Procedures Governing PIE

Procedure Manual for Continuing Education Activities*
This manual provides the procedures governing the approval and adminitstration of NY State Professional Engineering Continuing Education courses for PIE officers, staff, members, evaluators, auditors and training providers.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction Pg 3

2. Authority Pg 4

3. Membership and Organization Pg 5-6
3.1. Individual Members
3.2. Continuing Education (CE) Evaluators
3.3. Officers and Trustees
3.4. Sponsor Organizations
3.5. CE Sponsor /Course Auditors
3.6. Training Providers
3.7. Administrative Staff

4. Approval of Courses Pg 7-13
4.1. Types of Acceptable Continuing Education Training Courses or Activities
4.2. Course/Activity assignment of Professional Development Hour (PDH) units
4.3. PIE Course Accreditation
4.4. Award of Certificates
4.5. Attendance Lists
4.6. Approval Process
4.7. Application for Continuing Education Course Approval
4.8 Review and Acceptance of Continuing Education Courses
4.9 Notification of Results
4.10 Course Renewal
4.11 Assessment of Learning

5. Evaluation of Sponsor Applications Pg 14-15
5.1. The Purpose of PIE Sponsor Program
5.2. Qualifying Organizations
5.3. Applying for Sponsor Organization Status

6. Approval of Sponsor Organization CE Programs Pg 16-18
6.1. PIE Review of the Application

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6.2. Purpose of Site Audit is to:
6.3. Executive Committee Actions Regarding Applications
6.4. Notification of Actions Taken
6.5 PIE Continuing Education Sponsor Number
6.6 Listing of PIE Continuing Education Sponsors
6.7 Annual Report
6.8 Annual Dues

7. Quality Assurance Pg 19-22
7.1. Audits
7.2. Corrective Action
7.3. Scheduling the Site Audit
7.4. Conducting the Site Audit
7.5 After the Site Audit
7.6 Monitoring Process
7.7 Monitoring Techniques
7.8 Post-Monitoring Action
7.9 Withdrawal of Sponsor Organization Status
7.10 Official PIE CE Sponsors Representative

8. Recordkeeping Pg 23
8.1. General
8.2. Record Forms


*The content of this manual, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, is consistent with the current NYS Title VIII State Education Law Article 145 §7211 – Mandatory Continuing Education for Professional Engineers and the Regulations of the Commissioner Part 68 Engineering and Land Surveying §68.11 Continuing Education for Professional Engineers as of the printing of this manual.