1352                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 645

(3) HAS PAID THE EXAMINATION FEE AND THE LI-
CENSE FEE AS PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF EXAM-
INERS.

274. Examination.

Examinations for the license shall be held by the Board at least
once each year. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations cover-
ing the subjects and scope of the examinations, shall publish appro-
priate announcements, and shall conduct the examinations at the
times designated. Except as hereinafter provided in this subtitle to
the contrary, every applicant for licensing as a landscape architect
shall be required, in addition to all other requirements, to establish
by written examination, his competency to plan, design, specify,
and supervise the installation of landscape projects. Each written
examination may be supplemented by such oral examinations as the
Board shall determine.

275. Exemption from Examination.

(a) In the case of applications for licensure to practice landscape
architecture which are made within six months after the effective
date of this subtitle, the Board may SHALL waive the examination
requirements and accept in lieu thereof satisfactory evidence that the
applicant is professionally competent to practice landscape archi-
tecture, provided the applicant shall have at least four years expe-
rience in the practice of landscape architecture prior to submitting
the application.

(B) ARCHITECTS AND/OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
WHO ARE LISTED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRA-
TION FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AS CIVIL ENGI-
NEERS AT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE,
UPON APPLICATION, IF MADE WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBTITLE AND AFTER
PAYMENT OF APPLICATION AND LICENSURE FEES FIXED
BY THE BOARD, SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM EXAMINA-
TION AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO LICENSURE AS A
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.

(b) (C) (B) The Board may also exempt from examination an ap-
plicant who holds a license or certificate to practice landscape archi-
tecture issued to him upon examination by a legally constituted
Board of Examiners of any other State or political subdivision
thereof, provided that such requirements of the state in which the
applicant is registered are equivalent to those of this State.

276. Reciprocity.

The Board, subject to the provisions of this subtitle and the rules
and regulations of the Board promulgated thereunder prescribing
the qualifications for a landscape architect license, may permit the
practice of landscape architecture in this State under a landscape
architect license issued under the laws of any other State, upon
payment of the current fee established by the Board, and upon sub-
mission of evidence satisfactory to the Board:

(1) that the other State maintained a system and standard of
qualifications and examinations for a landscape architect license