OAR 808-003-0510: Application for arborist phase of license

(1) An applicant for an arborist phase of landscape construction professional license must: (a) Apply on forms provided by the agency and must be accompanied by: (A) A non-refundable application fee; (B) Verification of a current certification with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) as a Certified Arborist; (C) Documentation of any unpaid court judgment, arbitration award or administrative agency final order entered or issued in any state that requires the applicant to pay damages arising out of the performance of, or a contract for, landscaping work issued on or after January 1, 2008, along with the status of any appeal or exceptions. For purposes of this rule and ORS 671.563, "applicant" means the person applying for the individual landscape construction professional license; (D) Full and complete answers to Licensing and Litigation History and Criminal Background sections; (E) The social security number of the applicant. In lieu of a social security number, a federal individual taxpayer identification number or other federally -issued identification number; (F) Mailing and physical address of the applicant; and (G) Signature of applicant. (b) Pass the Laws, Rules and Business Practice section of the conventional examination and comply with all requirements of OAR 808-003-0700 to OAR 808-003-0850. (c) Comply with the requirements of OAR 808-003-0015(1) and (2). (2) For applicants who are currently licensed as Oregon Construction Contractors pursuant to ORS 701, and who already hold the required ISA certification, will pay the following fees from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021: (a) Landscape construction professional application, $50; (b) Exam fees as stated in OAR 808-003-0710; (c) Landscape construction professional initial license, $170; (d) Landscape contracting business application, $50; and (e) Landscape contracting business initial license, $345. (3) Commencing January 1, 2022, and thereafter, the fees as stated in subsection (2) of this rule will be the same as the fees in OAR 808-003-0130.