For the purposes of meeting the practical experience requirement referred to in M.G.L. c. 112, § 101(c) and required prior to receiving Board permission to sit for the examination, the Board requires that such professional experience:

1. (a) must be acquired while under the direct, on-site supervision of a licensed or registered landscape architect with at least ten years' experience practicing as a licensed or registered landscape architect;
2. (b) must be acquired after satisfying the educational requirement for candidates for licensure with a qualifying degree;
3. (c) must be acquired through working in an office for more than six months' full-time experience, or more than 1040 hours; and

4. (d) must be solely in the practice of landscape architecture, not in a related field, and must be diversified, meaning directly supervised practice related to most or all of the following:

   1. 1. project programming;
   2. 2. site and environmental analysis;
   3. 3. code research;
   4. 4. feasibility study drafting;
   5. 5. schematic design or design development;
   6. 6. cost estimation or project coordination;
   7. 7. drafting of layout, grading drainage, or planting plans;
   8. 8. section and detail drafting;
   9. 9. drafting specifications or obtaining permits or other approvals;
   10. 10. administering shop drawings or other submissions; and
   11. 11. field observation.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

242 CMR 3.00: M.G.L. c. 112, § 102.