Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.31: Examination of landscape architects - License

certificate - Issuance of license without examination.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the State Architectural and

Licensed Interior Designers Act, no license shall be issued to any

person to practice landscape architecture in this state unless the

person:

1. Is twenty-one (21) years of age or older;

2. Holds a degree from an accredited landscape architecture

program and has such practical training as this act and the Board's

rules deem appropriate;

3. Has passed the examinations prescribed by the Board

including the Oklahoma Plant Materials Exam; and

4. Has paid all applicable fees.

B. If the Board determines the interest of the public will be

served and the person is deemed by the Board to be qualified and

competent by equivalent standards as the Board sets by rule or in

compliance with the Military Service Occupation, Education and

Credentialing Act, the application shall be approved by the Board

after the person has fulfilled all requirements of this act and

rules of the Board.

C. Examinations may be administered by an electronic method and

shall be held not less than once each year. Notices of the time and

place for the holding of examinations shall be given in the manner

and form as prescribed by the Board. All landscape architects are

required to take and pass the Oklahoma Plant Materials Exam.

D. The Board shall establish rules for examination of landscape

architects and may elect to follow the recommendations of the

Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) or

its successor. The examination 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 and knowledge of material which is 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, subject to CLARB's

provisions and subject to the rules of the Board. Applicants for

readmittance to the examination shall pay the application fee.

Upon passage of the examination, completion of the Board's

requirements as prescribed by this act and rules, and the payment of

all applicable fees prescribed by the rules of the Board, the Board

shall issue to the applicant a license which shall authorize the

person to engage in the practice of landscape architecture in this

state.

E. 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, in a territory of the United States, in

the District of Columbia, or in a country other than the United

States complies with this act and rules of the Board, the secretary-

treasurer, in the exercise of his or her discretion, or upon the

order of the Board and upon the receipt of all applicable fees

prescribed by the Board, shall issue to the person a license to

practice landscape architecture in this state.

F. The Board has the authority to issue temporary licenses

while qualifying the applicant in compliance with Section 4100 et

s of the Board, the secretary-

treasurer, in the exercise of his or her discretion, or upon the

order of the Board and upon the receipt of all applicable fees

prescribed by the Board, shall issue to the person a license to

practice landscape architecture in this state.

F. The Board has the authority to issue temporary licenses

while qualifying the applicant in compliance with Section 4100 et

seq. of this title or with any declared state of emergency.

G. The following shall govern design competitions in the state:

1. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person or firm from

participating in a landscape architectural design competition

involving only programming, planning, schematic design or design

development information provided to a sponsor; and

2. The competition winner, prior to seeking the commission for

services on the proposed project, shall apply for licensing in this

state within ten (10) days of notification of winning the

competition and complete the process within thirty (30) days.