New York Board for Landscape Architecture (Dept. of Education)
William Martin - Contact person
State Education Bldg., 2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12234
(518) 474-3817, ext. 110
Fax: (518) 486-2981
larchbd@mail.nysed.gov
| Report Date |
Total Hours Annually |
Self-Study Accepted |
PHSW |
| triennial |
36 CH/3 years |
N/A |
24 hours must be in areas of PHSW |
Statutes and Regulations
Title/Practice Act Summary
Continuing Education Requirements
36 hours per triennial renewal period (effective 1/1/2007)
- 24 hours must be in the areas of health, safety and welfare
- Up to 18 hours may be earned in non-course activities
- Licensees must pay an additional $45 continuing education fee upon license renewal
- Activities: courses of learning and educational activities that contribute to professional practice in
landscape architecture and that meet the standards prescribed by regulations (not yet issued).
The department may require the completion of continuing education courses in specific subjects.
- For more details on the requirements
Exceptions and Exemptions
The law exempts licensed architects, engineers and land surveyors.
Landscape architecture does not include:
- the design of structures or facilities with separate and self contained purposes
such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and
- the making of land surveys or final land plats for official approval or recording.
- Employees of landscape architects acting under the instruction, control or
supervision of their employers.
- Builders or superintendents employed by builders, supervising the
installation of landscape projects.
- Any person engaged in business as an agriculturist, horticulturist, tree expert,
arborist, forester, nurseryman or landscape nurseryman, gardener, landscape
gardener, landscape contractor, garden or lawn caretaker or grader or
cultivator of land
Reciprocity
Laws/regulations do not address reciprocity.
ASLA Chapter Licensure Contact
Dale Conklin, ASLA
dconklin@clarkpatterson.com
Richard Hawks, FASLA
rshawks@esf.edu
Kim Mathews, ASLA
kim@mnlandscape.com
State Senate & Assembly Contact Information
New York State Senate Web Site
New York State Assembly Web Site
Source: American Society of Landscape Architects
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