Duties of State Board of Architects relative to continuing education

3. The board shall: a. Promulgate rules and regulations for implementing continuing education requirements as a condition of license renewal for licenses issued under its jurisdiction. b. Establish standards for continuing education, including the subject matter and content of courses of study, and the number and type of continuing education credits required of a licensee as a condition of biennial license renewal. c. Recognize the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards as certified record keeping services and recognize the American Institute of Architects, the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards and the School of Architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology as certified providers of continuing education, and accredit other equivalent educational programs, including, but not limited to, meetings of constituents and components of architect professional associations recognized by the board, examinations, papers, publications, scientific presentations, teaching and research appointments, table clinics and scientific exhibits, and shall establish procedures for the issuance of credit upon satisfactory proof of the completion of these programs. In the case of education courses or programs, each hour of instruction shall be equivalent to one credit. d. Approve only such continuing education programs as are available to all architects in this State on a reasonable nondiscriminatory basis.