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SENATE BILL 61
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Pete Campos
AN ACT
RELATING TO LICENSURE; AMENDING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS ACT;
LOWERING THE REQUIRED MINIMUM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR A LICENSE
APPLICANT WITHOUT A DEGREE FROM TEN TO EIGHT YEARS; AUTHORIZING
THE BOARD OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS TO INCREASE THE REQUIRED
NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FOR A LICENSE APPLICANT WITH OR
WITHOUT A DEGREE TO BRING NEW MEXICO'S LICENSE REQUIREMENTS IN
ACCORD WITH NATIONAL MODEL LEGISLATION OR ACCREDITATION
STANDARDS BY RULE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 61-24B-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985,
Chapter 151, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
"61-24B-8. QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION.--
A. A person desiring to become registered as a
landscape architect shall make application to the board on a
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written form and in such manner as the board prescribes, pay
all required application fees and certify and furnish evidence
to the board that the applicant:
[A.] (1) has graduated from an accredited
program in landscape architecture at a school, college or
university and has a minimum of two years of practical
experience acceptable to the board; [at least one year of which
shall be under the supervision of a landscape architect;
B.] (2) has graduated from a nonaccredited
program of landscape architecture at a school, college or
university offering a minimum four-year bachelor's degree
curriculum or a minimum two-year master's degree curriculum and
has a minimum of four years of practical experience acceptable
to the board; [at least one year of which shall be under the
supervision of a landscape architect;
C.] (3) has graduated from a program in a
field related to landscape architecture at a school, college or
university offering a minimum four-year bachelor's degree
curriculum or a minimum two-year master's degree curriculum and
has a minimum of [five ] six years of practical experience
acceptable to the board [at least one year of which shall be
under the supervision of a landscape architect ]; or
[D.] (4) has a minimum of [ten ] eight years of
practical experience in landscape architectural work that is
acceptable to the board [at least one year of which shall be
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under the supervision of a landscape architect ]; provided that:
[(1)] (a) each satisfactorily completed
year of study in an accredited program of landscape
architecture may be accepted in lieu of one year of practical
experience required under this [subsection ] paragraph; or
[(2)] (b) a baccalaureate degree from a
school, college or university may be accepted in lieu of two
years of practical experience required under this [subsection ]
paragraph.
B. The board may increase the required number of
years of experience required under this section in order to
bring New Mexico into accord with national model legislation or
accreditation standards by rule ."
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