Welcome to the WSPE website!

Dear WSPE colleagues,

I am excited to announce the re-design of our website! This has been in the works for quite some time and we have finalized the finishing touches. This is much improved from our old site and as many of you may have already noticed, the template is based off the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) website. This was done for several reasons:

• Maintain consistency. NSPE has been encouraging State Societies to base their websites similar to the National website. This will give the viewer a sense of security when browsing through the pages.



• Ease of navigation. Since many of us are already familiar with navigating around the NSPE website, we should be able to find the information we are looking for in a more timely manner.



• Fresh look. By creating a new look for the organization, we are hoping to create a site that everyone can easily use and enjoy.

I would like to thank everyone to helped out in this endeavor and the many hours that were put in to make this a reality. This is an exciting time for WSPE with many new and educational events coming up, so make sure to bookmark this website on your computer and check back often for updated information.

Keith R. Nikolay, PE
WSPE President

On October 5, 2011 the Assembly Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a public hearing on the proposed rule. Another hearing was held by the JCRAR committee (the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules) on November 10, 2011. On November 15, 2011, JCRAR adopted a motion to waive the committee’s review period. This action ended the legislative review process for the rule and sent the rule back to the agency to be published and become effective.

The rule has been published, and the rules will require professional engineers to complete 30 PHDs prior to renewing their license each biennium. The requirement will be in effect for the next licensing period which means that PEs will have a period of two years, starting August 2012 to August 2014, in which to complete the 30 PDHs in order to renew a PE license in 2014.

The 30 hours of approved PDHs or equivalent continuing education units, must be pertinent to the practice of professional engineering.

IMPORTANT: In order to renew a license by the 7/31/2014 renewal deadline, all licensees must complete 30 PDHs between 8/1/2012-7/31/2014.

The required 30 PDHs must include a minimum of two (2) PDHs in the area of professional conduct and ethics.

Registrants must obtain a minimum of 13 PDHs, per biennium, via courses where the registrant interacts in real time in a traditional classroom setting, computer conferencing or interactive video conference where participants are present in the same room or logged in at the same time and can communicate directly with each other and ask questions of the instructor.

NOTE: The continuing education requirements do not apply to the biennium in which a license is first issued.