APELSCIDLA Board

APELSCIDLA Board 

Virginia Board for 

Architects, Professional Engineers, Land 

Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers 

& Landscape Architects

Overview of the Board 

• History of the Board 

• Board Members 

• Board Staff

History of the Board 

The APELS Board was created in 1920. 

Landscape Architects joined in 1980 

and Interior Designers joined in 1990 – 

creating the acronym “APELSCIDLA”!

The APELSCIDLA Board 

Thirteen member Board 

Examines, licenses, certifies and regulates 

Approximately 36,000 Architects, 

Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, 

Certified Landscape Architects and 

Certified Interior Designers and related 

businesses in Virginia

Board Members 

(§ 54.1- 403 of the Code of Virginia) 

Architects 

• James R. Boyd 

• J. Everette “Ebo” Fauber, III 

(Chair) 

• Michael F. LeMay 

Professional Engineers 

• John L. Combs 

• Nico De Léon 

• Wiley V. “Bif” Johnson, III

Land Surveyors 

• Paul deC. Holt, Jr. 

• Nancy E. McIntyre 

• W. R. Stephenson, Jr. 

Board Members 

(§ 54.1- 403 of the Code of Virginia) 

Landscape Architects 

• Vaughn B. Rinner (Vice Chair) 

• Andrew M. Scherzer 

Certified Interior Designers 

• Lorri Finn 

• Cameron C. Stiles

Board Staff 

• Kate Nosbisch, Executive Director 

• Marian Brooks, Board Administrator 

• Justin Garofalo, Board Administrator 

• Amy Goobic, Administrative Assistant 

LICENSING SPECIALISTS : 

• Tonia Burrell 

• Joan Leonard 

• Ramona Norris 

• Toni Spencer 

• Patty Cordero

APELSCIDLA Regulant Counts 

as of April 1, 2011 

• Architects - 6,910 

• Professional Engineers – 26,156 

• Land Surveyors – 1,618 

• Interior Designers – 487 

• Landscape Architects – 823 

• APELSCIDLA Businesses – 3,366

Board’s Website 

The Board’s web-site contains the following: 

• Statutes and regulations 

• Contact information 

• Board meeting dates, agendas, and 

meeting minutes 

• Pending regulatory actions 

• Applications and newsletters 

• Exam information 

www.dpor.virginia.gov

Navigating the Website

Navigating the Website (cont.)





Overview of Licensing 

• Levels of Regulation 

• Definitions 

• Exemptions 

• Use of Seal 

• Disciplinary Actions

Levels of Regulation 

Levels of regulation pursuant to §§ 

54.1-300 and 311 of the Code of 

Virginia: 

• Licensure (aka Practice Act); 

• Certification (aka Title Act); and 

• Registration (no attestation as to 

minimal competency)

Definitions 

Architect: 

"Architect" means a person who, by reason of his knowledge 

of the mathematical and physical sciences, and the principles 

of architecture and architectural design, acquired by 

professional education, practical experience, or both, is 

qualified to engage in the practice of architecture and whose 

competence has been attested by the Board through licensure 

as an architect. 

Professional Engineer: 

"Professional engineer" means a person who is qualified to 

practice engineering by reason of his special knowledge and 

use of mathematical, physical and engineering sciences and 

the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design 

acquired by engineering education and experience, and whose 

competence has been attested by the Board through licensure 

as a professional engineer. 

§ 54.1-400 of the Code of Virginia

Definitions 

Land Surveyor: 

"Land surveyor" means a person who, by reason of his 

knowledge of the several sciences and of the principles of land 

surveying, and of the planning and design of land 

developments acquired by practical experience and formal 

education, is qualified to engage in the practice of land 

surveying, and whose competence has been attested by the 

Board through licensure as a land surveyor. 

(See § 54.1-408 for Land Surveyor B) 

Certified Interior Designer: 

"Certified interior designer" means a design professional who 

meets the criteria of education, experience, and testing in the 

rendering of interior design services established by the Board 

through certification as an interior designer. 


Definitions 

Landscape Architect: 

"Landscape architect" means a person who, by reason 

of his special knowledge of natural, physical and 

mathematical sciences, and the principles and 

methodology of landscape architecture and landscape 

architectural design acquired by professional 

education, practical experience, or both, is qualified to 

engage in the practice of landscape architecture and 

whose competence has been attested by the Board 

through licensure as a landscape architect. 


Architecture 

The "practice of architecture" means any service 

wherein the principles and methods of architecture 

are applied, such as consultation, investigation, 

evaluation, planning and design, and includes the 

responsible administration of construction 

contracts, in connection with any private or public 

buildings, structures or projects, or the related 

equipment or accessories. 


Engineering 

The "practice of engineering" means any service wherein the principles 

and methods of engineering are applied to, but are not necessarily 

limited to, the following areas: consultation, investigation, evaluation, 

planning and design of public or private utilities, structures, machines, 

equipment, processes, transportation systems and work systems, 

including responsible administration of construction contracts. The 

term “practice of engineering” shall not include the service or 

maintenance of existing electrical or mechanical systems. 


Land Surveying 

The "practice of land surveying" includes surveying of areas for a 

determination or correction, a description, the establishment or 

reestablishment of internal and external land boundaries, or the 

determination of topography, contours or location of physical 

improvements, and also includes the planning of land and subdivisions 

thereof. The term "planning of land and subdivisions thereof" shall 

include, but not be limited to, the preparation of incidental plans and 

profiles for roads, streets and sidewalks, grading, drainage on the 

surface, culverts and erosion control measures, with reference to 

existing state or local standards. 


Certified Interior Designer 

"Interior design" by a certified interior designer means any service 

rendered wherein the principles and methodology of interior design 

are applied in connection with the identification, research, and 

creative solution of problems pertaining to the function and quality 

of the interior environment. Such services relative to interior spaces 

shall include the preparation of documents for nonload-bearing 

interior construction, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment in order 

to enhance and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public. 


Landscape Architecture 

The "practice of landscape architecture" by a licensed landscape 

architect means any service wherein the principles and 

methodology of landscape architecture are applied in 

consultation, evaluation, planning (including the preparation 

and filing of sketches, drawings, plans and specifications) and 

responsible supervision or administration of contracts relative 

to projects principally directed at the functional and aesthetic 

use of land. 


Renewal & Reinstatement 

• Renewals automatically mailed 

to address of record. 

• Reinstatement period is 

unlimited. 

• If a regulant reinstates, it is as if 

they never had a gap in 

licensure, certification or 

registration.

APELSCIDLA Exemptions… 

There are several exemptions contained in law : 

• § 54.1-401 exempts certain actions from 

licensure (also includes provisions for 

incidental work); 

• § 54.1-402 exempts certain individuals from 

licensure (however, if a regulant performs 

such work, they are required to sign and seal 

the work); and 

• § 54.1-402.1 exempts certain state and local 

government employees from licensure 

requirements under certain conditions (also 

see the provisions of § 54.1-406 D & E).

License Required… 

§ 54.1-406 License Required 

A. Unless exempted by § 54.1-401, 54.1-402, or 54.1-402.1, a 

person shall hold a valid license prior to engaging in the 

practice of architecture or engineering which includes design, 

consultation, evaluation or analysis and involves proposed or 

existing improvements to real property. 

B. Unless exempted by § 54.1-402, any person, partnership, 

corporation or other entity offering to practice architecture, 

engineering, or land surveying without being registered or 

licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, 

shall be subject to the provisions of § 54.1-111 of this title. 

C. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity which is 

not licensed or registered to practice in accordance with this 

chapter and which advertises or promotes through the use of 

the words "architecture," "engineering" or "land surveying" or 

any modification or derivative thereof in its name or 

description of its business activity in a manner that indicates 

or implies that it practices or offers to practice architecture, 

engineering or land surveying as defined in this chapter shall 

be subject to the provisions of § 54.1-111.

18VAC10-20-760 Use of Seal 

• The application of a professional seal 

indicates that the professional has 

exercised direct control and personal 

supervision over the work to which it is 

affixed.

Use of Seal (cont.) 

• If the original professional of record is no longer employed by the 

regulant or unable to seal the work, that work may be sealed by 

another professional, but only after a thorough review of the 

work to verify it has been accomplished to the same extent that 

would have been exercised if the work had been done under the 

direct control and personal supervision of the professional affixing 

the seal.

Disciplinary Actions 

Professional Engineers 

March 2006 – March 2011 

Violations Include: 

• Signed/sealed letter on letterhead of unlicensed 

engineering company with which he was not 

employed. 

• Submitted drawings that were unsealed, 

unsigned and undated. 

• Cheated on NCEES Engineers Exam - 2. 

• Utilized drawings of another engineer without 

written consent.

Disciplinary Actions (cont.) 

• Entered into an agreement; failed to complete 

the jobs required in the agreement. 

• Failed to notify the Board of license revocation in 

another state – 2. 

• Submitted plans not marked as “incomplete”, 

“advance” or “preliminary work.” 

• Failed to notify Board of disciplinary action in 

another state - 7. 

• Failed to include all relevant & pertinent 

information on sealed documents.


• Felony conviction resulting in revocation in 

another state. 

• Stamped plans prepared by unlicensed 

individual not under his direct control and 

personal supervision. 

• Placed seal on work of another regulant in 

another state without permission (also, did not 

date stamp plans, did not have direct control or 

personal supervision of the calculations he 

stamped and signed, implied by stamping and 

sealing plans that he had a business relationship 

where one did not exist).


• Signed and sealed drawings that were 

within the practice of architecture. 

• Submitted designs from own company to 

city for which licensee was a city official – 

conflict of interest. 

• Plead guilty and was convicted of 

conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt 

Practices Act.


• Signed and sealed a survey that was not incidental to the 

engineering work. Failed to utilize minimum field procedures failed 

to correctly identify the title of the survey; include the district and the 

county in which the subject property was located in the title of the 

Surveys; identify the owner of the Western adjoining property; 

correctly indicate who the owner of the subject property was at the 

time the Surveys were performed; and include the distance to the 

nearest street intersection on the Surveys. The metes and bounds 

description of the Surveys used adjoining property designations that: 

were not included on the land surveys; followed the centerline of an 

easement rather than a boundary line; and failed to include pertinent 

monumentation or names of record owners. Misrepresented that 

certain items were included in the survey when, in fact, the items 

were not included. 

•


Architects 



• Felony conviction – bribing an official. 

• Failure to inform client of association with a 

business. 

• Presented calculations to locality that he did not 

have permission to submit and was not truthful 

when he presented them, knowing that he did 

not have permission to use them.


• Failure to notify Board of action in another 

state – 5. 

• Specs not Architect’s own without written 

permission. 

• Sketches not marked “incomplete,” 

“advance” or “preliminary.” 

• Failure to sign, seal or identify plans as 

“incomplete,” “advance” or “preliminary.”


• Failed to sign pages of drawing which 

contained solely their work; failed to 

include name, address and project name 

on the drawings; and failed to ensure all 

regulated disciplines affixed a seal, 

original signatures and date. 

• Charged clients for time spent obtaining 

bid form contractor who was not properly 

licensed to perform proposed construction.


Land Surveyors 



• Failure to notify Board of license suspension in another 

state. 

• Signed and sealed plat without properly completing 

boundary survey. 

• Failure to include all Deed Book references for adjoining 

owners on plat. 

• Failure to include the source of meridian on survey map 

and failure to include statement that map was based on 

a current field survey.


• Prepared a “line survey” and entitled the plat “boundary 

survey” when a current field survey had not been 

performed. 

• Failure to apply professional seal, signature or date to 

survey. 

• Prepared plat that did not meet standards set forth for 

land boundary surveys performed in the Commonwealth. 

• Failed to: conduct a proper search of land records, to 

monument a new corner, establish existing corners of 

property lines, and to perform computations to show that 

the standards for a land boundary survey located in a 

rural area were met in the survey.


• Survey did not contain closed traverse field notes and 

calculations showing closure of traverse and calculations 

to balance the traverse. 

• Survey did not contain set corners. 

• Failure to register corporation with the Board. 

• Failed to properly stake the corners and property 

boundaries which resulted in a well being built on a 

neighbor’s property. 

• Failed to disclose in writing that contracted survey work 

had been performed by another company.


• Misrepresented information about right-of-way, 

intentionally misled locality in order to have plat 

approved and recorded. 

• Improper wording used in “Owner’s Statement” as 

required by the Code of Virginia. 

• Plat did not contain evidence of a title report, also failure 

to set corners or show physical encroachment on 

property line. 

• Failed to date two final house location surveys.


• Prepared a plat improperly using a creek from an old 

survey as the boundary line; also failed to clearly identify 

on the plat, the inconsistency found in researching the 

common boundary between property line and the 

adjoining property; also submitted a survey that was not 

sealed, signed and dated or identified as advance, 

preliminary, or incomplete.


• Prepared a plat that failed to show the name of the owner of 

record and deed reference; width of the road; bearings of all 

property lines; source of meridian used; area to the square 

foot or thousandth of an acre; tax map or geographic parcel 

numbers; statement that the land boundary survey shown was 

based on a current field survey; a statement as to whether or 

not a current title report was furnished; and a statement as to 

whether any or all easements were shown. 

• Prepared a plat that failed to show the width of the road; 

bearings of all property lines; area to the square foot or 

thousandth of an acre; statement that the land boundary 

survey shown was based on a current field survey; a 

statement as to whether or not a current title report was 

furnished; and a statement as to whether any or all 

easements were shown.

Disciplinary Action (cont.) 

Landscape Architects 

December 2007 

• Licensee failed to disclose that he was paid by a 

construction company for providing consulting 

services during the course of construction on 

clients property.


Sanctions Included: 

• Fines ranging from $150 to $5,500 

• Required continuing education courses 

• Provide proof of compliance for disciplinary action in 

another state 

• Completion of course covering Board rules and 

regulations 

• Probation 

• Banned from PE Examination for a 4-year period 

• Suspension of license 

• Surrender of license 

• Revocation of license

Guidance Document 

Requirements for Topographic Surveys in Virginia 

Purpose 

The purpose of this document is to clarify 18VAC10-20-382.B.11 of the 

Board’s regulations, performance standards for conducting 

topographic surveys, and the use of unregulated topographic 

surveys. 

Statement Requirement for Surveys 

Currently, Board regulations require that a certification statement be 

included with all topographic surveys:

18VAC10-20-382.B.11 

Guidance Document cont. 

“A statement, in the following form, shall be shown on or contained in 

plats, maps, or digital geospatial data including metadata: 

This ________________ (provide description of the project) was 

completed under the direct and responsible charge of, 

_______________________________ (Name of Surveyor or 

Surveyor Photogrammetrist) from an actual Ground or Airborne 

(check the one that is applicable) survey made under my 

supervision; that the imagery and/or original data was obtained on 

______________ (Date); and that this plat, map, or digital 

geospatial data including metadata meets minimum accuracy 

standards unless otherwise noted.”


The statement indicates that the “Name of Surveyor or Surveyor 

Photogrammetrist” is required. The individuals authorized to perform 

topographic surveys are land surveyors and surveyor 

photogrammetrists licensed pursuant to 54.1-400 (et seq.) of the 

Code of Virginia. However, licensed architects and professional 

engineers are also authorized by Virginia statute to perform 

topographic surveys provided the survey is incidental to the 

architectural or engineering project, respectively: 

§ 54.1-401. Exemptions. 

“The following shall be exempted from the provisions [surveyor license] 

of this chapter: 

1. Practice of professional engineering and land surveying by a 

licensed architect when such practice is incidental to what may be 

properly considered an architectural undertaking.


2. Practice of architecture and land surveying by a licensed 

professional engineer when such practice is incidental to an 

engineering project.” 

It is the intent of the Board’s regulations that the statement 

required by 18VAC10-20-382.B.11 of the Board’s regulations 

be signed by whichever professional completed the survey- 

surveyor, surveyor photogrammetrist, architect, or 

professional engineer.

Survey Performance Standard 


Board regulations also require that any licensed professional, 

authorized to perform a survey, must perform the survey to 

the standards contained in 18VAC10-20-382 of the Board’s 

regulations: 

18VAC10-20-730.C 

“The professional shall adhere to the minimum standards and 

requirements pertaining to the practice of his own profession, 

as well as other professions if incidental work is performed.”


When a licensed surveyor or surveyor photogrammetrist performs a 

topographic survey, or if an architect or professional engineer 

performs a topographic survey incidental to an architectural or 

engineering project, respectively, he must seal, sign, and date the 

survey per Board regulations: 

18VAC10-20-382.A 

“The minimum standards and procedures set forth in this section are to 

be used for topographic surveys performed in the Commonwealth of 

Virginia pursuant to Chapter 4 (§ 54.1-400 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of 

the Code of Virginia. The application of the professional's seal, 

signature and date as required by these regulations shall be 

evidence that the topographic survey is correct to the best of the 

professional's knowledge and belief, and complies with the minimum 

standards and procedures.”


Board regulations also require a seal, signature, and date even 

in situations where a license is not required: 

18VAC10-20-760.B.4 

“The seal of each professional responsible for each profession 

shall be used and shall be on each document that was 

prepared under the professional's direction and for which that 

professional is responsible. If one of the exemptions found in 

§ 54.1-402 of the Code of Virginia is applicable, a professional 

licensed or certified by this board shall nevertheless apply his 

seal to the exempt work.”


Use of Unregulated Topographic Surveys 

The Code of Virginia requires that a topographic survey be performed 

by a professional who is duly licensed by the Board. Topographic 

surveys used in the design, modification, construction of 

improvements to real property, or for flood plain determination must 

be sealed, signed, and dated by the licensed professional who 

performed the survey or directly supervised the person who 

performed the survey. A topographic survey that is not sealed, 

signed, and dated by a professional must only be used for general 

information pursuant to Virginia statute: 

•


§ 54.1-402.C Further exemptions from license requirements 

for architects, professional engineers, and land 

surveyors. 

(third paragraph) “Any person not licensed pursuant to 

subsection B of § 54.1-404 or 54.1-406 preparing 

documentation pursuant to subsection C of § 54.1-402 shall 

note the following on such documentation: "Any determination 

of topography or contours, or any depiction of physical 

improvements, property lines or boundaries is for general 

information only and shall not be used for the design, 

modification, or construction of improvements to real property 

or for flood plain determination."

Summary 


The excerpts from Virginia statutes and Board regulations are 

provided above for your convenience to help you locate the 

text from the administrative and positive law that establishes 

the Board’s authority. To conclude the information above, the 

following summaries of this document are provided: 

1. Although the Board’s regulations indicate that the survey 

statement requires the “Name of Surveyor or Surveyor 

Photogrammetrist”, the architect or engineer who performed 

the survey, or directly supervised the individual who 

performed the survey, must place his name on the statement 

required by the regulations.


2. Surveys must be performed to the standards established in the 

Board’s regulations whether the survey is performed by a licensed 

surveyor, surveyor photogrammetrist, architect, or professional 

engineer as indicated in this document. All surveys, regardless of 

whether exempt from statutory licensure requirements, must be 

sealed, signed, and dated by the professional who performed the 

survey or directly supervised the individual who performed the 

survey. 

3. Any professional licensed by the Board, who utilizes a topographic 

survey to perform professional work, must ensure that the survey is 

sealed, signed, and dated properly as indicated above. 

Professionals whose work includes the use of unregulated 

(unsealed, unsigned, and undated) topographic surveys are in 

violation of the Board’s regulations.

Update - Continuing Education 

WHO IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE CE? 

• Architects 

• Professional Engineers 

• Land Surveyors 

• Landscape Architects 

Basically, all licensed professions under the 

APELSCIDLA Board.


(cont.) 

• Section 54.1-404.2 of the Code of Virginia 

requires completion of the equivalent of 16 

hours per biennium of Board approved 

continuing education activities. 

• The regulations are drafted broadly to allow 

licensees the flexibility to meet continuing 

education requirements through a variety of 

methods as long as the coursework falls within 

the regulation 18VAC10-20-683.C.


(cont.) 

Reg 18VAC10-20-683.C.1 – CE activities must: 

• Be related to the practice of the profession of the license 

being renewed. 

• Have a clear purpose and objective that will maintain, 

improve, or expand the skills and knowledge relevant to 

practice. 

NOTE: The regulations do not preclude 

acceptance of CE from other states or federal 

agencies, or for profit or non-profit sponsors, as long as the 

requirements of 18VAC10-20-683 are met.


(cont.) 

• May be in areas related to business practices 

such as: 

- project management 

- risk management 

- ethics 

NOTE: CE credit hours are valid only during the two year 

period prior to license expiration date. There is no 

allowance for carry-over of CE credit hours.


(cont.) 

• Curriculum must be consistent with the 

purpose and objective of the CE activity. 

• Sponsors must have sufficient resources 

to provide the CE activity and provide 

documentation of completion to those who 

successfully complete the CE activity.


(cont.) 

• Instructors must be competent in the subject 

being taught, either by education or experience. 

• Fifty contact minutes shall equal one CE credit 

hour. 

• For segments less than fifty minutes, the sum of 

the segments may be totaled for computation of 

CE credit hours for that one CE course or 

activity.


(cont.) 

• One semester credit hour of approved 

college credit equals 15 CE credit hours. 

• One quarter credit hour of approved 

college credit equals 10 CE credit hours.


(cont.) 

• Self-directed activity must have an assessment by the 

sponsor at the conclusion to verify the individual has 

achieved the purpose and objective of the activity; credit 

will not be awarded if the individual has not passed the 

assessment. 

• CE credit will not be granted for serving as an officer in 

an association or serving on a committee. 

• CE credit will not be granted for community service, 

“Career Day”, or other lay presentations. 

• CE credit will not be granted for authoring papers or 

articles for magazines or journals.


(cont.) 

• Licensee may be granted credit for the 

initial development or substantial updating 

of a CE activity. 

• Credit may be received for the initial 

teaching of a course that otherwise meets 

the requirements at twice the amount of 

credit that students of the course would 

receive.


(cont.) 

• Additional credit for subsequent offerings 

of the course or activity with the same 

content will not be permitted. 

• Licensees will not receive credit for 

completing the same CE activity with the 

same content more than once during the 

license period immediately prior to the 

expiration date of the license for renewal.


(cont.) 

• Licensees will not receive credit for completing the same 

CE activity with the same content during the two years 

immediately prior to the date of receipt by the Board of a 

reinstatement application.** 

• Only CE activities completed during the license period 

immediately prior to the expiration date of the license 

shall be acceptable in order to renew. 

NOTE: Submission of CE documentation is NOT required for 

renewal.


(cont.) 

• CE activities utilized to satisfy the CE 

requirements to renew a license shall be valid 

only for that renewal. 

• Individuals shall maintain records of completion 

of CE activities that comply with the 

requirements for three years from the date of 

expiration of the license. 

• Individuals shall provide documentation of CE to 

the Board or its agents upon request.


(cont.) 

• CE activities used to renew for a 

preceding license cycle shall not be 

accepted for subsequent renewal or 

reinstatement. 

• When applying for reinstatement, 

evidence of compliance with CE 

requirements shall be included with the 

reinstatement application package.


(cont.) 

• CE activities submitted in support of 

reinstatement shall not be more than two years 

old as of the date a complete reinstatement 

application is received by the Board. 

• CE activities submitted for reinstatement shall 

only be valid for that reinstatement and shall not 

be applied towards subsequent renewals or 

reinstatements.


(cont.) 

• The Board may conduct a random audit of 

licensees to determine CE compliance. 

• Licensees selected for audit shall provide 

documentation of all CE utilized to renew 

the license within 21 calendar days of 

receiving notification of audit.


(cont.) 

18VAC10-20-687 Exemptions and Waivers 

• Board may grant exemptions or waive or reduce 

the number of CE activities required in cases of 

certified illness or undue hardship. 

• Such exemptions, waivers, or reductions shall 

not relieve the individual of their obligation to 

comply with other requirements of this chapter.


(cont.) 

18VAC10-20-790 Sanctions 

• Board may discipline or sanction, or both, 

any license holder who fails to comply or 

misrepresents any information pertaining 

to CE requirements.


(cont.) 

• There is no requirement that CE activities must take 

place in Virginia. 

• There is no requirement that CE activities be in a formal 

classroom setting. 

• There is no requirement specifically addressing what 

types of CE courses or activities must be completed. 

Licensees located not only in Virginia but 

worldwide have the flexibility to meet CE 

requirements in a variety of settings.


(cont.) 

Continuing Education Regulation 18VAC10- 

20-683 went into effect April 1, 2009; 

there was a 12 month delayed enactment 

clause. Therefore CE is required for all 

licensees renewing or reinstating on or after 

April 1, 2010.


(cont.) 

So how does this affect me? 

Example: If your license expires April 30, 2011, you 

must attest to 16 hours of CE earned between May 

1, 2009 and April 30, 2011. 

NOTE: You cannot attest to completion of 

CE requirements prior to actual completion.

Did You Know… 

• The Board now has an Emeritus status for 

licensees in good standing who are no longer 

practicing and do not wish to renew their license. 

• Emeritus professionals are not required to obtain 

CE. 

• If an Emeritus professional wishes to resume 

practice, he must reinstate his license to become 

active. 

• You cannot practice with an expired license.


• If you hold more than one license, you need 16 hours of CE per 

license. 

• If you hold more than one license and find a CE activity that would 

meet the requirements for both licenses, you could count it for both. 

However, be mindful the CE activity has to have occurred within the 

2 year window for each license. 

• CE requirements vary from state to state. 

• The Board has no control over what CE activities may be accepted 

by other states. 

• The Board is not pre-approving or providing CE activities due to the 

different professions and specialties within the professions.


• There is no CE exemption for licensees living outside of Virginia. 

• There is no CE exemption for “expert witnesses”. 

• There is no CE exemption for advanced degrees. 

• There is no CE exemption for small firms with nominal number of 

licensed individuals. 

• There is no CE exemption for age or years of practice. 

However, the licensee may request Board consideration of an 

exemption under “undue hardship” or “certified illness”. 

• The Board voted at its June 2010 meeting to waive CE requirements 

for active military serving overseas.

Contacting the Board 

APELSCIDLA Board 

Department of Professional & 

Occupational Regulation 

9960 Mayland Dr., Suite 400 

Richmond, VA 23233 

(804) 367-8506/8512 

www.dpor.virginia.gov 

apelscidla@dpor.virginia.gov

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