N.J. Admin. Code § 13:27-8.5A

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:27-8.5A - Credit towards licensure for education, training, and experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces

(a) An applicant who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States (Armed Forces) may apply to the Board for recognition of the applicant's training, education, or experience received while serving as a member of the Armed Forces, which the Board shall consider, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside of the Armed Forces, for determining substantial equivalence to the training, education, and experience required for licensure.

(b) The Board shall issue a license to the applicant if the applicant presents evidence to the Board that:

1. The applicant has been honorably discharged from active military service;

2. The relevant training, experience, and education the applicant received in the military, together with any training, education, and experience obtained outside of the Armed Forces is substantially equivalent in scope and character to the training, experience, and education required for licensure under this subchapter.

i. An applicant seeking credit for military training and experience shall submit to the Board the applicant's Verification of Military Experience and Training (VMET) Document, DD Form 2586 or a successor form, as amended and supplemented. If the applicant has opened a Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) record, the applicant may submit his or her DD Form 2586 or a successor form, as amended and supplemented, to CLARB instead of the Board for an evaluation of his or her military experience and training.

ii. An applicant seeking credit for education or training courses completed while in the military shall submit to Education Credential Evaluators, Inc., or other evaluation services recognized by the Board, a Joint Military Transcript of the education and training completed by the applicant while in the military, for certification that this education or training is substantially equivalent in level, scope, and intent to courses that are part of a Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board accredited program. For the purpose of determining substantial equivalence of the applicant's military education or training, the Board shall consider only those education or training courses relevant to the practice of landscape architecture that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education for substantial equivalence to civilian postsecondary curricula; and

3. The applicant complies with all other requirements for licensure under this subchapter, including but not limited to, successful completion of the Landscape Architect Registration Examination as set forth in 13:27-8.5.

(c) It is the applicant's responsibility to provide complete evidence of the education, training, and experience gained in the military for review and consideration in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter.

(d) If the applicant's military training, education, or experience, or a portion thereof, is deemed not to be substantially equivalent to that required for licensure, the Board shall credit whatever portion of the military training, education, or experience that is substantially equivalent towards meeting the requirements under this subchapter for the issuance of the license.

(e) Satisfactory evidence of such education, training, or experience shall be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:27-8.5A

Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 798(a), effective 4/20/2015.