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General Regulations AR 150/99   PART 2 - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM   Education program established 16(1) The Council establishes the Continuing Professional Development Program of the Association as the compulsory continuing education program for professional members and licensees. (2) The Practice Review Board shall administer the Continuing Professional Development Program.     Mandatory compliance 17 A professional member or licensee shall comply with the requirements of the Continuing Professional Development Program as it applies to that person’s practice of engineering, geology or geophysics, as the case may be.     Exemption 18(1) Notwithstanding section 17, a professional member or licensee who files with the Association a declaration in writing stating that that person is not actively engaged in the practice of a profession is exempt from the requirements of this Part. (2) An exemption under this section is only effective for one year from the date the declaration is received by the Association but may be renewed for additional yearly periods. (3) A professional member or licensee shall not engage in the practice of a profession while an exemption under this section is in effect. (4) A professional member or licensee who has filed a declaration under subsection (1) must immediately notify the Association in writing if that person intends to resume the practice of the profession. (5) The Practice Review Board may require a professional member or licensee who has notified the Association under subsection (4) to comply with any conditions that the Board may set prior to allowing that person to resume the practice of the profession.     Written records 19 A professional member or licensee must (a) maintain a written record of activities undertaken in accordance with the Continuing Professional Development Program, and (b) produce the record under clause (a) on the request of the Practice Review Board.     Proof of compliance 20(1) On the request of the Practice Review Board, a professional member or licensee must satisfy the Board that that person is complying with the requirements of the Continuing Professional Development Program. (2) Where a professional member or licensee fails to satisfy the Practice Review Board under subsection (1), the Board may (a) conduct a review of the practice of that person in accordance with the Act and this Regulation, and (b) at any time during a review recommend to the Investigative Committee that the review be conducted by the Investigative Committee under Part 5 of the Act as if the recommendation were a written complaint.

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