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 submitting the information required by 12 AAC 22.310(c)(2) if the course is approved under 12 AAC 22.310(b); or
      2. (B) approved by the department if the course is approved under 12 AAC 22.310(c).
2. (b) The department will not award contact hours to an applicant for the same activity more than once during a licensing period.
3. (c) Contact hours used to satisfy the reinstatement requirements of 12 AAC 22.200 when a home inspector registration has lapsed may not be submitted again to satisfy the requirements for a future renewal.

(Eff. 3/25/2004, Register 169)

Authority: AS 08.01.080, AS 08.18.031