PURPOSE: Pursuant to Senate Bill 72 of the 94th General Assembly, this rule establishes continuing education requirements for landscape architects.

1. (1) Purpose.

   1. (A) As a condition for renewal of a landscape architectural license issued pursuant to section 327.621, RSMo, a licensee shall have successfully completed twenty-four (24) continuing education units (CEUs), as defined by this regulation within the two (2) years immediately preceding the renewal date or be exempt from these continuing education requirements as provided in this rule.

      1. 1. At least sixteen (16) CEUs shall be

related to health, safety, and welfare (HSW) acquired in structured educational activities. All twenty-four (24) units may be acquired in such HSW subjects and activities. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in nonrenewal of the landscape architect’s license or other disciplinary action or both unless noted below.

1. 2. Any licensee who completes more

than twenty-four (24) CEUs within the preceding two (2) calendar years may apply the excess, not to exceed twelve (12) units, to the requirement for the next two- (2-) year period.

1. 3. This requirement goes into effect for

landscape architects starting with their December 31, 2010, renewal period.

1. A. Every landscape architect original-

ly licensed in an even year will need to start accumulating twenty-four (24) CEUs between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2010, in order to renew their license prior to their next renewal deadline of December 31, 2010.

1. B. Every landscape architect original-

ly licensed in an odd year will be required to have accumulated twenty-four (24) CEUs between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2011.

1. (B) Continuing education is a requirement for every landscape architect who is actively licensed by the board, regardless of age, area of practice, or whether the licensee lives instate or out-of-state pursuant to section 327.621, RSMo.
2. (C) Continuing education obtained by a licensee should maintain, improve, or expand skills and knowledge obtained for initial licensure or develop skills and knowledge relevant to the practice of landscape architecture and necessary to safeguard life, health, property, and promote the public welfare.

1. (2) Definitions.

   1. (A) Landscape Architectural Division. The three- (3-) member division of the board that concerns itself with the profession of landscape architecture.
   2. (B) Board. The Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects.
   3. (C) Contact hour. One (1) nominal contact hour of acceptable continuing education is equivalent to one (1) CEU.
   4. (D) Continuing education unit (CEU). One (1) nominal contact hour of instruction or presentation. One (1) CEU shall represent a minimum of fifty (50) minutes of actual course time. No credit will be allowed for introductory remarks, meals, breaks, or administrative matters related to courses of study.
   5. (E) Sponsor. An individual, organization, association, institution, or other entity that provides an educational activity for the purpose of fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the board. A landscape architect is responsible for obtaining from the sponsor verification records such as certificates of attendance, signed attendance receipts, paid receipts, a copy of a listing of all attendees signed by a person in responsible charge of the activity, or other documentation verifying attendance.

2. (3) Initial Registration.

   1. (A) A landscape architect who holds licensure in Missouri for less than twelve (12) months from the date of his/her initial licensure shall not be required to report continuing education hours at the first license renewal.

3. (4) Activities.

   1. (A) The following suggested list may be used by all licensed landscape architects in determining the types of activities that may fulfill continuing education requirements:

      1. 1. Contact hours in attendance at short

courses or seminars, dealing with landscape architectural, architectural, engineering, or land surveying subjects, as appropriate to each discipline and sponsored by colleges or universities;

1. 2. Contact hours in attendance at techni-

cal presentations on subjects which are held in conjunction with conventions or at seminars related to materials use and function. Such presentations as those sponsored by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), or similar organizations devoted to landscape architectural, architectural, engineering, or land surveying education may qualify;

1. 3. Contact hours in attendance at short

courses or seminars, relating to business practice or new technology and offered by colleges, universities, professional organizations, or system suppliers;

1. 4. Contact hours spent in self-study

courses sponsored by the CLARB, ASLA, or similar organizations;

1. 5. Three (3) units preparing for each

class hour spent teaching landscape architectural courses or seminars. Credit is allowed for first occurrence of teaching course or seminar per two- (2-) year renewal period. College or university faculty may not claim credit for teaching regular curriculum courses;

1. 6. Contact hours spent in landscape

architectural research, which is published or formally presented to the profession or public;

1. 7. College or university credit courses

dealing with landscape architectural subjects or business practice. Each semester hour shall equal fifteen (15) CEUs;

1. 8. Contact hours spent in professional

service to the public that draws upon the licensee’s professional expertise on boards or commissions, such as: serving on planning commissions, park boards, city council, county commissions, or state registration boards;

1. 9. Contact hours, maximum of one (1)

per annum, spent actively participating in a technical profession society or organization as an officer or member of a committee;

1. 10. Contact hours spent in education

tours of landscape architecturally significant projects, where the tour is sponsored by a college, university, or professional organization; or

1. 11. A one-time award of ten (10) CEUs

will be granted for obtaining a work-related patent.

1. (5) Exemptions.

   1. (A) A licensed landscape architect shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing continuing education requirements if the landscape architect attests in the required renewal that for not less than twenty-one (21) months of the preceding two- (2-) year period of licensure, the landscape architect is a government employee working as a landscape architect and assigned to duty outside the United States.
   2. (B) If the licensee served on full-time active duty in the military, the licensee may renew his/her license without completing the CEU requirement for any renewal period during which the licensee served.

2. (6) Reactivation—Retired or Inactive.

   1. (A) Landscape architects, who so attest on 20 CSR 2030-11

their renewal that they are retired from active practice or are not engaged in the active practice of landscape architecture, may place their license in an inactive status. Those doing so cannot practice but can still retain the title of landscape architect. Such landscape architect may, however, re-enter practice only after paying the required fee and satisfying the board of their proficiency. Proficiency may be established by any one (1) of the following:

1. 1. Submitting verifiable evidence of

compliance with the aggregate continuing education requirements for the reporting periods attested as retired from active practice or not engaged in active practice; or

1. 2. Retake the landscape architectural

registration examination; or

1. 3. Fulfill alternative reentry require-

ments determined by the board, which serve to assure the board of the current competency of the landscape architect to engage in the practice of landscape architecture.

1. (7) Reciprocity.

   1. (A) CEUs may be acquired at locations other than Missouri, so long as the content meets the requirements of this regulation.

2. (8) Forms.

   1. (A) All renewal applications will require the submission of a continuing education form specified and supplied by the board. The licensee must certify and complete the attestation on the form, before submitting it with the renewal application and fee. Failure to fulfill the continuing education requirements, or to file the required reporting form, properly and completely signed, shall result in non-renewal of a licensee’s license.

3. (9) Records.

   1. (A) The responsibility of maintaining records, which can be used to support credits claimed, is the responsibility of the licensee. Each landscape architect shall complete and submit the required reporting form certifying that he/she has acquired the required continuing education hours. These records must be maintained for a period of four (4) years and copies must be furnished to the board for audit verification purposes, if requested. At its discretion, the board may randomly audit a portion of licensees each renewal period or a specific licensee if a complaint has been filed against the licensee. Any untrue or false statements or the use thereof with respect to course attendance or any other aspect of continuing education activity is fraud or misrepresentation and will subject the landscape architect to license revocation or other disciplinary action. If in the review, the board finds that the CEU is not acceptable, the FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION and Landscape Architects

board shall inform the licensee of the criteria that has not been adhered to. The licensee shall have three (3) months from the license renewal date in which to substantiate the original claim or to earn other credits to meet the minimum requirements.

AUTHORITY: sections 327.041 and 327.621, RSMo Supp. 2011, and sections 41.946 and 327.171, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Jan. 15, 2008, effective July 30, 2008. Amended: Filed April 3, 2009, effective Sept. 30, 2009. Amended: Filed Nov. 1, 2011, effective May 30, 2012.

*Original authority: 41.946, RSMo 1991; 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2010; 327.171, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1989, 1999; and 327.621, RSMo 1989, amended 2001, 2007.