Ch. 3                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND

(A)  IN GENERAL.

TO QUALIFY FOR A LICENSE, AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AN
INDIVIDUAL WHO MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  AGE.

AN APPLICANT SHALL BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD.

(C)  EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

AN APPLICANT SHALL MEET THE EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE
REQUIREMENTS UNDER § 9-303 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(D)  EXAMINATION.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THE APPLICANT
SHALL PASS THE EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE BOARD UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsections (a), (b), and (d) of this
section are new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 56, § 273(1) and, except as it
related to the subjects of the examination, the third
sentence of § 274.

Subsection (c) of this section is hew language added
as a general reference to education and experience
that an applicant must have.

Defined terms: "Board" § 9-101
"License" § 9-101

9-303. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

BEFORE AN APPLICANT TAKES THE EXAMINATION GIVEN BY THE
BOARD, THE APPLICANT SHALL QUALIFY UNDER THIS SECTION BY MEETING
THE EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN
SUBSECTION (B) OR (C) OF THIS SECTION.

(B)  ACADEMIC OPTION.

(1) AN APPLICANT QUALIFIES UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE
APPLICANT:

(I)  HAS BEEN GRADUATED FROM A COLLEGE OR SCHOOL
OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE THAT THE BOARD APPROVES; AND

(II)  HAS PRACTICAL WORK EXPERIENCE IN LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE THAT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD.

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