1. A. Any person of good moral character who is a legal resident of the State of Oklahoma and who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, with a degree from an approved landscape architecture program and upon completion of practical training as the Board, by rule, shall deem appropriate, whose application has been approved by the Board, and who has fulfilled such other requirements as determined by The State Architectural Act and the rules of the Board, upon the payment to the secretary-treasurer of a fee as prescribed by the rules of the Board, plus an amount to be determined by the Board, equal to the cost of the examination, may take an examination for the purpose of securing a license to practice landscape architecture in this state. Examinations shall be held not less than once each year by the Board or by a committee appointed by it to do so. Notice of the time and place of the holding of examinations shall be given in manner and form as prescribed by the Board.

2. B. The Board shall establish rules for examination of landscape architects and may elect to follow the recommendations of the Council of Landscape Architects Registration Board (CLARB). The examinations shall be designed to determine the qualifications of the applicant to practice landscape architecture. The examination shall cover such technical, professional and practical subjects as relate to the practice of the profession of landscape architecture. The examination shall also cover the basic arts and sciences, a knowledge of which is material and necessary to the proper understanding, application and qualification for practice of the profession of landscape architecture. The minimum passing grade in all subjects of the examination shall be as established by the Board. An applicant receiving a passing grade on a subject included in the examination will be given credit for that subject. Applicants for readmittance to the examination shall pay the full examination fee for each testing.

   Upon passage of the examination, completion of the Board's requirements as prescribed by rules, and the payment of a sum as prescribed by the rules of the Board, the secretary-treasurer shall issue to the applicant a license certificate which shall authorize the person to engage in the practice of landscape architecture in this state.

3. C. Pursuant to such rules as it may have adopted, the Board shall have the power to issue licenses without requiring an examination to persons who have been licensed to practice landscape architecture in states other than the State of Oklahoma, in a territory of the United States, in the District of Columbia, or in a country other than the United States provided that the state, territory, district or country has a similar reciprocal provision to authorize the issuance of licenses to persons who have been licensed in this state. If a person who has been licensed in a state other than the State of Oklahoma, or in a territory of the United States, in the District of Columbia, or in a country other than the United States complies with the rules of the Board, the secretary-treasurer, upon the order of the Board in the exercise of its discretion and upon the receipt of the stated fee by the secretary-treasurer pursuant to the rules of the Board, shall issue to said person a license to practice landscape architecture in this state.

Laws 1980, HB 1100, c. 314, § 19, emerg. eff. June 14, 1980; Amended by Laws 1986, SB 573, c. 154, § 14, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 21, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 45.32 by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 32, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1998, HB 2405, c. 220, § 17, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998 (superseded document available).