| License Description |
Landscape Architects perform professional services in connection with the development of land areas. The purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the setting, approaches or environment for structures of other improvements, natural drainage and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, wear and tear, blight or other hazards, to the extent that such services protect public health, safety and welfare. The practice of landscape architecture includes production of graphic and written material for use in the planning and design of land development programs, as well as consultation, research, stewardship, analysis, investigation, reconnaissance, and construction overview.
Legislation: NH RSA 310-A:140-160; Administrative Rules Chapter Lsa 100-500
Licensure Requirements:
- Good professional character
- United States citizenship or the legal ability to work in the United States is required
- One of the following educational and experiential qualifications:
- An accredited four-year landscape architecture degree or equivalent and three years professional experience under the direct supervision of a licensed landscape architect; or
- A non-accredited four-year landscape architecture degree or a four-year degree in a related field including, but not limited to, engineering, architecture, geology, geography, planning, botany, forestry, environmental design, garden design, environmental studies, environmental science, ecology or soil science, and five years professional experience, three of which shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed landscape architect
- Landscape architecture teaching is considered experience for the above; execution of work designed by a landscape architect as a contractor or supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or superintendent is not considered experience
- Initial applicants must provide the name and address of at least five references who are not related to the applicant, with at least three of the references having personal or professional knowledge of the applicant's experience as a landscape architect; and at least three licensed landscape architects having detailed knowledge of the applicant's landscape architecture experience
Examination: Required—Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) prepared by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)
Continuing Education: 30 hours of continuing education required for biennial renewal
Fees:
- Licensure by examination: $150
- Application fee, reciprocal candidates with CLARB certificate: $275
- Application fee, reciprocal candidates without a CLARB council record: $325
- Biennial renewal: $160
- Reinstatement fee: $544
- Roster fee: $25
- Wall display certificate: $50
- Certificate replacement: $50
All licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's month of birth in the second year following the year of issuance
Reciprocity: Upon application and payment of a fee, a license may be issued to any person holding a Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) certificate, or to any person holding an unexpired license or certificate of registration issued by another state provided that the other state's requirements are substantially equivalent to or higher than those of this state
revised Jan 2018 |