Indiana Board of Registration for Architects and Landscape Architects
Virginia Barth, Case Manager
Professional Licensing Agency
302 W. Washington Street
Indiana Gov't South, Rm. E034
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2246
(317) 234-3022
(317) 232-2312 FAX
pla10@pla.state.in.us

Statutes and Regulations
Title/Practice Act Summary

Continuing Education Requirements
24 contact hours per biennium renewal period (effective for period ending 12/1/2007)

Credit will not be given for activities completed before July 1, 2005

• 16 CH must be related to health, safety and welfare issues
• 16 CH must be obtained in structured educational activities: College-sponsored courses or seminars; presentations held in conjunction with meetings, conferences or conventions recognized by the board (educational program only); short courses or seminars relating to professional practice or new technology offered by colleges, professional organizations, or system suppliers; teaching; research that is published or formally presented to the profession or public; structured self-study courses, presented by correspondence, Internet, television, video or audio, ending with an examination or other verification process; educational tours of landscape architecturally significant projects, where tour is sponsored by a college, professional organization or system supplier; professional service to the public that draws upon the licensee’s professional expertise on boards and commissions, such as planning commissions, building code advisory boards, urban renewal boards, code study committees, regulatory boards and professional accreditation teams
• Deems activities offered by ASLA as meeting the requirements
• 'Health, safety and welfare’ is defined as ‘the planning and designing of buildings and structures and the spaces within and surrounding the buildings and structures that: (1) minimize the risk of injury to persons or property and comply with applicable building and safety codes; (2) are durable, environmentally friendly, cost effective, and conserve resources; (3) are aesthetically appealing; (4) function properly in all relevant respects; and (5) enhance the public’s overall sense of well-being, harmony, and community and integrate effectively with the surrounding environment
• For more details on the requirements
  

Exceptions and Exemptions
Landscape architecture also does not include:

• Design of highways or traffic control devices;
• Scientific analysis of hazardous materialcontamination; and
• Topographic mapping or certification of land surveys or final land plats for
  official approval or recording.
• Any person who acts under the supervision of a licensee or any employee of a
  person lawfully engaged in the practice of landscape architecture and who, in
  either event, does not assume responsible charge of design or supervision.
• Employees of the U.S. government while engaged within the state in the practice
  of landscape architecture for the U.S. government.
• Persons engaged in the practice of planning as is customarily done byregional,
  park, or urban planners.
• Persons engaged in the practice of arborists, foresters, gardeners, turf managers,
  homebuilders, horticulturists, farmers, and other similar persons.
• Persons engaged in the practice of nurserymen or general or landscape
  contractors, including design, planning, location, planting and arrangements
  of plantings or other ornamental features.
• Persons engaged in the practice of natural resource professionals, including
  biologists, geologists, and soil scientists.

Reciprocity
Allows board to accept credit through courses accepted for CE in other states.

ASLA Chapter Licensure Contact
Meg Storrow, ASLA
storrow@storrowkinsella.com

State Legislature Contact Information
Arkansas State Legislature Web Site

Source: American Society of Landscape Architects

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