State of Wisconsin
Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors
IN THE MATTER OF RULE-MAKING PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE
EXAMINING BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS,
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
ORDER OF THE XAMINING BOARD OF ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS,
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, DESIGNERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
ADOPTING RULES
(CLEARINGHOUSE RULE 15-040)
ORDER
An order of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors to repeal A-E 3.05 (2) and (3), 4.07 (2) and (3), 6.05 (4) and (5), 9.05 (2) and (3), to amend A-E 6.04 (1), and to repeal and recreate A-E 3.02, 6.02, 6.05 (1) and 9.02 relating to the requirements for entrance to examination.
Analysis prepared by the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
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ANALYSIS
Statutes interpreted:
Statutory authority:
Explanation of agency authority:
Pursuant to ss. 15.08 (5) (b), and 227.11 (2) (a), Stats, the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors is generally empowered to promulgate rules that will provide guidance within the profession and interpret the statutes it enforces or administers. 2013 Wisconsin Act 114 created s. 440.071 (1) Stats, which provides that neither the Department nor a credentialing board may require a person to complete any postsecondary education or training before the person is eligible to take an examination for a credential. This legislative change prompted the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors to exercise its rule-making authority to draft the proposed rule which seeks to bring current administrative code into compliance with the new legislation. 2013 Wisconsin Act 358 amended requirements related to professional land surveyors including repealing s. 443.06 (2) (a), Stats. The rule brings the administrative code in line with this statutory change. Related statute or rule:
Plain language analysis:
This rule addresses a change in policy instituted by 2013 Wisconsin Act 114. The new legislation requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services and its attached boards refrain from requiring applicants complete their postsecondary education before being eligible to take an examination for a credential. Therefore, the rule makes changes to the application and examination procedures for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and professional land surveyors. The rule also incorporates rule changes necessitated by 2013 Wisconsin Act 358. Summary of, and comparison with, existing or proposed federal regulation:
None
Comparison with rules in adjacent states:
Illinois: Applicants for the professional land surveyor license and the professional land surveyor-in-training license submit an application that includes verification of completed education and experience (Ill. Admin. Code 68, pt. 1270). Applicants for licensure as an architect must complete a combination of education and training prior to taking the examination prepared by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (Ill. Admin. Code 68, pt. 1150). Illinois administrative code does not specifically require that applicants for the landscape architecture license complete their education and professional experience prior to taking the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ Landscape Architecture Registration Examination (Ill. Admin. Code 68, pt. 1275). An applicant for the Fundamentals of Engineering exam must either have graduated from or be in their final year of an approved baccalaureate curriculum (Ill. Admin. Code 68, pt. 1380).
Iowa: Applicants for architecture registration by examination must complete the eligibility requirements of the education standards for NCARB certification which include a professional degree from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or the Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) and shall be enrolled in the NCARB Intern Development program prior to being admitted to the examination (Iowa Admin. Code r. 193B – 2.3). An applicant for engineering licensure must satisfy the educational requirements prior to completing the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination (Iowa Admin. Code r. 193C – 4.1). An applicant for land surveying licensure must satisfy the education and experience requirements prior to completing the Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination (Iowa Admin. Code r. 193C – 5.1). An applicant for landscape architecture licensure need not meet preconditions to take the professional landscape architectural licensure examination (Iowa Admin. Code r. 193D – 2.4).
Michigan: To be examined as an architect, the applicant must provide evidence of completion of a first professional degree or further degree in architecture satisfactory to the board of architects. To be examined as a professional engineer, the applicant must meet specific education and experience requirements. To be examined as a land surveyor, the applicant must meet specific education and experience requirements (Mich. Comp. Laws s. 339.2005). An applicant for landscape architect certification must complete all education and experience requirements in order to sit for the examination (Mich. Admin. Code r. 339.19025). Minnesota: Applicants for architect licensure by examination must complete the education and experience requirements prior to taking the Architect Registration Examination (ARE) (Minn. R. 1800.1000). Minnesota administrative code does not specifically require that applicants for the landscape architecture license complete their education and professional experience prior to taking the Landscape Architect Registration Examination (LARE) (Minn. R. 1800.1500). Applicants for licensure as a professional engineer must complete specific education and experience requirements prior to taking the written Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination and the Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) examination (Minn. R. 1800.2500). Applicants for licensure as a land surveyor must complete specific education and experience requirements prior to taking the Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) examination and the Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) examination (Minn. R. 1800.3505).
Summary of factual data and analytical methodologies:
No factual data or analytical methodologies were used in drafting the rule due to the rule being prompted by recent legislation.
