, including:
(1)  successfully completing or auditing a course sponsored by an institution of higher education;
(2)  successfully completing a course certified by a professional or trade organization;
(3)  attending a seminar, tutorial, short course, correspondence course, videotaped course, or televised course;
(4)  participating in an in-house course sponsored by a corporation or other business entity;
(5)  teaching a course described by Subdivisions (1)-(4);
(6)  publishing an article, paper, or book on the practice of engineering;
(7)  making or attending a presentation at a meeting of a technical or engineering management society or organization or writing a paper presented at such a meeting;
(8)  participating in the activities of a professional society or association, including serving on a committee of the organization; and
(9)  engaging in self-directed study.
(d)  An engineer may not receive more than five continuing education credit hours annually for engaging in self-directed study.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1168, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1523), Sec. 1.22, eff. September 1, 2019.