Update to the Board's Continuing Education Requirements 

12 PDH (CEU's) of the required 24 PDH (CEU's) may be obtained via electronic media

Licenses expire May 31 of every odd-numbered year. Licensees are required to meet the Board's continuing education requirement as a condition for renewal of their licenses.

** PLEASE NOTE: Under the recently amended Law (Act 24 of 2009), All Licensees will be required to obtain 24 hours of continuing education, completed in accordance with the Board's regulations, beginning June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2013 as a condition of the renewal of their license for the 2013-2015 Biennial period.

** The State Board of Landscape Architects (Board) amends §15.12  of the Board's regulations (relating to fees). The final-form rulemaking increases the biennial license renewal fees for landscape architects from $125 to $194. The new biennial renewal fees will take effect for the biennial period beginning June 1, 2011.

The Board office will mail out renewal reminders to your address of record, approximately 60 days prior to the expiration date of your license. You will need to follow the instructions provided in the reminder to renew your license on-line or to obtain a paper renewal application.  

PA DE ASLA is not the agency that regulates continuing education.  For information on this, please visit the State Board of Landscape Architects.

Here is the link to the board's web site

Read more 

• http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/state_board_of_landscape_architects/12511/licensure_information/572032

  and here is the link to the actual provider application

  http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/http;/www.portal.state.pa.us;80/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_185581_929312_0_0_18/Provider%20CE%20course%20approval.pdf

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• When you renew your license in 2011, you will be required to have accumulated 10 CEUs.

• When you renew your license in 2013, you will be required to have accumulated 24 CEUs.

The new CEU requirements were made effective by the passage of HB703, which was signed into law by Governor Rendell as Act 24 in July, 2009.  The law requires all landscape architects to obtain 24 continuing education units during each 2-year cycle.

The rationale for this is twofold: 

1. Reciprocity with neighboring states.  Currently, 30 states require continuing education as a condition of licensure.  22 of those states require at least 12 CEUs per year.  New York, New Jersey and Ohio all require this level of continuing education.  Delaware requires 20 CEUs.  It was a major concern to the LA Board and ASLA that landscape architects who hold licenses in Pennsylvania would not be granted licenses in these states because they do not have similar requirements.  (New Jersey and Ohio licensing laws specifically state that reciprocity will not be granted without proof of similar CEU requirements in the applicant’s home state.)

2. Consistency with fellow professional requirements.  Recently, the architects and engineers approved similar requirements.  We Landscape Architects have, for years, been complaining that other professionals do not consider us equal.  It was felt by the LA Board and ASLA that, with the more stringent CEU requirements, this argument is invalid.

This notice is being provided to you as an ASLA member benefit by the PA/DE Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.