Florida
Continuing Education: 16 hours/ 2 years
(850) 487-1395
Illinois
Professional Development Hours: 24 CE hours/ 2 years
• Effective for renewal period ending August 31, 2015.
• CE hour = 50 minutes instruction or participation
• No carryover permitted
• 20 CE hours must be obtained in structured educational activities
• All CE must be in subjects directly related to the profession of landscape architecture and must be performed outside of the normal practice of one’s occupation. Licensees are encouraged to emphasize HSW subjects.
Administration: Requires the division to conduct random audits to verify compliance.
Activities:
• ‘Structured Educational Activities’ are defined as: ASLA and CLARB endorsed seminars; seminars endorsed by professional organizations related to landscape architecture; university courses related to landscape architecture; and self-study courses presented by correspondence, internet, television, video or audio, ending with an examination or other verification process.
• ‘Unstructured Credit Hours’ are defined as: teaching or instructing a course or seminar related to landscape architecture for the first time only (2 CE hours earned for every hour of teaching or instructing; does not apply to faculty in the performance of their regularly assigned duties); authoring papers or articles that appear in nationally circulated publications, journals, or trade magazines or presented to a university, professional society or organization (4 CE hours per paper or presentation, but not both); and active participation on a committee or holding an office in a professional or technical society related to landscape architecture (2 CE hours per committee membership or office held).
• University Courses (Quarter credit hour = 10 CE hours; Semester credit hour = 15 CE hours)
Recordkeeping: Licensee has responsibility to maintain a 4-year record, including the name and address of the sponsor or provider, the number of hours attended in each program, the date and place of the program, and a certificate of attendance; or a log of activities that includes the date and number of hours claimed as CE, a brief statement of the subject matter, printed program schedules, registration receipts, or other proof of participation.
Reciprocity: CE hours used to satisfy the CE requirements for another jurisdiction may be applied to fulfil Illinois requirements if they meet Illinois requirements.
Exemptions:
• New licensees are not required to meet the provisions for the first biennium in which the licensee is licensed
• Licensees seeking a waiver due to extreme hardship, defined as an inability to devote sufficient hours to fulfilling the CE requirements during the applicable renewal period because of: full-time service in the U.S. armed forces during a substantial part of the renewal period; an incapacitating illness; or other extenuating circumstances
Pennsylvania
CE Requirement: 24 clock hours / 2 years (Odd Numbered Years) - requirement currently suspended
West Virginia
West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects
Email: wv.la.board@gmail.com
Phone: 304-558-3527