1. A. Applicants for certificates of registration shall be required to pass the board's examination for landscape architects. An applicant who passes the examination may be issued a certificate of registration to practice as a landscape architect.
2. B. The board shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration as landscape architects at least once each year. The examination shall determine the ability of the applicant to use and understand the theory and practice of landscape architecture and may be divided into such subjects as the board deems necessary.
3. C. An applicant who fails to pass the examination may reapply for the examination if the applicant complies with the rules established by the board.
4. D. The board shall issue an expedited certificate to practice as a landscape architect without an examination to an applicant who holds a current certificate of registration or license as a landscape architect issued by another licensing jurisdiction if the applicant demonstrates that the person holds a valid, unrestricted license and is in good standing with the licensing board in the other licensing jurisdiction. The board shall, as soon as practicable but no later than thirty days after an out-of-state registrant or licensee files an application for a license accompanied by required fees, process the application and issue an expedited certificate of registration in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978. The board by rule shall determine the states and territories of the United States and the District of Columbia from which it will not accept applications for expedited registration and foreign countries from which it will accept applications for expedited licensure. The board shall post on its website the list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions and the specific reasons for disapproval. The lists shall be reviewed annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted.

History: Laws 1985, ch. 151, § 9; 2001, ch. 155, § 7; 2022, ch. 39, § 90.

ANNOTATIONS

Delayed repeals. — For delayed repeal of this section, see 61-24B-17 NMSA 1978.

Cross references. — For the Parental Responsibility Act, see Chapter 40, Article 5A NMSA 1978.

The 2022 amendment, effective May 18, 2022, revised provisions related to expedited registration, provided that the board of landscape architects shall issue an expedited certificate to practice as a landscape architect without an examination to a person who holds a current certificate of registration or license as a landscape architect issued by another licensing jurisdiction if the applicant demonstrates that the person holds a valid, unrestricted license and is in good standing with the licensing board in the other licensing jurisdiction, provided that the board shall expedite the issuance of certificates in accordance with Section 61-1-31.1 NMSA 1978 within thirty days, and required the board to determine by rule, and to post on its website, which states and territories of the United States or the District of Columbia from which the board will not accept an applicant for expedited licensure and those foreign countries from which the board will accept an applicant for expedited licensure, required that the list of disapproved licensing jurisdictions include a reason for disapproval, and required the board to review the lists annually to determine if amendments to the rule are warranted; in the section heading, added "expedited registration"; and in Subsection D, after "The board", deleted "may" and added "shall", after "issue", deleted "a" and added "an expedited", after "issued by another", deleted "state if the standards of the other state are as stringent as those established by the board and" and added "licensing jurisdiction", after "if the applicant", deleted "meets the qualifications required of a landscape architect in this state", and added the remainder of the subsection.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2022, ch. 39, § 104 provided that a board that is required by Laws 2022, ch. 39 to change its licensing provisions to allow for new or different expedited licensure shall have rules in place and operational by January 1, 2023.

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, deleted "successfully" preceding "passes" in Subsection A; and deleted Subsection E, regarding the certification of landscape architects in the first year after the effective date of the Landscape Architects Act.