Singapore legislation
Regulation 14A
Regulation 14A
Requirements as to continuing professional education
Subregulation 1
For the purposes of section 28(4)(f) of the Act, the requirements relating to continuing professional education are that a registered professional engineer (X) must satisfy the Board that X has obtained the requisite professional development units during the qualifying period.
Subregulation 2
The requisite professional development units that X is required to obtain before a practising certificate may be issued to X is 40 professional development units, of which —
at least —
15 professional development units; or
20 professional development units, for a practising certificate which takes effect on or after 1 January 2015 authorising X to engage in professional engineering work,must be obtained from successfully completing one or more structured activities; and
the remainder must be obtained from successfully completing one or more structured activities or unstructured activities, or both.
Subregulation 3
Where X has not held a practising certificate for a continuous period of 3 years or more immediately preceding the date of X’s application for a practising certificate, the requisite professional development units that X is required to obtain before a practising certificate may be issued to X is 80 professional development units, of which —
at least —
30 professional development units; or
40 professional development units, for a practising certificate which takes effect on or after 1 January 2015 authorising X to engage in professional engineering work,must be obtained from successfully completing one or more structured activities; and
the remainder must be obtained from successfully completing one or more structured activities or unstructured activities, or both.
Subregulation 4
The Board may issue a practising certificate to X even though X has failed to obtain the requisite professional development units applicable to X during the qualifying period if X gives an undertaking that X will make up for the shortfall in the requisite professional development units during the period of 12 months immediately following the last day of the qualifying period.
Subregulation 5
If a practising certificate has been issued to X by virtue of an undertaking given under paragraph (4), any professional development units obtained by X to make up for the shortfall in the requisite professional development units mentioned in that paragraph are to be disregarded for the purpose of a subsequent application for a practising certificate.
Subregulation 6
Despite paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), the Board may, in such special circumstances as it may determine, issue a practising certificate to X even though X has failed to satisfy the Board that X has obtained the requisite professional development units applicable to X during the qualifying period.