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NEW Membership Benefit! Reminder – NYS Education Department’s Office
The NYSAPLS Membership Committee has of Profession’s Advisory Notice: Regulatory
partnered with National Purchasing Partners (NPP) to give Amendments approved and Effective January 1,
NYSAPLS members access to business, employee and personal 2022 for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology
discounts. NPP is a member benefit provider of NYSAPLS,
Inc., and helps members reduce costs with exclusive pricing. The New York State Board of Regents approved regulatory
amendments in engineering, land surveying and geology that
Members will be able to save on many useful brands, including are effective January 1, 2022. These regulatory amendments
OPD, Staples, Batteries + Bulbs, Sherwin-Williams, Airgas, offer greater flexibility by updating and modernizing
Priceline, Verizon (if eligible), and so much more. You can view the continuing education requirements for professional
some more information on some of the savings on page 12 of this engineers and land surveyors while implementing continuing
issue. You can also view the full catalog of offers by signing up at education requirements for professional geologists.
https://mynpp.com/association/nysapls/. For a detailed view of the regulatory amendments, see
Once you sign up with NPP, you will receive a verification email. the Regulations of the Commissioner on their website at
When your account is verified, just log in and explore the catalog https://www.op.nysed.gov/professions/land-surveying/laws-
of offers. NPP membership is free and there is no obligation to buy. rules-regulations/part-68.
If you need help registering, please contact Below is a summary of the major regulatory changes:
customerservice@mynpp.com or 800.810.3909. • The continuing education requirements may be completed
via courses of learning or in live classes as determined by the
Are you Receiving our NYSAPLS’ E-newsletters? licensee, provided that the continuing education is completed
Are you receiving our weekly and monthly updates? We send through a Department-approved sponsor and is in an
our latest updates via email including membership updates acceptable subject area
and upcoming events as well as our establish e-newsletters: • Professional engineers, land surveyors and professional
Headquarters Updates, Upcoming Events, and Legislative geologists may now complete their continuing education in
Update. If you are not receiving these updates, be sure to check additional subject areas, including architecture, landscape
your spam/junk folders and add our staff email addresses to architecture, and interior design.
your contacts.
• Six hours of “carry over” credit may now be used from one
registration period to another, within certain parameters.
Did you know NSPS has a Stolen
Equipment Registry? Committee Updates
You can view the current registry at Did you know ALL of our committees have a webpage with
https://www.nsps.us.com/StolenEquipment meeting minutes and other member resources? We post brief
To report stolen equipment, please provide the following monthly updates for all committees in our HQ news feature. But
information by email to trisha.milburn@nsps.us.com: if you’re looking for more details, visit our website committee
pages and see what they’ve been up to!
1. Description of Instruments including Serial Number
2. Location where equipment was stolen, include nearest
Town and State
3. Date stolen
4. Contact person to provide information, include phone
and/or email

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