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North Carolina Board of Architecture
Cathe Evans
Executive Director
127 West Hargett Street, Room 304
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-733-9544
919-733-1272 FAX
cathe@ncbarch.org

Note: The general information shown below is intended for the benefit of AIA members.
For verification of a specific state’s mandatory continuing education (MCE) requirement, please contact the state licensing board directly.

Report Date

Total Hours Annually

HSW Hours Annually

Distance Learning Accepted

Teaching Credit Accepted

Committee Credit Accepted

Self-Study Accepted

June 30th

12

12

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Proof of Compliance
Registrants shall verify completion of the contact hours for the previous calendar year with registration renewal.

The registrant shall maintain records to support credits claimed. Records required include:

  •  A log showing the type of activity claimed, sponsoring organization, location, duration, the name of the instructor or speaker and contact hours earned; or
  • Attendance certificates or other evidence of participation; or
  • Records maintained by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES).

Records shall be maintained by the registrant for a period of 2 years after the credit is claimed and provided to the board upon request.

The board may randomly audit the compliance of individual registrants and require proof in the form of records maintained pursuant to Rule .0905(b), of this Section, of participation in courses or programs that conform with the content and contact hours calculation requirements contained in G.S. 83A-6(a) and these rules.

Non-Compliance Penalties
If any credits are disallowed by the Board, then the registrant shall have 90 calendar days after notification to substantiate the original claim or obtain other contact hours to meet the minimum requirements.

Licensees who fail to complete the continuing education requirement by the end of the previous calendar year shall have his or her license placed on probation and shall complete the outstanding continuing education by December 30th of the current calendar year. If the licensee fails to complete the outstanding continuing education requirements his or her license shall be suspended for 60 days. If the licensee fails to complete the outstanding continuing education within the suspension period his or her license shall be revoked.

Exceptions and Exemptions
A registrant shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements for any of the following reasons:

  •  New registrants by way of examination or reciprocity for the current registration year.
  • A registrant serving on temporary active duty in the armed forces of the United States for a period of time exceeding ninety consecutive days in a year.
  • Registrants experiencing physical disability or illness if supporting documentation is approved by the board. Such documentation shall be in the form of a sworn statement by the registrant, a statement from a physician, or medical records which show that the disability or illness prevented registrant's participation in a course which the registrant had enrolled, or prevented registrant's participation in the continuing education program for at least ninety consecutive days in a year.
  • Registrants who receive emeritus status from the board. In order to return to active practice, registrants shall complete continuing education requirements for each exempted year not to exceed two years.

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