Iowa Landscape Architectural Examining Board
Jennifer Morrison, Licensing Specialist
Professional Licensing Division
1920 SE Hulsizer Rd.
Ankeny, IA 50021-3941
(515) 281-4126
(515) 281-7411 FAX
jennifer.morrison@iowa.gov
| Report Date |
Total Hours Annually |
Self-Study Accepted |
PHSW |
| Due 6/30 either odd/even years |
36 contact hours per biennial renewal period |
with restrictions |
at lease 12 hours must be PHSW subjects |
Statutes and Regulations
Title/Practice Act Summary
Continuing Education Requirements
36 contact hours per biennial renewal period (due 6/30, can be either even/odd years)
- At least 12 hours must be in public protection subjects (safeguard the public health, safety and welfare), and 24 hours may be in related practice subjects.
- Examples of public protection subjects include environmental systems, site design, land use analyses, landscape architecture programming, grading and drainage, storm water management, erosion control, site and soils analyses, accessibility, building codes, evaluation and selection of products and materials, construction methods, contract documentation, and construction administration
- Related practice subjects are deemed to indirectly protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and include: design, environmental systems, cost analysis, construction contract negotiation, contract-phase office procedures, project management, review of state registration laws, including rules of professional conduct
- Activities include: short courses/seminars dealing with landscape architectural subjects and sponsored by universities or professional organizations; presentations on landscape architectural subjects which are held in conjunction with conventions or at seminars related to materials use and function (includes those presented by ASLA); short courses/seminars relating to business practice or new technology and offered by universities, professional organizations or system suppliers; teaching (faculty members may not claim credit for teaching regular curriculum courses); professional service to the public which draws upon the registrant’s professional expertise on boards and commissions such as: serving on planning commissions, building code advisory boards, urban renewal boards, or code study committees; landscape architectural research which is published or is formally presented to the profession or public; landscape architectural self-study courses such as those sponsored by ASLA; university courses dealing with landscape architectural subjects or business practice; educational tours or landscape architecturally significant areas, where the tour is sponsored by university or professional organizations
- For more details on the requirements
Exceptions and Exemptions
The law does not apply to licensed architects and engineers. It does not prevent licensed architects and engineers
from doing landscape planning and designing. It does not affect or prevent the practice of land surveying by licensed
land surveyors.
Landscape architecture does not include:
- the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained
purposes for habitation or industry;
- the design of public streets and highways, utilities, storm and sanitary
sewers, and sewage treatment facilities, such as are ordinarily included
in the practice of engineering or architecture; and
- the making of land surveys or final landplats for official approval or recording
- Planners
- Agriculturists
- Soil conservationists
- Horticulturists
- Tree experts, arborists, and foresters
- Nursery or landscape nursery persons
- Gardeners
- Landscape gardeners
- Landscape contractors
- Garden or lawn caretakers
- Tiling contractors, graders or cultivator of land
- Golf course designers or contractors
Reciprocity
Deems compliance if the licensee resides in another state having CE requirements and meets those requirements.
ASLA Chapter Licensure Contact
Brian Clark, ASLA
bclark@bcadesign.com
Christopher Della Vedova, ASLA
cdellavedova@bcadesign.com
State Legislature Contact Information
Iowa State Legislature Web Site
Source: American Society of Landscape Architects
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