Section 131.41. Continuing education requirements for registration renewal.

 

(1)  Except as provided in sub. (2) , every registered home inspector shall complete a minimum of 40 continuing education credit hours during each biennial registration period.

(2)  A registrant is not required to complete continuing education credit hours between initial registration and the first registration renewal period.

(3)  

(a) If a registrant fails to satisfy the continuing education requirements provided in sub. (1) within a biennial registration period, continuing education credit hours acquired on or after December 15 of any even-numbered year will be first applied to the preceding biennium until the requirement is fulfilled. Continuing education credit hours may not apply to more than one biennium.

(b) A registrant who fails to meet the continuing education requirements provided in sub. (1) by December 14 of any even-numbered year may not engage in the practice of home inspection until the registration is renewed, except as provided in s. SPS 131.45 .

(4)  Continuing education credit hours shall be obtained through any of the following means:

(a) Attending seminars, corporate in-house courses, workshops, or professional or technical presentations made at meetings, conventions, or conferences meeting the requirements of s. SPS 131.42 . Attendance may be in person or via remote classroom where a provider is available to participate to comment and answer questions.

(b) Teaching a continuing education training program. Fifty minutes of actual instruction is equivalent to one continuing education credit hour. No additional continuing education credit hours will be granted for subsequent presentations of identical material.

(c) Participating in a continuing education training program that does not meet in person including the completion of interactive short courses or tutorials, delivery of educational programs and courses on CD-ROM or the Internet, webinars, or correspondence courses.

(5)  A registrant may only receive credit for the initial attendance of a continuing education training program during a biennium. A registrant may not receive additional continuing education credit hours for repeated attendance at a continuing education training program during a biennium.

(6)  A registrant may not receive continuing education credit hours for work completed as part of the registrant's regular duties as a home inspector.

History: CR 14-010 : cr. Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.