1. (a) An applicant whose license application is incomplete, or for which additional information is requested, shall be deemed to have abandoned their application if they have not submitted all required documents, data, information, and license fees, and complied with applicable criminal history record check requirements, pursuant to Section 144 of the Code by the date that is one year after the date of their notification that their application is incomplete or requesting additional information.

   1. (2) An applicant whose eligibility application for the LARE or the CSE has been accepted shall be deemed to have abandoned their application if:

      1. (A) For the LARE, they have not taken a section of the examination within five years from the date their eligibility letter was issued, or five years have passed since the last date on which the applicant took a section of the examination, whichever is later.
      2. (B) For the CSE, they have not taken the examination within three years from the date their eligibility letter was issued, or five years have passed since the last date on which the applicant took the examination, whichever is later.

   (b)(1) An applicant whose eligibility application for the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) or the California Supplemental Examination (CSE) is incomplete shall be deemed to have abandoned their application if they have not submitted all required documents, data, information, and required fees by the date that is one year after the date of their incomplete application notification.

2. (c) Any application submitted after the abandonment of a former application shall be treated as a new application and shall include all required information and accompanying materials that would be submitted by a first-time applicant, regardless of whether the information or materials were previously included in their former application. An abandoned application shall be retained in the candidate file, as defined in Section 2611.5, until the candidate file is purged pursuant to that section.

Note: Authority cited: Section 5630, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 144, 5650, 5653 and 5675, Business and Professions Code.

History

1. New section filed 6-26-2009; operative 10-1-2009 (Register 2009, No. 26). For prior history, see Register 2001, No. 16.

2. Amendment of section and Note filed 12-13-2021; operative 4-1-2022 (Register 2021, No. 51). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.