1. (a) For successful completion of an approved continuing competency activity, the department will award the following contact hours:

   1. (1) one contact hour for each consecutive 50-minute block of classroom instruction;
   2. (2) 15 contact hours for one academic semester credit;
   3. (3) ten contact hours for one academic quarter credit;

   4. (4) for a correspondence course, the number of contact hours

      1. (A) recommended by the organization if the course is approved under 12 AAC 21.660(b); or
      2. (B) approved by the department if the course is approved under 12 AAC 21.660(c);
   5. (5) 16 contact hours for successfully passing the examination under AS 08.18.025(b)(2);
   6. (6) notwithstanding (1)-(4) of this subsection, no more than two contact hours for successful completion of a first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) class for a licensing period that begins after January 1, 2003.

2. (b) The department will award a residential endorsement holder contact hours for completion of

   1. (1) one new home per licensing period for a licensing period that begins before January 1, 2021, if the home is assigned an energy rating of "four-star plus" or higher by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under 15 AAC 155.510 - 15 AAC 155.560; the department will award contact hours under this paragraph as follows:

      1. (A) for a "four-star plus" home, four contact hours;
      2. (B) for a "five-star" home, six contact hours;
      3. (C) for a "five-star plus" home, eight contact hours; or

   2. (2) one new home per licensing period for a licensing period that begins on or after January 1, 2021, if the home is assigned an energy rating of "five-star" or higher by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under 15 AAC 155.510 - 15 AAC 155.560; the department will award contact hours under this paragraph as follows:

      1. (A) for a "five-star" home, four contact hours;
      2. (B) for a "five-star plus" home, six contact hours;
      3. (C) for a "six-star" home, eight contact hours; or
   3. (3) one remodel of an existing home per licensing period, if the remodel increases, by at least a half star, the energy rating assigned to the home by an energy rater authorized under and using the Alaska Home Energy Rating System established under 15 AAC 155.510 - 15 AAC 155.560; the department will award one contact hour for each half-star rating increase obtained on a remodel.
3. (c) For the first time preparation and presentation of a residential construction course, seminar, or workshop, as described in 12 AAC 21.663(4) and approved under 12 AAC 21.660(b) or (c), the department will award one and one-half times the contact hours approved for students in the course, up to a maximum of 16 contact hours.
4. (d) The department will not award contact hours to a licensee for the same activity more than once during a licensing period.
5. (e) Contact hours used to satisfy the reinstatement requirements of AS 08.18.025(c) when an endorsement has lapsed may not be submitted again to satisfy the requirements for a future renewal.

(Eff. 10/15/2000, Register 156; am 8/8/2021, Register 239)

Authority: AS 08.01.080, AS 08.18.025