All expiration dates are updated and any license listed as 'Active in Renewal - Paid' is a renewed, active license. All status will change to the regular 'Active' status once the pocket cards are mailed. About P.E., P.S. Biennial Renewal. Licenses are renewed on a biennial basis. The upcoming renewal is for the 2018-2019 biennium. License Renewal Information. And consulting engineers, may renew their license(s). For both your Professional Geologists license and your Certified. Architects and Landscape Architects Board. Renew a license. The design-build contractor for the project or as a consultant to an Ohio professional engineer.

1. State Of Ohio Professional Engineer License

Courses must cover material which is technical, ethical, or managerial content relevant to the practice of engineering. Business skills, personal development skills, computer skills unrelated to the practice of engineering, and subjects that are considered elementary or entry-level and normally expected to have been completed by a PE prior to registration are not accepted. The Board may require additional information to prove that courses covering managerial skills are relevent to the engineer’s practice. The Ohio Board recognizes several different activities that will fulfill the CPD requirements. The Board accepts online courses and webinars, as well as technical articles found in publications, trade journals, or trade magazines. Online Courses For an online course to qualify for credit, it must meet the requirements specified in Ohio R.C. Section 4733.151.

You must be able to track hours and certify completion. The online course provider must submit to you a certificate of completion or other proof of attendance. All thirty (30) of the PDH required each biennial renewal cycle can be earned through online courses. Technical Articles and Correspondence Courses Technical articles found in publications, trade journals, or trade magazines require successful completion of a test. Subsequent to the start of the current renewal cycle, the Board introduced a new term called “correspondence courses.” The Board states that correspondence courses are courses that involve reading articles or other text and can be received by mail or online. Correspondence courses are typically self-paced and participation is not monitored by the provider.

Only 3 hours per year (6 PDH per biennial cycle) can be earned through technical articles and correspondence courses. Webinars For a webinar to qualify for credit, the provider must be able to verify and confirm attendance and participation. All thirty (30) of the PDH required each biennial renewal cycle can be earned through webinars.

PDHengineer provides two categories of PDH for Ohio engineers. The “State Acceptance” tab on our course overview pages lists the category each individual course or webinar falls into.

“Self-paced” courses allow users to view the course material at their own pace and require the user to pass a quiz at the end of the course. It is important to note that “self-paced” does not automatically relegate a course to the Board’s correspondence course category. Per the Board “correspondence courses are typically self-paced.” But, a course can be “paced” by the provider without a formal timing mechanism, and yet not be considered a correspondence course. PDHengineer has a rigid process for determining credit hours for online courses that includes, among other factors, the incorporation of well-established standards for reading comprehension rates. Based on our correspondence with the Board, we are confident that our self-paced courses will be accepted by the Board without limitation on the number of PDH credits. Nonetheless, PDHengineer strongly encourages Ohio engineers to earn any credits in excess of 6 PDH through our “timed and monitored” courses.

State Of Ohio Professional Engineer License

“Timed and monitored” courses include live webinars and certain online courses that include an automatic timing mechanism. The automatic timer prevents the user from accessing the quiz and earning a certificate of completion until the minimum amount of study time has been met. This achieves the Board’s intent that an online course should be “paced” by the provider.

Regarding webinars, the Board states that it “will not allow credit for live web seminars unless the provider is able to verify and confirm attendance and participation.” PDHengineer worked with the Board to develop a special procedure for Ohio engineers completing PDHengineer webinars. As a result, PDHengineer’s webinars are accepted by the Board where indicated on the “State Acceptance” tab on the webinar overview page.

PDHengineer has set up a special email address for Ohio engineers:. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about PDHengineer courses and webinars and their applicability to the Board’s requirements. For dual licensees, the number of PDH remains 30 biennially; however, one-third of the required credits must pertain to each profession. PDH completion records must be maintained for a minimum of 4 years. PDHengineer helps you meet this requirement by providing you with the ability to instantly access and print a certificate upon successful completion of a course or webinar.

Additionally, your certificates of completion are securely maintained by PDHengineer for a minimum of ten years and can be accessed online at any time through your login account. Last updated on November 9, 2015 PDHengineer credits have been accepted by the Ohio Professional Engineers and Surveyors Board, as well as all other U.S. State boards that mandate continuing education for engineers. In fact, no PDHengineer course or webinar has ever been rejected by a state licensing board. We’re so confident about the acceptability of our PDH credits that every PDHengineer course and webinar comes with the. If your state licensing board does not accept any PDHengineer course or webinar:.

We will give you a full refund. We will pay for a replacement course or webinar. We will pay any associated license renewal penalties or late fees. Disclaimer: The information listed above represents a summary of the Board’s requirements and is provided solely for the convenience of PDHengineer.com’s users.

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information provided, Decatur Professional Development, LLC and its affiliate PDHengineer.com make no guarantee regarding the accuracy or completeness of the data listed above. It is the responsibility of each engineer to investigate the Board’s rules to ensure his/her own compliance. You are strongly encouraged to contact the Board directly for a complete listing of the Board’s current requirements.

Individuals Pocket card mailing All pocket cards for the 2018-2019 individual license renewal will be mailed by January 31, 2018. Because these are printed as a mass printing, the Board must wait until the majority of regular and late renewals have been received and processed. In the meantime, you may verify a renewed license via the function on the Board's website.

All expiration dates are updated and any license listed as 'Active in Renewal - Paid' is a renewed, active license. All status will change to the regular 'Active' status once the pocket cards are mailed. About P.E., P.S. Biennial Renewal Licenses are renewed on a biennial basis. The upcoming renewal is for the 2018-2019 biennium. The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirement for renewal is 30 hours of CPD earned between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017.

The board will also allow up to 15-hours of carry over CPD from the previous biennium if a licensee exceeded the requirements in the last biennium. This requirement must be met before renewing the license; it cannot be anticipated. All individual licenses expire on December 31, 2017. You may renewal you license online through the secure online portal using a credit card or mail in a paper form.

All paper forms must be to the Board no later than December 31, 2017 in order to avoid a lapse in your license. Online renewals will renewal you license the same day. Any renewal received after December 31, 2017 will be considered late and will required a late payment of $60.00 for single licenses, $120 for dual licenses. Incomplete renewals will be returned. CPD ADVISORY Registrants are reminded that Board policy allows up to a maximum of three (3) hours continuing professional development per year for the completion of correspondence courses (paper, online, or other formats) provided the course and course provider meet the requirements of R.C. Important- Do not confuse correspondence courses and online courses. Correspondence courses are courses that involve reading articles or other text and can be received by mail or online.

Correspondence courses are typically self-paced and participation is not monitored by the provider. These types of courses are acceptable up to three hours per year. Individual licenses are not available for renewal until November 1, 2017.

You will receive a renewal notice the last week of October 2017 for your 2018-2019 individual renewal due by December 31, 2017. The notice will contain your user id and password to renew online. Hard copy forms will be available the first week of November 2017 also. If you did not renew for 2016-2017 and your license is currently 'Inactive' you will need to contact the Board for information regarding the reinstatement of your professional license. More information regarding reinstatement can be found on the.

Retirement Card If you are considering permanently retiring from practicing professional engineering or professional surveying in Ohio, you may request a retirement card. You may email the Board to request to have your license put into 'Inactive' status and request a retirement card at monica.loving@pes.ohio.gov.