Cal. Code Regs. tit. 16 § 2614

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 40, October 4, 2024

Section 2614 - Examination Transition Plan

(a) A candidate who has received Board credit for any section of the Uniform National Examination for Landscape Architects (hereafter UNE) shall be given credit for those sections as those sections correspond to the 1992 Landscape Architect Registration Examination (hereafter LARE) sections in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed UNE*	*Credit to 1992 LARE*
Section 1 --Professional Practice	Section 1 -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice
Section 2 --Design	Section 2 -- Programming and Environmental Analysis
	Section 3 -- Conceptualization
	Section 4 -- Design Synthesis
Section 4 --Design Implementation	Section 5 -- Integration of Technical and Design
Section 5 --Grading and Drainage	Section 6 -- Grading and Drainage
Section 6 --California Section	Section 8 -- California Section

(b)

(1) A candidate who has received Board credit for any section of the 1992 LARE shall be given credit for those sections as those sections correspond to sections of the Professional Examination for Landscape Architects (hereafter PELA) in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed 1992 LARE*		*Credit To PELA*
Section 1 -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice
Section 2 -- Programming and Environmental Analysis
Section 7 -- Implementation of Design		Section 1 -- Objective Aspects of Practice
Section 4 -- Design Synthesis		Section 2 -- Design
Section 5 -- Integration of Technical Design
Section 6 -- Grading and Drainage		Section 3 -- Construction Documents
Section 8 -- California Section		Section 4 -- California Section

(2) A candidate who is transferring credit from the UNE or 1992 LARE to the PELA and has not previously received Board credit for Section 8 (California) of the LARE shall be required to take and pass either Section 1 (Objective) or Section 4 (California) of the PELA. A candidate who has been granted transfer credit from the LARE to Section 1 of the PELA may not apply such transfer credit to fulfill his or her requirement to have passed the California Section of the PELA.

(c)

(1) A candidate who has received Board credit for any section of the PELA shall be given credit for the corresponding sections of the 1997 through 1998 LARE and the California Section in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed PELA*	*Credit to 1997 through 1998 LARE and California Section*
Section 1 -- Objective	Section 1 -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice,
	Section 2(7) -- Analytical and Technical Aspects of Practice, and California Section
Section 2 -- Design	Section 3 -- Conceptualization and Communication
	Section 4 -- Design Synthesis
Section 3 -- Construction Documents	No Transition Credit
Section 4 -- California Section	California Section
No Transition Credit	Section 5 -- Integration of Technical and Design Requirements
	Section 6 -- Grading and Drainage

(2) To receive Board credit for Section 2(7) -- Analytical and Technical Aspects of Practice of the 1997 through 1998 LARE, a candidate shall either have passed Section 1 -- Objective of the PELA or have received credit for both Section 2 -- Programming and Environmental Analysis and Section 7 -- Implementation of Design Through the Construction Process of the pre-1997 LARE, either by having previously passed those sections of the pre-1997 LARE or by having received transition credit from the UNE.

(d)

(1) A candidate who has received credit for any section of the LARE which was administered on or before December 31, 1998 shall be given credit for the corresponding sections of the LARE administered on or after June 1999 in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed 1998 and Prior LARE*	*Credit to June 1999 through 2005 LARE*
Section 1 -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice	Section A -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice
Section 2 -- Analytical and Technical Aspects of Practice	Section B -- Analytical Aspects of Practice
Section 3 -- Conceptualization and Communications; and	Section C -- Planning and Site Design
Section 4 -- Design Synthesis
Section 5 -- Integration of Technical and Design Requirements	Section D -- Structural and Materials and Methods of Construction
Section 6 -- Grading and Drainage	Section E -- Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management

(2) A candidate shall receive credit for Section C of the LARE administered on or after June 1999 only if the candidate has passed both Sections 3 and 4 of the LARE administered on or before December 31, 1998. A candidate who has passed either Section 3 or 4 of the LARE administered on or before December 31, 1998, but not both, shall be required to pass Section C of the LARE administered on or after June 1999.

(e) Effective April 2006 the LARE was reformatted and the sections renamed. Credits and conversions provided for the June 1999 through June 2005 sections remain:

*Previous Sections Passed June 1999-2005 LARE*	*Credit to April 2006 and thereafter LARE*
Section A -- Legal and Administrative Aspects of Practice	Section A -- Project and Construction Administration
Section B -- Analytical Aspects of Practice	Section B -- Inventory, Analysis and Program Development
Section C -- Planning and Site Design	Section C -- Site Design
Section D -- Structural and Materials and Methods of Construction	Section D -- Design and Construction Documentation
Section E -- Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management	Section E -- Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management

(f)

(1) In 2012, the LARE was restructured from five sections to four and the sections renamed.

(2) A candidate who has received credit for any section of the five-section LARE shall be given credit for the corresponding sections of the four-section LARE in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed of the Five-Section LARE*	*Credit to the Four-Section and thereafter LARE*
Section A -- Project and Construction Administration	Section 1 -- Project and Construction Administration
Section B -- Inventory, Analysis and Program Development	Section 2 -- Inventory and Analysis
Section C -- Site Design;	Section 3 -- Design
and
Section D -- Design and Construction Documentation
Section D -- Design and Construction Documentation; and	Section 4 -- Grading, Drainage and Construction Documentation
Section E -- Grading, Drainage and Stormwater Management

(3) A candidate shall receive credit for Section 3 of the four-section LARE only if the candidate has passed both Sections C and D of the previous five-section LARE. A candidate who has passed either Section C or D of the prior five-section LARE, but not both, shall be required to pass Section 3 of the four-section LARE.

(4) A candidate shall receive credit for Section 4 of the four-section LARE only if the candidate has passed both Sections D and E of the previous five-section LARE. A candidate who has passed either Section D or E of the prior five-section LARE, but not both, shall be required to pass Section 4 of the four-section LARE.

(g)

(1) In 2023, the LARE will be restructured and the sections renamed.

(2) A candidate who has received credit for any section of the LARE which was administered on or before November 2023 shall be given credit for the corresponding sections of the LARE administered on or after December 1, 2023 in accordance with the following transition chart:

*Previous Sections Passed 2012-November 2023 LARE*	*Credit to December 2023 and thereafter LARE*
Section 2 -- Inventory and Analysis	Inventory, Analysis, and Project Management
Section 3 -- Design	Planning and Design
Section 1 -- Project and Construction Administration; and	Construction Documentation and Administration
Section 4 -- Grading, Drainage and Construction Documentation
Section 4 -- Grading, Drainage and Construction Documentation	Grading, Drainage, and Stormwater Management

(3) A candidate shall receive credit for the "Construction Documentation and Administration" section of the LARE only if the candidate has passed both Sections 1 and 4 of the previous LARE. A candidate who has passed either Section 1 or 4 of the prior LARE, but not both, shall be required to pass the "Construction Documentation and Administration" section of the LARE.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 2614

1. New section filed 6-23-93; operative 6-23-93 (Register 93, No. 26). Pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d).
2. Amendment filed 8-29-97; operative 8-29-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 35).
3. New subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2) filed 1-26-99; operative 1-26-99 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 99, No. 5).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 5-5-2003 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2003, No. 19).
5. Amendment of subsections (c)(1)-(2) and (d)(1)-(2) and new subsection (e) filed 6-26-2009; operative 10-1-2009 (Register 2009, No. 26).
6. New subsections (f)(1)-(4) filed 4-8-2013; operative 4-8-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 15).
7. Amendment of subsection (b)(1), new subsections (g)(1)-(3) and editorial amendment of tables filed 2-10-2023; operative 4-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 6).

Note: Authority cited: Section 5630, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 5650 and 5651, Business and Professions Code.