Labor
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects
Mandate 1443
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Mandate Title:
Architects; alternative to education requirement for licensure.
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Purpose of legislation
Requires the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects to adopt regulations establishing work and education experience equivalencies that shall provide an alternative to the requirement of a professional degree in architecture from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing a credit system to account for varying degrees of work and education experience and to develop requirements for applicants seeking licensure to certify work and education experience on an annual basis.
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| Legislation mandating a change | Chap 534 (2025) Chap 541 (2025) |
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18 vac 10 - 20 : Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Regulations
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| Associated Regulatory Actions | No regulatory action has been filed. |
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