TITLE 16 OCCUPATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
LICENSING
CHAPTER 44 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
PART 4 LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE
EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL
16.44.4.1 ISSUING AGENCY:
Regulation and Licensing Department, State Board of Landscape
Architects, P. O. Box 25101, Santa Fe, NM 87504.
[16.44.4.1 NMAC - N,
10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.2 SCOPE: The
provisions of Part 4 apply to registered landscape architects and certified
landscape architects in training.
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10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: This part
is adopted pursuant to the Landscape Architects Act, NMSA 1978 Sections 61-24B11,
61-24B15.
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10-05-02]
16.44.4.4 DURATION:
Permanent.
[16.44.4.4 NMAC - N,
10-05-02]
16.44.4.5 EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 5, 2002 unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.
[16.44.4.5 NMAC - N,
10-05-02]
16.44.4.6 OBJECTIVE: This
part establishes the procedures for license and certificate expiration and
renewal.
[16.44.4.6 NMAC - N,
10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.7 DEFINITIONS:
[Reserved]. [Refer to Part 1].
16.44.4.8 LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE RENEWAL:
A. Each landscape architect shall renew his or her license
to practice landscape architecture in New Mexico annually on or before July 1
of the year by remitting to the board office a renewal fee of two hundred
dollars ($200.00) with the renewal application form provided by the board. Continuing education hours shall be
documented every two (2) years as described in Part 5.
B. Each landscape architect in training shall renew his or
her certificate to practice in New Mexico annually on or before July 1 of the
year by remitting to the board office a renewal fee of one hundred fifty
dollars ($150.00) with the renewal application form provided by the board.
[16.44.4.8 NMAC - N,
10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.9 LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE RENEWAL
DEADLINE: A license or certificate shall be renewed on
or before July 1 of each year to be considered current.
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10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.10 LICENSE AND CERTIFICATE RENEWAL
NOTICES: Renewal application notices will be mailed to
each current licensee or certificate holder at least forty -five (45) days
prior to the expiration date of the license.
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N, 10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.11 LICENSEE AND CERTIFICATE HOLDER
RESPONSIBILITY: Renewal application notices will be mailed to
the last known address on file with the board.
The licensee or certificate holder shall inform the board of any changes
in address and phone numbers within thirty (30 days of the change. Failure to receive the renewal application
notice shall not relieve the licensee or certificate holder of the
responsibility of renewing before the expiration date.
[16.44.4.11 NMAC -
N, 10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.12 LATE RENEWAL AFTER JULY 1:
A. The board may initiate license or certificate suspension
proceedings and thereafter shall suspend a license or certificate for failure
to renew if the licensee failed to renew his or her license by July 1 of any
year.
B. A license or certificate suspended for failure to renew
may be renewed within a period of one (1) year after the suspension upon
payment of the renewal fee plus a late fee and proof of continuing education
satisfactory to the board when applicable.
C. The license or certificate shall be revoked if it has not
been renewed within one (1) year of the suspension for failure to renew.
D. Any registered landscape architect whose license is
revoked for failure to renew shall be required to apply for reinstatement and
must satisfy all requirements for reinstatement in effect at the time the
application is filed. Application must
be for reinstatement of previous license rather than for a new license.
E. A license that has not been timely renewed will not be
suspended or revoked if:
(1) the board is informed in writing, or
learns that a licensee is deceased; or
(2) a licensee voluntarily surrenders his or
her license by advising the board in
writing that he or she no longer wishes to be licensed in New Mexico.
F. Unless currently licensed to practice landscape
architecture, no person shall:
(1) engage in
the practice of landscape architecture; or
(2) use the title or represent himself or
herself as a landscape architect, or
(3) use any other title, abbreviation,
letters, signs or devices that indicate the person is a landscape architect;
(4) any person who renders or offers to render
landscape architecture services while his or her license is suspended or
revoked is subject to the board’s jurisdiction and may face disciplinary action
by the board.
G. Unless currently certified as a landscape architect in
training, no person shall:
(1) use the title or represent himself or
herself as a landscape architect in training; or
(2) use any other title, abbreviation,
letters, signs or devices that indicate the person is a landscape architect in
training;
(3) any person who renders or offers to render
services as a landscape architect in training while he or she is not a
certificate holder is subject to the board’s jurisdiction and may face
disciplinary action by the board.
H. It is a misdemeanor:
(1) for any person not licensed under the
Landscape Architects Act to practice landscape architecture or represent
himself or herself as a landscape architect;
(2) for any person to practice landscape
architecture during the time that his or her license as a landscape architect
or as a landscape architect in training is suspended, revoked, or lapsed.
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N, 10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
16.44.4.13 APPROVAL OF RENEWAL APPLICATION: Upon
approval of the licensee’s or certificate holder’s renewal application, the
board will issue a license or certificate.
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N, 10-05-02; A, 06-15-08]
HISTORY OF
16.44.4 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The
material in this part was derived from that previously filed with the State
Records Center and Archives under:
LAB 85-1, Rules and
Regulations filed 11-27-85;
LAB 85-1, Rules and
Regulations filed 12-02-85;
LAB 89-1, Rules and
Regulations filed 05-05-89;
Rule 8 NMBLA,
Failure to Renew filed 07-08-92;
Rule 9 NMBLA,
Continuing Education filed 07-08-92
History of
Repealed Material:
16 NMAC 44.5,
Renewal and Continuing Education - Repealed 10-05-02