Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 368 - Examination and Licensure › State Board of Landscape Architects › Section 20-368-15a - Continuing education

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each landscape
				architect shall meet the continuing education requirements set forth in this
				section as a condition of license renewal. Continuing education obtained by a
				landscape architect shall maintain, improve, or expand the knowledge and skills
				obtained prior to initial licensure, and shall develop additional knowledge and
				skills relevant to the practice of landscape architecture in the promotion of
				the health, safety, and welfare of the general public.
(b) On or before July 31 of every even
				numbered year, each landscape architect shall attach to the license renewal
				application a certificate signed under penalty of false statement stating that
				the landscape architect has participated in not less than twenty-four (24)
				contact hours of continuing education activity. The certificate shall list the
				course name, the course provider and the date the course was taken. At least
				six (6) contact hours of the biennial continuing education requirement shall be
				earned by attendance at a live presentation of a continuing education program.
				A contact hour is defined as not less than fifty (50) minutes of instruction or
				its equivalent. A collegiate semester credit shall be the equivalent of
				forty-five (45) contact hours.
(c)
				Continuing education activities which satisfy the professional development
				intent of this section shall include, but not be limited to, college or
				university courses; activities conducted by professional programs or
				organizations which award continuing education credits; portions of technical
				meetings or seminars related to the technical element of the practice of
				landscape architecture; preparation and/or presentation of technical research
				papers at technical meetings; participation in the study and examination in
				technical subjects sponsored by CLARB; and participation in the preparation of
				the LARE sponsored by CLARB. Self-directed study or research may be acceptable
				with the prior approval of the board. Continuing education credits obtained for
				the continuing education requirements of other states shall be accepted if the
				credits meet the standards of this subsection.
(d) A landscape architect shall maintain a
				record of continuing education activities, including dates, subjects, and other
				appropriate documentation for a period of five years. A record maintained by
				CLARB or the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System of the American
				Society of Landscape Architects ("LA CES") shall be acceptable as proof of
				participation when such record is submitted to the department by CLARB or LA
				CES on the landscape architect's behalf. In lieu of maintaining a record of
				activity through CLARB, a landscape architect may provide evidence of having
				fulfilled the continuing education requirements on forms provided by the
				department. A landscape architect shall, upon the request of the department,
				make available documentation to prove compliance with all continuing education
				requirements.
(e) Failure by a
				landscape architect to fulfill continuing education requirements shall result
				in the suspension of the license to practice landscape architecture or other
				action authorized by law. The board or department may reinstate the license or
				rescind any other penalty when the continuing education requirement has been
				fulfilled.
(f) A landscape
				architect shall not be required to meet the provisions of this section for the
				first biennium in which the landscape architect is initially licensed in this
				state.
(g) Continuing education
				credits earned in any biennial continuing education period may not be carried
				forward into a later period for continuing education credit.
(h) A landscape architect who is unable to
				comply with the requirements of this section due to extenuating circumstances
				may apply for a waiver or an extension of time to fulfill such
				requirements.
(i) A landscape
				architect submitting a renewal application who has not held a license for more
				than two years shall provide proof that the landscape architect has completed
				the requirements for continuing education for each biennial period prior to the
				year of the renewal application. If the landscape architect cannot provide such
				proof, the board may authorize the department to issue a renewal license
				subject to the landscape architect completing such continuing education
				activities as required by the board within a certain time period.