1. (a) An Applicant must apply for landscape architectural registration by examination through CLARB as described in Section 3.23.
2. (b) The LARE shall be administered by the Board twice annually in June and December.
3. (c) In order for an Applicant to take the LARE in June, the Applicant's application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than February 1st. In order for an Applicant to take the LARE in December, the Applicant's application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than August 15th. If the deadline falls on a date when the Board's office is closed, the application and supporting documentation must be postmarked or received by the Board no later than the next date when the Board's office is open.
4. (d) A Candidate who is approved to take the LARE must appear personally for examination as directed in the notification letter sent to the Applicant. In order to be admitted for examination, the Candidate must present the candidate's identification card that was mailed to the Candidate prior to the examination date and must present a separate official form of identification bearing a recent photograph of the Candidate.
5. (e) Each Candidate shall be responsible for taking to the examination all tools necessary to complete the examination.
6. (f) An explanation of the scoring procedures for the LARE shall be provided to each Candidate before the examination is administered to the Candidate.
7. (g) A Candidate's LARE scores shall be determined by CLARB. The Board shall not review any LARE score to determine its validity.
8. (h) A Candidate may review his/her own examination by requesting review within 14 days of receipt of the results of the examination. The Candidate must complete the review within 20 days of the date the Candidate receives confirmation that the Candidate may review the examination.
9. (i) If, for any reason, a Candidate takes a section or sections of the LARE but does not receive a score for the section or sections, the Board shall have no liability beyond authorizing the Candidate to retake the section or sections with the corresponding fee waived.
10. (j) Each Candidate's examination material shall be retained by CLARB for a period of one year following the date the examination was administered.

Source Note:The provisions of this §3.42 adopted to be effective October 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 7849.