DEFINITIONS

0120-05-.02 DEFINITIONS.

(1) “ACTIVE” means a registered architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer who has complied with the continuing education requirements described herein.

(2) “BOARD” means the Tennessee State Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners.

(3) “INACTIVE” means a registered architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer who has obtained inactive status from the Board and is not required to comply with the continuing education requirements prescribed herein. An inactive registrant may not engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture or use the title “registered interior designer” in the State of Tennessee.

(4) “PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT HOUR (PDH)” means a contact (clock) hour consisting of not less than fifty (50) minutes of instruction or presentation acceptable to the Board. Registrants will not receive credit for activities less than one (1) PDH in duration.

(5) “REGISTRANT” means a person licensed by the Board as an architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer.

(6) “SPONSOR” means an individual, organization, association, institution or other entity which provides an educational activity for the purpose of fulfilling the continuing education requirements of these rules.

Authority: T.C.A. § 62-2-203(d). Administrative History: Original rule filed April 25, 1997; effective July 9, 1997. Amendment filed September 11, 2009; effective December 10, 2009.