Application; qualifications of applicant; study equivalent to work experience; standards for examinations; deadline for application. [Effective on the date of the repeal of the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreational licenses for child support arrearages and for noncompliance with certain processes relating to paternity or child support proceedings.]
1. Any person who:
(a) Is at least 21 years of age;
(b) Is of good moral character;
(c) Is a citizen of the United States or is lawfully entitled to remain and work in the United States; and
(d) Has satisfied the requirements for education and experience in landscape architecture, in any combination deemed suitable by the Board,
Ê may make application for a certificate of registration to the Board upon a form and in a manner prescribed by the Board. The application must be accompanied by the application fee prescribed by the Board pursuant to the provisions of NRS 623A.240.
2. Each year of study, not exceeding 5 years of study, satisfactorily completed in a program of landscape architecture accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accrediting Board or a similar national board approved by the Board, or a program of landscape architecture in this state approved by the Board, is considered equivalent to 1 year of experience in landscape architectural work for the purpose of registration as a landscape architect.
3. The Board shall, by regulation, establish standards for examinations which may be consistent with standards employed by other states. The Board may adopt the standards of a national association of registered boards approved by the Board, and the examination and grading procedure of that organization, as they exist on the date of adoption. Examinations may include tests in such technical, professional and ethical subjects as are prescribed by the Board.
4. If the Board administers or causes to be administered an examination during:
(a) June of any year, an application to take that examination must be postmarked not later than March 1 of that year; or
(b) December of any year, an application to take that examination must be postmarked not later than September 1 of that year.
Last modified: February 27, 2006