Mich. Admin. Code R. 339.19031 - License renewal; required continuing education; limitations; retention of documentation; waiver
Rule 31.
(1) This
rule applies to an application for renewal of a landscape architect license
beginning 2 years after the date of promulgation of this rule.
(2) An applicant for license renewal who has
been licensed for the 2-year period immediately preceding the expiration of his
or her current license shall have completed 24 hours of continuing education
that satisfies the requirements of
R 339.19034.
(3) A minimum of 16 of the 24 hours of
required continuing education must be earned in a program or activity
pertaining to the subject of public health, safety, or welfare (HSW). HSW
subjects include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Building codes.
(b) Code of ethics.
(c) Codes, acts, laws, and regulations
governing the practice of landscape architecture.
(d) Construction administration, including
construction contracts.
(e)
Construction documents.
(f) Design
of environmental systems.
(g)
Environmental process and analysis.
(h) Erosion control methods.
(i) Grading.
(j) Horticulture.
(k) Irrigation methods.
(l) Land planning and use.
(m) Landscape preservation, landscape
restoration and adaptive reuse.
(n)
Lateral forces.
(o) Natural
hazards-impact of earthquake, hurricane, fire, or flood related to site
design.
(p) Pedestrian and
vehicular circulation.
(q) Planting
design.
(r) Resource conservation
and management.
(s) Roadway design
principles.
(u) Site and soils analysis.
(v) Site design and engineering, including
materials, methods, technologies, and applications.
(w) Site security and safety.
(x) Storm water management and surface and
subsoil drainage.
(y) Structural
systems considerations.
(z)
Surveying methods and techniques as they affect landscape
architecture.
(aa) Sustainable
design, including techniques related to energy efficiency.
(bb) Use of site materials and methods of
site construction.
(cc) Vegetative
management.
(dd)
Wetlands.
(ee) Zoning as it relates
to the improvement or protection of the public health, safety, and
welfare.
(4) Submission of
an application for renewal constitutes the applicant's certification of
compliance with the requirements of this rule. The department may require a
licensee to submit evidence to demonstrate compliance with this rule.
(5) The continuing education credit earned
during 1 license cycle may not be carried forward to the next license
cycle.
(6) The licensee shall retain
documentation of satisfying the requirements of this rule for a period of 4
years after the date of application for license renewal.
(7) A written request for a continuing
education waiver and all supporting documentation must be received by the
department 30 days before the expiration date of the license and is subject to
both of the following:
(a) The waiver may be
granted if the department finds that the failure of the licensee to complete
the required continuing education was due to 1 of the following:
(i) The licensee's illness.
(ii) The licensee's disability.
(iii) The licensee's military
service.
(iv) The licensee's
absence from the continental United States.
(b) The licensee shall refrain from renewing
the license until 1 of the following occurs:
(i) The licensee completes the required
continuing education for renewal.
(ii) The department notifies the licensee
that the request for a waiver of the required continuing education has been
granted.
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