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Committee hears bill to align Nebraska landscape-architect licensure with national standard
Summary
The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee heard testimony on LB696 to update the Professional Landscape Architects Act to adopt the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards' 2022 uniform licensure standard and to make several housekeeping changes to state licensing law.
Senator Jane Raybould, senator for Legislative District 28, introduced LB696 to revise the Professional Landscape Architects Act and align Nebraska licensure with the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB) uniform standard adopted in 2022.
The bill would adopt CLARB’s national licensure standard, remove an annual roster filing requirement, change the statutory term "certificate of registration" to "certificate of licensure," remove the term "cancellation" for license actions, and add a statutory definition of "direct supervision." "The act provides the licensure of professional landscape architects in Nebraska whose activities may affect the public health, safety, and welfare," testified Jennifer Seacrest, chairperson of the…
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