North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 26 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Section .0300 - EXAMINATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES › Section 26 .0301 - EXAMINATION AND LICENSURE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The
				LARE published by CLARB shall be the examination recognized by the Board, so
				long as the Board shall remain a member of the CLARB. The Board may administer
				a state supplement to the LARE as allowed by the CLARB.
(b) All persons desiring to submit an
				application to take the LARE are encouraged to first make application through
				CLARB. Upon taking and passing all sections of the LARE, candidates shall
				complete the Board's initial individual application for license by examination
				and submit the non-refundable application fee as established in Rule .0105 of
				this Chapter. If an application is complete and the applicant is otherwise
				qualified by statute and these rules to sit for examination, the Board shall
				approve the application for licensure by examination.
(c) CLARB sets the fees for the LARE. Fee
				information shall be made available to all applicants for examination on the
				Board website, www.ncbola.org, and may be obtained from the CLARB.
(d) An applicant shall be qualified for
				examination and licensure upon graduation from a LAAB accredited collegiate
				curriculum in landscape architecture, passage of the LARE, and the experience
				requirements of Paragraph (f) of this Rule.
(e) In allowing credit for education to
				satisfy the minimum qualification requirements established by
				G.S.
				89A-4(a)(3), an
				undergraduate, a masters, or a doctorate degree from an accredited curriculum
				approved by the LAAB shall be deemed to have met the educational
				requirement.
(f) To fulfill the
				experience requirements established by
				G.S.
				89A-4(a)(4), an applicant
				shall have a minimum of 8,000 hours of professional experience in landscape
				architecture working under the direct supervision of a registered landscape
				architect. In submitting an initial individual application to the Board for
				registration, a licensed landscape architect shall certify that the applicant
				has completed the number of hours required by this Rule. An applicant may
				petition the Board for up to 8,000 hours of experience credit by providing
				proof of work experience that is directly related to the practice of landscape
				architecture as defined by
				G.S.
				89A-1(3). Experience credits
				shall be based on a full-time work week of 40 hours and a work year of at least
				2,000 hours. Part-time work shall be fully described and may be given
				proportional credit. An applicant is ineligible to receive experience credit if
				the work was in fulfillment of an educational requirement.
(g) The Board shall treat as confidential and
				not subject to disclosure, except to the extent required by law or by rule of
				the Board, individual test scores and applications and material relating
				thereto, including letters of reference relating to an application.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  89A-3.1(3);
				  89A-4(a),(b);
Eff. February 1, 1976;
Readopted Eff. September 30,
				  1977;
Amended Eff. March 1, 2015; January 1, 2008; August 1, 1993;
				  August 1, 1988; November 1, 1980; July 2, 1979;
Readopted Eff.
				  April 1, 2018.