Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 808 - LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS BOARD › Division 3 - LICENSES › Section 808-003-0750 - Combination of Conventional Exam Sections and Practical Skills Exam Sections

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) An
			 applicant may pass a combination of specific sections of the conventional exam
			 and specific sections of the practical skills exam to obtain the landscape
			 construction professional license or change the landscape construction
			 professional license phase.
(2) If
			 an applicant passes the Common Core, Softscape Installation, Hardscape
			 Installation and Irrigation sections of the practical skills exam as stated in
			 OAR 808-003-0920, the applicant must
			 pass the Backflow section of the conventional exam in order to hold an
			 Irrigation plus Backflow phase of license or an All Phase plus Backflow phase
			 of license.
(3) An applicant taking
			 the practical skills exam may take and pass the Laws, Rules & Business
			 Practices exam section in lieu of completing the business class required under
			 ORS 671.561(6).
(4) Except as provided in subsection 5 of
			 this rule an applicant taking only the conventional exam sections cannot take
			 the business class in lieu of passing the Laws, Rules & Business Practices
			 exam.
(5) An applicant may take the
			 business class in lieu of the Laws, Rules & Business Practices conventional
			 exam section if the practical skills Common Core section if at least the
			 Softscape Installation, Hardscape Installation or Irrigation section of the
			 practical skills exam are passed.
(6) Except as provided in subsection (9) and
			 (10) of this rule, a passing score on any section of the conventional exam
			 shall be valid until the third December 31st following passage of that exam
			 section. An applicant who fails to pass all the sections required for a
			 particular license phase and to obtain that license phase by the third December
			 31st following passage of any exam section shall retake that exam
			 section.
(7) Except as provided in
			 subsection (9) and (10) of this rule, a passing score for any practical skill
			 section is valid until the third December 31st following passage of that
			 section. An applicant who fails to pass all the sections required for a
			 particular license phase and obtain that license phase by the third December
			 31st following passage of that section shall retake that section.
(8) A combination of subsection (6) and (7)
			 of this rule does not change the length of time scores are valid.
(9) A passing score for an applicant for a
			 Probationary All Phase Plus Backflow license will expire as stated in OAR
			 808-003-0030(3).
(10) A passing score of the Laws, Rules and
			 Business Practice section will remain valid for any applicant that passed this
			 section and has been the managing employee or managing owner of a licensed
			 landscape contracting business within two years; otherwise, the scores will
			 remain valid for up to one year from the date of the receipt of an application
			 for licensing.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  671.670
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  671.561 & ORS
				  671.570