APELSCIDLA Continuing Education Audits

I am confident that I am not alone in having received the recent notification from our Regulatory Board in Virginia, APELSCIDLA.

That letter gave notice that “The Board for APELSCIDLA will be conducting a random CE audit for licensed architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. Audit letters will be mailed on October 1, 2026. Selected participants will be required to submit proof of CE by October 22, 2026.”

If you’re randomly selected for an audit, you’ll need to provide documentation that you have acquired no less than the 16 hours that are required per biennium.

Fortunately, you are an AIA member, whose benefits include a readily available transcript (accessed through your account with AIA at me.aia.org ) and you’ve also had the opportunity to partake in the 106.25 LUs that AIA Virginia offered in 2025. Moving forward, you’ll benefit from the looming opportunities which include the 17.75 LUs (with up to 5 AIA LU|HSWs) on offer throughout the days of ArchEx, and the aptly monikered Procrastinators Series which rounds out the calendar year. Information about these and other programs is, or soon will be, available on our website. 

By the way, the AIA requires members to complete at least 18 Learning Units (LUs) each calendar year, including a minimum of 12 in Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW). If you remain current with that, you are more than good in Virginia.