The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Compliance Committee conducted the second round of CPD compliance reviews for the 2019 reporting year on April 1, 2020. This review revealed an improvement in CPD compliance compared to an earlier review conducted on February 1, 2020:
• 89 per cent of APEGS members reported some CPD data.
• 91 per cent of those APEGS member who reported some data were compliant with the CPD program.
• 81 per cent of APEGS overall membership were compliant with the CPD program in 2019.
The graph below illustrates the reasons for non-compliance identified in the April 1, 2020 reports.
The most common non-compliance category was not reporting any data to APEGS. Remember: all members, except Life Members, are required to report their CPD data to APEGS annually. The timeframe for obtaining CPD credits is January 1 to December 31 with the reporting deadline being January 31 of the following year.
The second most common non-compliance category was not completing the annual verifiable ethics requirement. Remember to check the box AND report the time spent completing this activity under Formal Activity.
There are a number of other reasons why members were non-compliant such as failing to achieve the minimum number of credits or minimum number of credit categories. Refer to the CPD website on the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) page under the CPD menu for all the details of the program requirements and what activities count towards CPD credits.
The final CPD compliance review for 2019 will be conducted in May 2020.
