3408

LICENSE RENEWAL

3408.1 A licensed architect shall not file an application for renewal if the Board has suspended the applicant's license.

3408.2 At least sixty (60) days prior to the expiration of a license, the Board shall send a renewal application by first class mail to the holder of a license at the licensee's known address on record with the Board.

3408.3 A holder of a license shall meet all of the requirements for license renewal prior to the issuance of the renewal.

3408.4 A holder of a license shall provide the Board a street address for the licensee's residence, not a post office box, and shall notify the Board in writing of any change of home or business address within thirty (30) days of the change.

3408.5 The failure of a holder of a license to receive the notice required by § 3408.2 of this chapter does not relieve the holder of the responsibility of renewing the license.

3408.6 An applicant for renewal of an architect's license shall submit the renewal application in a timely manner to the Board and shall complete the continuing education requirements before the expiration date of the license.

3408.7 To renew registration, in addition to all other requirements, an architect must have acquired twenty-four (24) Professional Development Units (PDU) for each two (2) year renewal period since the last renewal or initial registration. To qualify for credit, the PDUs must be approved by NCARB or the American Institute of Architects (AIA). At least sixteen (16) PDUs shall be in Health, Safety and Welfare subjects acquired in structured educational activities, and the remaining eight (8) shall be in Health, Safety and Welfare Subjects, but may be in either structured educational activities or in individual planned educational activities. Architects on inactive status, such as emeritus architects, and civilians called to active duty, may be exempted from this requirement at the sole discretion of the Board.

3408.8 A holder of a license who fails to renew before the expiration date may renew the license within sixty (60) days after expiration by completing all renewal requirements and paying an additional late renewal fee. Upon renewal, the holder shall be deemed to have possessed a valid license during the period between the expiration of the license and its renewal.

3408.9 If a holder of a license fails to renew the license within sixty (60) days after its expiration, the license shall be deemed to have lapsed on the date of expiration and the holder shall be required to apply for reinstatement of the expired license and pay the required reinstatement fee.

3408.10 Denial of an application for renewal for failure to complete the continuing education requirements shall require the applicant to complete the continuing education requirements prior to submitting an application for reinstatement.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 5454, 5459 (May 9, 2008).