HB549 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mark Tuggle

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Landscape architects, registered landscape architects, licensing, examination, and education requirements, provision for practical experience removed, payment of annual license fee, date due and date of mailing of delinquency notice altered, Secs. 34-17-20, 34-17-21, 34-17-22, 34-17-24 am'd.

Summary

HB549Would create licensure for landscape architects with a new title 'registered landscape architect,' remove the eight-year experience shortcut, require education from an approved school plus practical experience, use a board-approved exam, and move the delinquency notice date for license fees.

What This Bill Does

Under the bill, anyone who practices landscape architecture or uses the title would have to be licensed and use the new title 'registered landscape architect.' The bill eliminates the eight-year practical experience pathway and instead requires education from an approved landscape architecture school along with evidence of practical experience to qualify for licensure. It also requires a board-approved examination for licensure (not just a generic written exam). Finally, it shifts the delinquency notice date for unpaid license fees to March 15.

Who It Affects

• Individuals who practice landscape architecture or want to use the title in Alabama must obtain licensure and use the title 'registered landscape architect.'
• Applicants who previously relied on the eight-year practical experience path will need to meet education requirements from an approved school plus documented practical experience under the new rules.
• The Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, which would oversee the board-approved exam, licensure process, and changes to delinquency notifications.
• Current licensees will be affected by the new delinquency notice date for unpaid license fees (now March 15) and ongoing renewal requirements.

Key Provisions

• Adds the title 'registered landscape architect' and requires licensure to practice or use that title.
• Deletes the eight-year practical experience exemption; licensure now requires education from an approved landscape architecture school and proof of practical experience.
• Requires a board-approved examination for licensure.
• Changes the delinquency notice date for unpaid license fees to March 15.
• Amends Sections 34-17-20, 34-17-21, 34-17-22, and 34-17-24 to implement these changes.

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Subjects

Landscape Architects, Board of Examiners of