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The Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects was created to regulate the practice of landscape architecture.  The Board is composed of three members appointed by the Governor.  The members of the Board shall be registered landscape architects of recognized standing having engaged in the practice of landscape architecture in the State of Alabama for a period of two years or more.  The terms of office are three years of which one term expires each year.
 
Interested in taking the June LARE? Deadline to apply is March 31, 2010. If it is your first time to take Sections C& E of the exam, click here. If you've taken it previously, click here. Have questions? Call the Board office at
334-262-1351.


2010 Renewal Information

It’s time to renew your Alabama license for 2010.
Click here if you want to renew online.
(There is a convenience fee of $5.00 if you renew online before 1/31/10 and $7 if you renew after that date)

Click here if you would rather print a renewal form.
Click here to access the Code of Conduct and AL LA Law referenced on the renewal form.

ID cards and receipts will be mailed the first few days of January for those who renew by December 31 and the first few days of February for those who renew by January 31.

You have until January 31, 2010 to renew without penalty ($150). After that date, you’ll have until June 30, 2010 to renew your license, if you pay a $50 penalty ($200). After June 30, you’ll need to go through the application process again in order to be licensed ($275).

Time to think ahead: Effective for the 2011 renewal period, you will be required to have 16 hours of continuing education each year (an increase of one hour). Eight of those hours are now required to be related to maintaining or improving the health, safety and welfare of the general public. This means that during calendar year 2010, you’ll need to earn 8 hours of continuing education relating to health, safety and welfare that can be applied to your 2011 license.

Have questions? Contact the Board office at 334-262-1351.

 
    New Continuing Education Requirements

Following a nationally growing trend, the Alabama Board of Landscape Architects has adopted a new policy affecting your continuing education. Effective for the 2011 renewal period, you will be required to have 16 hours of continuing education each year (an increase of one hour). Half of those hours are now required to be related to maintaining or improving the health, safety and welfare of the general public.

This means that during calendar year 2010, you’ll need to earn 8 hours of continuing education relating to health, safety and welfare that will be applied to your 2011 license. And remember, you can carry over hours earned after October 15 to the following year if you have already fulfilled your CE requirement prior to that date.

Examples of health, safety and welfare topics include, but are not limited to, site design, environmental or land use analysis, life safety, landscape architectural programming, site and soils analysis, accessibility, structural systems considerations, lateral forces, building codes, storm water management, playground safety, evaluation and selection of building systems, products or materials, construction methods, contract documentation, construction administration, and building design, etc.

Failure to include topics on health, safety and welfare in your continuing education will result expiration of your State of Alabama Landscape Architect license effective December 31. Please don’t let that happen.
            

  New! Email: landarchboard@knology.net

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