Florida recently enacted a law that requires the State of Florida to establish a system to monitor compliance with continuing education (CE) requirements to determine the CE status of each licensee. July 1, 2000 is deadline for having the monitoring system in place.
AIA (American Institute of Architects) sees difficulties, stating that the new requirements could pose “onerous demands” on its Florida members, as well as out-of-state licensees and providers. AIA points out that any time a vendor provides work for an architect with a Florida license, the provider would be required to report the information directly to Florida?”?”and it must do so within five business days. AIA also feels that there is a possibility that the State’s reporting requirements could negatively affect the AIA Continuing Education System (CES). In effect, the new law if strictly interpreted, says AIA, “does not recognize AIA CES as a monitoring entity.” Further, says AIA, “the statue calls for all Florida continuing education providers to submit information on licensee status to the official Florida monitoring entity.”
AIA has launched a campaign urging the State of Florida to examine its new continuing education rules and improve the new reporting system’s implementation. For further details: http://www.e-architect.com/conted/ceducation2.asp
Based on a report from AIA’s Angle
