1. The Board shall administer or cause to be administered a written examination to each applicant for a certificate of registration or certificate to practice as a landscape architect intern.

2. The examination must be given at such times and places and under such supervision as the Board may determine.

3. The Board may include in the written examination any theoretical or applied fields and ethical issues it deems appropriate to determine professional skills and judgment.

4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 622.090, the Board shall, by regulation, establish the grade that is required to pass the written examination.

5. The written examination may be waived by the Board if the applicant:

(a) Presents documentation that he or she has passed an examination in another state or country that has been accepted as an equivalent by a national association of registered boards; or

(b) Has been certified by such an organization.

6. Written examination papers must be destroyed after a certificate of registration is issued.

7. If the applicant fails to pass the written examination or any part thereof, the applicant may retake the examination or the part failed in a subsequent examination upon the payment of the applicable fees prescribed by the Board pursuant to the provisions of NRS 623A.240.

8. The member of the Board who is a representative of the general public shall not participate in preparing or grading any examination required by the Board.

(Added to NRS by 1975, 1467; A 1981, 780; 2001, 506; 2007, 2940)