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Continuing Education Requirements 36 contact hours per biennial renewal period (due 6/30, can be either even/odd years)
 
  • At least 12 hours must be in public protection subjects (safeguard the public health, safety and welfare), and 24 hours may be in related practice subjects.
  • Examples of public protection subjects include environmental systems, site design, land use analyses, landscape architecture programming, grading and drainage, storm water management, erosion control, site and soils analyses, accessibility, building codes, evaluation and selection of products and materials, construction methods, contract documentation, and construction administration
  • Related practice subjects are deemed to indirectly protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and include: design, environmental systems, cost analysis, construction contract negotiation, contract-phase office procedures, project management, review of state registration laws, including rules of professional conduct
  • Activities include: short courses/seminars dealing with landscape architectural subjects and sponsored by universities or professional organizations; presentations on landscape architectural subjects which are held in conjunction with conventions or at seminars related to materials use and function (includes those presented by ASLA); short courses/seminars relating to business practice or new technology and offered by universities, professional organizations or system suppliers; teaching (faculty members may not claim credit for teaching regular curriculum courses); professional service to the public which draws upon the registrant’s professional expertise on boards and commissions such as: serving on planning commissions, building code advisory boards, urban renewal boards, or code study committees; landscape architectural research which is published or is formally presented to the profession or public; landscape architectural self-study courses such as those sponsored by ASLA; university courses dealing with landscape architectural subjects or business practice; educational tours or landscape architecturally significant areas, where the tour is sponsored by university or professional organizations
  • For more details on the requirements, click here
   
Licensing Board Information

Iowa Landscape Architectural Examining Board
Professional Licensing Division
1920 SE Hulsizer Rd.
Ankeny, IA 50021-3941
(515) 281-4126
Fax: (515) 281-7411
Jennifer Morrison, Licensing Specialist

   
ASLA Chapter Licensure Contact

Brian Clark, ASLA
bclark@bcadesign.com

Christopher Della Vedova, ASLA
cdellavedova@bcadesign.com

   
State Legislature Contact Information State Legislature Web Site
www.legis.state.ia.us
   
 
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