HB 6044 Summary

• Removes landscape architects from the mandatory board structure requirement and places regulatory authority directly with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

• Replaces specific training and experience requirements (7 years minimum) with flexible credential standards requiring completion of a training program meeting department-established criteria in consultation with the Michigan Council of Landscape Architects.

• Adds new renewal requirements for landscape architect licenses, including a continuing education program with exceptions for first-time renewals, active military personnel, and individuals with qualifying disabilities or extenuating circumstances.

• Permits the department to issue licenses without examination to applicants licensed or registered as landscape architects in other states or countries with substantially equivalent requirements.

• Rescues regulations R 339.19001 to R 339.19049 from the Michigan Administrative Code and repeals prior sections 2203 and 2205 of the Occupational Code, with changes effective 180 days after enactment.