I. As a prerequisite to renewal of certification, an applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the board of having met the continuing education requirements for this chapter.
II. The basic continuing education requirement for renewal of certification shall be the completion by the applicant, during the immediately preceding term of certification, of those courses and programs required by the board by rules adopted under RSA 541-A.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 310-C:11

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9

III. In lieu of meeting the requirements of paragraph II, an applicant for recertification may satisfy all or part of the requirements by presenting evidence of the following:
(a) Completion of an educational program of study determined by the board to be equivalent, for continuing education purposes, to courses approved by the board under paragraph II.
(b) Participation other than as a student in educational processes and programs approved by the board which relate to assessing theory, practices or techniques, including, but not necessarily limited to, teaching, program development and preparation of textbooks, monographs, articles, and other instructional materials.
IV. The board shall give favorable consideration to courses of instruction, seminars, and other assessing educational courses or programs previously or hereafter developed by or under the auspices of professional assessing organizations or other approved educational resources.
V. No amendment or repeal of a rule adopted by the board relative to this section shall operate to deprive a certified assessing person of credit toward renewal of certification for any course of instruction completed by the applicant prior to the amendment or repeal of the rule which would have qualified for continuing education credit under the rule as it existed prior to the repeal or amendment.
VI. Certification that has been revoked as a result of disciplinary action by the board shall not be reinstated unless the applicant presents evidence of completion of the continuing education required by this chapter. This requirement of evidence of continuing education shall not be imposed upon an applicant for reinstatement who has been required to successfully complete the examination for certified individuals as a condition to reinstatement of certification.