OAR 808-003-0720: Change to Limited Licenses, Generally

(1) Landscape construction professionals holding limited licenses may change that phase of license by passing additional sections of the exam. Licensees shall register through the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) to take specific specialty sections of the practical skills exam as required in OAR 808-003-0910 or obtain their candidate identification number from the agency to register with PSI to take the conventional exam or the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to take the LCB Prep Course & Exam . (2) To change a license to a Standard license: (a) Holders of a Sod & Seed License or Tree license must pass: (A) The following conventional exam sections: Plants and Turf, Design, Grading and Drainage, and Hardscaping, or (B) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core, Softscape Installation, and Hardscape Installation; or (C) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills as stated in OAR 808-003-0750; or (D) The LCB Prep Course & Exam. (b) Holders of a Planting license must pass: (A) The conventional Hardscaping exam section; or (B) The Common Core and the Hardscape Installation section of the practical skills exam; or (C) The LCB Prep Course & Exam. (3) To change to a Planting license holders of a Sod & Seed license or a Tree license must pass: (a) The following conventional exam sections: Plants and Turf and Design, Grading and Drainage, or (b) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core and Softscape Installation; or (c) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills exam sections as stated in OAR 808-003-0750. (4) To change a license to an All Phase Plus Backflow license: (a) Holders of a Sod & Seed license or Tree license must pass: (A) The following conventional exam sections: Plants and Turf, Design, Grading and Drainage, Hardscaping, Irrigation, and Backflow; or (B) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core, Softscape Installation, Hardscape Installation, and Irrigation and the Backflow section of the conventional exam; or (C) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills exam sections as stated in OAR 808-003-0750; or (D) The LCB Prep Course & Exam and the conventional Irrigation and Backflow exam sections. (b) Holders of a Planting license must pass: (A) The following conventional exam sections: Hardscaping, Irrigation and Backflow exam; or (B) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core and Irrigation and the Backflow section of the conventional exam; or (C) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills exam section as stated in OAR 808-003-0750; or (D) The LCB Prep Course & Exam and the conventional Irrigation and Backflow exam sections. (5) To add Planting to holders of an Irrigation plus Backflow license the landscape construction professional must pass: (a) The following conventional exam sections: Plants and Turf and Design, Grading and Drainage sections; or (b) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core and Softscape Installation; or (c) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills exam sections as stated in OAR 808-003-0750. (6) To add Irrigation plus Backflow to holders of a Planting license the landscape construction professional must pass: (a) The following conventional exam sections: Irrigation and Backflow; or (b) The following practical skills exam sections: Common Core and Irrigation and the Backflow section of the conventional exam; or (c) A combination of conventional exam sections and practical skills exam section as stated in OAR 808-003-0750. (7) An Arborist phase of license may be added to any other phase of license, except a Modified phase of license. The landscape construction professional seeking to add an Arborist phase of license, must submit verification of a current certification with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) as a Certified Arborist. (8) A Modified license phase may be only changed to another phase of license as stated in OAR 808-003-0503. (9) Any limited license phase may only be changed to a Modified license phase by submitting a request to the Board. A change from a limited license phase to a Modified license phase requires the landscape construction professional and landscape contracting business to follow all the rules of a Modified license phase.