Hawaii Architecture Industry Licensing

Requirements & Application 

There are two basic pathways to licensure:

1. If you are currently licensed in another state, you will be seeking licensure via endorsement.
2. If you are NOT licensed in any other state, you will be seeking licensure via exam.

Mail 

A non-refundable application fee of $150 for endorsement or $100 for exam and $60 examination fee for the Hawaii Plant
Materials examination.

• Verification of Education and Experience 
  • Applicants are required to document his/her education and experience. However, your level of education and pathway for licensure will
    dictate the type of verification you will need to submit. Refer to the listing on page 2 for ways to provide evidence of your experience.
  • NOTE: If you need to sit for an exam, all experience must be completed by the filing deadline of the examination date you are requesting:

1. CLARB Council Record holder. You must request CLARB to transmit your CLARB Council Record to the Board.
2. Supervised experience:
 You must have the "Verification of Supervision" form (EAS-16) completed by your supervisor(s). If your supervisor is no longer available,
 contact your original state of licensure and have them submit copies of documentation on your experience directly to the Board.
3. "Experience in Responsible Charge" (for licensure via endorsement):
 You must have form EAS-11 completed. Please note that experience in responsible charge will require twice the amount of the
 required lawful experience. (For example: Every two (2) years of experience in responsible charge will be credited for one (1) year of
 the required lawful experience.)
4. Combination of #2 and #3 above

• Examination 
  • Applicants for licensure via endorsement - 
    • Verification of your current license, examination and exam scores must be accomplished. Send the "Verification of Exam/License" form (S-1) to the state in which you were ORIGINALLY LICENSED BY EXAMINATION with the appropriate service fee, if any. Contact your state licensing agency for any charge. If more than one form is needed, in cases where the exams were taken in more than one state, please duplicate. Completion of this form will also serve to verify your out-of-state license.
    • If you wish to have the CLARB exam waived, you will need to have a licensed landscape architect complete the "Verification of Experience in Responsible Charge" form (EAS-11) documenting 15 years of experience in responsible charge.
  • Applicants for licensure via the CLARB exam:
    • In Hawaii, the CLARB exam (L.A.R.E.) is administered only on Oahu. All candidates must submit a completed state application form to the Board and receive approval in order to sit for any section(s) of the exam including the Board-produced Hawaii Plant Materials exam. The L.A.R.E. is regularly conducted three times a year in April, August and December, and applications shall be submitted at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of the L.A.R.E.
    • An applicant may apply for the Board-produced landscape architectural licensing exam (Hawaii Plant Materials) on the same application for the L.A.R.E. exam

• Provide a copy of all pertinent diplomas or official transcript(s) from an approved school or college or ECE report (if you are a graduate
   of a foreign college);
• A non-refundable application fee of $150 for endorsement or $100 for exam made payable to: Commerce & Consumer Affairs;$60 examination fee for the Hawaii Plant Materials examination made payable to: Commerce & Consumer Affairs; AND
• "Verification(s) of Supervision" form completed by your supervisor(s), who is a licensed landscape architect and/or "Experience in
   Responsible Charge" form from a licensed landscape architect.
• "Verification of Exam/License" form from another state Board.
• OR CLARB Council Record. Request CLARB to transmit your CLARB Council Record. 

Verification of Exam/License – EASLA & Requirements & Application

Mail 

$75

• Verification of Education and Experience 
  • Applicants are required to document his/her education and experience. However, your level of education and pathway for licensure will
    dictate the type of verification you will need to submit. Refer to the listing on page 2 for ways to provide evidence of your experience

  • NOTE: If you need to sit for an exam, all experience must be completed by the filing deadline of the examination date you are requesting:

    1. CLARB Council Record holder. You must request CLARB to transmit your CLARB Council Record to the Board.
    2. Supervised experience:
     You must have the "Verification of Supervision" form (EAS-16) completed by your supervisor(s). If your supervisor is no longer available,
     contact your original state of licensure and have them submit copies of documentation on your experience directly to the Board.
    3. "Experience in Responsible Charge" (for licensure via endorsement):
     You must have form EAS-11 completed. Please note that experience in responsible charge will require twice the amount of the
     required lawful experience. (For example: Every two (2) years of experience in responsible charge will be credited for one (1) year of
     the required lawful experience.)
    4. Combination of #2 and #3 above

• Examination 
  • Applicants for licensure via endorsement:

    • Verification of your current license, examination and exam scores must be accomplished. Send the "Verification of Exam/License" form (S-1)
      to the state in which you were ORIGINALLY LICENSED BY EXAMINATION with the appropriate service fee, if any. Contact your state
      licensing agency for any charge. If more than one form is needed, in cases where the exams were taken in more than one state, please
      duplicate. Completion of this form will also serve to verify your out-of-state license.

      If you wish to have the CLARB exam waived, you will need to have a licensed landscape architect complete the "Verification of Experience
      in Responsible Charge" form (EAS-11) documenting 15 years of experience in responsible charge.

  • Applicants for licensure via the CLARB exam:
    • In Hawaii, the CLARB exam (L.A.R.E.) is administered only on Oahu. All candidates must submit a completed state application form to the Board and receive approval in order to sit for any section(s) of the exam including the Board-produced Hawaii Plant Materials exam. The L.A.R.E. is regularly conducted three times a year in April, August and December, and applications shall be submitted at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the date of the L.A.R.E.

1. Complete the entire application; provide details of your experience in the "Experience Record" portion (keep in mind that "supervisor"
 refers to a licensed landscape architect other than yourself);
2. Provide a copy of all pertinent diplomas or official transcript(s) from an approved school or college or ECE report (if you are a graduate
 of a foreign college);
3. A non-refundable application fee of $150 for endorsement or $100 for exam made payable to: Commerce & Consumer Affairs;
4. $60 examination fee for the Hawaii Plant Materials examination made payable to: Commerce & Consumer Affairs; AND
5. "Verification(s) of Supervision" form completed by your supervisor(s), who is a licensed landscape architect and/or "Experience in
 Responsible Charge" form from a licensed landscape architect.
6. "Verification of Exam/License" form from another state Board.
 OR
7. CLARB Council Record. Request CLARB to transmit your CLARB Council Record.

Online

$150

By April 30 of even-numbered years.

Application for Licensure - Landscape Architect

$100 exam fee + $60 plant materials exam fee + license fee of $216 for licenses issued between May 1 of an even-numbered year to April 30 of an odd-numbered year and $114 for licenses issued between May 1 of an odd-numbered year to April 30 of an even-numbered year.

Online

$216

By April 30 of even-numbered years.