Continuing Education Credits

2010 Professional Development Hours

HB 975 (Act 25) clarified the process for obtaining the continuing education credits necessary for PG licensure renewal in Pennsylvania. Specifically, Act 25 eliminated the need for pre-approval of continuing education (CE) courses. The law requires each licensee to obtain twenty - four Professional Development Hour (PDH) units during a biennial renewal period. The courses must meet the continuing education standard which states that the “course, workshop, conference, seminar, video course, college course or lecture, etc. maintains, improves or expands the skills, knowledge of a licensee's professional practice”. The Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists meets the criteria identified by the standard.  The Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists will not be offering a specific amount of PDH for the 2011 Field Conference

The special notice regarding Act 25 can be accessed by clicking here.

Although the board is not presently requiring course pre-approval it does maintain the final authority on course and PDH approval. The FCOPG maintains annual registration records and agendas of the day’s activities, but not specific attendance records. The FCOPG will issue certificates of attendance, but it is up to individual participants to determine the amount of PDH they wish to claim and defend, if audited. To qualify the PDH credit, each professional is required to keep a detailed log of activities used for earning credits.

Click here to download a suggested log for tracking P.G. training hours and credits earned. Note: this is only a suggested method of tracking and is not in any way endorsed by the board.

Tenative Breakdown of available 2010 Professional Development Hours :

4.0 hours for Thursday Symposium
2.0 hours for Thursday evening orientation/map blast
5.0 Hours for Friday field trip
5.0 hours for Saturday field trip
Total of 16.0 hours available (Full conference participation)