NY Educ L § 7328 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 8 - The Professions Article 148 - Landscape Architecture 7328 - Mandatory Continuing Education for Landscape Architects.

§  7328.  Mandatory  continuing education for landscape architects. 1. (a) Each licensed landscape architect required  under  this  article  to register  triennially with the department to practice in the state shall comply  with  provisions   of   the   mandatory   continuing   education requirements prescribed in subdivision two of this section except as set forth   in  paragraphs  (b)  and  (c)  of  this  subdivision.  Landscape architects  who  do  not  satisfy  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirements  shall  not practice until they have met such requirements, and have been issued a registration certificate, except that a landscape architect may practice without having met such requirements if he or she is issued a conditional registration certificate pursuant to subdivision three of this section.  (b) Landscape architects shall be exempt from the mandatory continuing education requirement for the triennial registration period during which they are first licensed, in accordance with the intent of this  section, adjustment  to  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirement may be granted by  the  department  for  reasons  of  health  certified  by  an appropriate  health care professional, for extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States, or for other good cause acceptable to the department which may prevent compliance.  (c)  A  licensed  landscape  architect  not  engaged  in  practice  as determined  by  the  department,  shall  be  exempt  from  the mandatory continuing education requirement upon the filing of a statement with the department declaring such  status.  Any  licensee  who  returns  to  the practice  of  landscape  architecture  during the triennial registration period shall notify the department prior to  reentering  the  profession and  shall  meet  such  mandatory  education  requirements  as  shall be prescribed by regulations of the commissioner.   2.  During  each  triennial  registration  period  an  applicant   for registration  shall complete a minimum of thirty-six hours of acceptable continuing education, as specified in subdivision four of this  section, provided  that  a  minimum  of  twenty-four  hours  of  such  continuing education shall be in the areas of health, safety  and  welfare.  Up  to one-half  of  the  total  hours  of  continuing education may consist of non-course activities. Any landscape architect whose first  registration date following the effective date of this section occurs less than three years  from  such  effective  date,  but  on or after January first, two thousand seven, shall complete continuing education hours on a  prorated basis at the rate of one hour per month for the period beginning January first,  two thousand seven up to the first registration date thereafter. A licensee who has not  satisfied  the  mandatory  continuing  education requirements shall not be issued a triennial registration certificate by the  department  and  shall  not practice unless and until a conditional registration certificate is issued as provided for in subdivision  three of  this section. With the exception of continuing education hours taken during the registration period immediately preceding the effective  date of  this  section, continuing education hours taken during one triennium may not be transferred to a subsequent triennium.   3.  The  department,  in  its  discretion,  may  issue  a  conditional registration  to  a  licensee who fails to meet the continuing education requirements established in subdivision two  of  this  section  but  who agrees to make up any deficiencies and complete any additional education which  the  department  may  require.  The  fee  for  such a conditional registration shall be the same as, and in addition to, the fee  for  the triennial  registration.  The  duration of such conditional registration shall be determined by the department but shall not exceed one year. Any licensee who is notified of the denial of registration  for  failure  to submit  evidence, satisfactory to the department, of required continuing  education  and  who  practices  landscape  architecture   without   such registration,  may  be  subject  to disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section sixty-five hundred ten of this title.   4.  As used in subdivision two of this section, "acceptable continuing education" shall mean courses of  learning  and  educational  activities which  contribute to professional practice in landscape architecture and which meet the standards prescribed by regulations of the  commissioner. The department may, in its discretion and as needed to contribute to the health  and  welfare of the public, require the completion of continuing education courses in specific subjects.   5. Landscape  architects  shall  maintain  adequate  documentation  of completion of acceptable continuing education and educational activities and shall provide such documentation at the request of the department.   6. The mandatory continuing education fee shall be forty-five dollars, shall  be  payable  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  each  triennial registration period, and shall be paid  in  addition  to  the  triennial registration  fee  required by section seventy-three hundred twenty-four of this article.