Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1362 is enacted to read:

§1362.__Continuing professional education

1.__Requirement for renewal.__Beginning with registrations that expire in December 2005, every person seeking renewal under section 1357 must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the person has completed 30 continuing professional education hours within the period for which the registration was issued.

2.__Failure to meet requirement.__The board may not renew a registration to an applicant who fails to meet the continuing professional education requirements under subsection 1.__If an applicant subsequently fulfills the requirement after the registration has expired, the board may renew the registration for the remainder of the 2-year period for which a renewal would have been valid but for the applicant's failure to meet the continuing professional education requirement.

3.__Annual review; monitoring.__The board shall annually review and monitor compliance with the continuing professional education requirement under subsection 1.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes a continuing professional education requirement for engineers registered under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32, chapter 19.