Authority: IC 25-4-1-3

Affected: IC 25-4-2-1; IC 25-4-2-3

Sec. 2. (a) This section establishes the actual practical experience requirements under IC 25-4-2-3(a)(2)(B) and IC 25-4-2- 3(a)(6) for applicants for registration as a landscape architect. Subsection (b) establishes the requirements for IC 25-4-2-3(a)(2)(B) as an alternative to graduation from an accredited curriculum of landscape architecture presented by a college or school approved by the board. Subsections (c) through (g) establish the requirements for IC 25-4-2-3(a)(6).

(b) Experience of a grade and character satisfactory to the board, which would be used in lieu of an accredited degree in landscape architecture includes the following:

1. (1) Work under the direct supervision of a registered landscape architect, which falls within the scope of the services described in the definition of landscape architecture found in IC 25-4-2-1(b).
2. (2) Has attained before January 1, 2003, at least eight (8) years of satisfactory experience as described in subdivision (1).

(c) Before January 1, 2003, experience of a grade and character satisfactory to the board to be used in combination with an accredited degree in landscape architecture, and satisfactorily passing the LARE in order to establish licensure as a registered landscape architect, consists of all work which falls within the scope of the services described in the definition of landscape architecture found in IC 25-4-2-1. Applicants who accrue experience allowed under this subsection will not lose credit for that experience even if their applications are filed after December 31, 2002.

(d) After December 31, 2002, experience of a grade and character satisfactory to the board to be used in combination with an accredited degree in landscape architecture, and satisfactorily passing the LARE in order to establish licensure as a registered landscape architect, includes the following:

1. (1) Work in a landscape architecture firm or other locations under the direct supervision of a registered landscape architect.
2. (2) Teaching landscape architecture in an accredited program.
3. (3) Work in an architect's office, under a registered landscape architect or architect.
4. (4) Work in an engineer's office, under a registered landscape architect or professional engineer.
5. (5) Work in a land surveyor's office, under a registered landscape architect or land surveyor.
6. (6) Work in a government agency's office, under a registered landscape architect, registered professional engineer, registered architect, registered land surveyor, or planner certified by the American Institute of City Planners.

(e) The work performed under subsection (d)(1) through (d)(6) must:

1. (1) be within the scope of the services described in the definition of landscape architecture found in IC 25-4-2-1; and
2. (2) cover work as addressed in the definition of landscape architecture in IC 25-4-2-1(b).

(f) A maximum of twelve (12) months of actual practical experience as listed in subsection (d) may be acquired prior to receiving an accredited degree in landscape architecture. An applicant for registration as a landscape architect must acquire a minimum of two (2) years of actual practical experience after having graduated with an accredited degree from a school or college of landscape architecture in a setting described in subsection (d). This subsection does not apply to individuals who take the examination without a degree as allowed by subsection (b) and IC 25-4-2-3(a)(2)(B).

(g) One (1) year of the minimum three (3) years of practical experience must be obtained in settings described in subsection (d)(1) or (d)(3) through (d)(6).

(Board of Registration for Architects and Landscape Architects; 804 IAC 1.1-2-2; filed Mar 25, 1980, 9:15 a.m.: 3 IR 950; filed Jan 8, 1982, 10:10 a.m.: 5 IR 389; filed May 24, 1982, 8:45 a.m.: 5 IR 1404; filed Sep 22, 1983, 3:30 p.m.: 6 IR 2411; filed Nov 14, 1985, 8:39 a.m.: 9 IR 755; filed Sep 16, 1987, 9:15 a.m.: 11 IR 789; filed Jan 22, 1990, 5:00 p.m.: 13 IR 1051; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:40 p.m.: 24 IR 3235; filed Jan 24, 2002, 12:05 p.m.: 25 IR 1904; readopted filed Oct 4, 2007, 3:37 p.m.: 20071031-IR- 804070042RFA; readopted filed Nov 25, 2013, 9:19 a.m.: 20131225-IR-804130276RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2019, 3:41 p.m.: 20191225-IR-804190181RFA; filed Jan 13, 2020, 2:07 p.m.: 20200212-IR-804190427FRA; readopted filed Jul 31, 2024, 1:38 p.m.: 20240828-IR-804230823RFA)