{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-671.571","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 671.571","heading":"Probationary license.","body":"(1) Notwithstanding ORS 671.570, the State Landscape Contractors Board may issue a probationary landscape construction professional license to a person who does not meet the training and experience qualifications set forth in ORS 671.570. To obtain a probationary landscape construction professional license, the person must:\n      (a) Pay a nonrefundable application fee;\n      (b) Pay an examination fee;\n      (c) Pay to the board the landscape construction professional license fee required by ORS 671.650; and\n      (d) Pass all sections of the examination described in ORS 671.570 within 12 months after first taking the examination.\n      (2) Two or more years after receiving a probationary landscape construction professional license, a probationary landscape construction professional may obtain removal from probationary status and issuance of a landscape construction professional license if the probationary landscape construction professional presents the board with proof that the probationary landscape construction professional has done any of the following:\n      (a) Completed at least 24 months of employment with a licensed landscape contracting business under the direct supervision of a landscape construction professional.\n      (b) Provided supervision described in ORS 671.540 (1)(q) or 671.565 (1)(b) for at least 24 months as the owner or employee of a licensed landscape contracting business that, during that period:\n      (A) Filed and maintained with the board a bond, letter of credit or deposit in the amount of $15,000; and\n      (B) Performed landscaping work only on landscaping projects where the amount charged by the landscape contracting business for work on the project during any 12-month period did not exceed $15,000.\n      (c) Actively operated for at least 24 months as a construction contractor licensed under ORS chapter 701.\n      (3) Except as provided in this section and ORS 671.560 and as the board may provide by rule, a probationary landscape construction professional licensed under this section is for all purposes a landscape construction professional licensed under ORS 671.560.","path":["17 - Occupations","52. Occupations and Professions","Chapter 671 — Architects; Landscape Professions and Business"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors671.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:17Z","sha256":"60c1a3f82a44dbd7209e09002f8431edbbc40af704d749c2d7c2a71439bf17a7","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-671.570","next":"us-or/ors-671.572"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}