What Is Licensure And Why Is It Needed?
Licensing of landscape architects protects the public health, safety, and welfare of citizens who cannot be reasonably expected to know, or recognize, inadequate or defective landscape architectural design work. The potential for harm from bad landscape architecture design and planning is clear. Landscape architects offer complex professional services which are not easily understood by the average consumer and which have lasting impacts on the land and its users. If their work is improperly performed there exists a very real threat of irreparable harm— harm for which money cannot compensate. Poor design can lead to injury or death of users of the land and cause grave economic damages to the land owners. As such, licensing is one means by which professional performance can be regulated. Licensure is required to practice Landscape Architecture in Kentucky and is governed by the State Board of Examiners and Registration of Landscape Architects of Kentucky. The Board determines eligibility for licensure, requirements for maintaining licensure and registration, and defines the parameters for the practice of Landscape Architecture in Kentucky as specified in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, KRS Chapter 323A.The current State Board of Examiners and Registration of Landscape Architects of Kentucky includes:
Ms. Jane A. Gardner, Executive Director 301 E. Main Street, Suite 905 Lexington, KY 40507 (859) 246-2753 Fax: (859)246-2754 ky.labd@ky.gov
The Kentucky Landscape Architect Statutes can be found at the State Board of Examiners and Registration of Landscape Architects of Kentucky web site. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/KRS/323A00/CHAPTER.HTM