ORS 671.571: Probationary license.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 671.570, the State Landscape Contractors Board may issue a probationary landscape construction professional license to a person who does not meet the training and experience qualifications set forth in ORS 671.570. To obtain a probationary landscape construction professional license, the person must: (a) Pay a nonrefundable application fee; (b) Pay an examination fee; (c) Pay to the board the landscape construction professional license fee required by ORS 671.650; and (d) Pass all sections of the examination described in ORS 671.570 within 12 months after first taking the examination. (2) Two or more years after receiving a probationary landscape construction professional license, a probationary landscape construction professional may obtain removal from probationary status and issuance of a landscape construction professional license if the probationary landscape construction professional presents the board with proof that the probationary landscape construction professional has done any of the following: (a) Completed at least 24 months of employment with a licensed landscape contracting business under the direct supervision of a landscape construction professional. (b) Provided supervision described in ORS 671.540 (1)(q) or 671.565 (1)(b) for at least 24 months as the owner or employee of a licensed landscape contracting business that, during that period: (A) Filed and maintained with the board a bond, letter of credit or deposit in the amount of $15,000; and (B) Performed landscaping work only on landscaping projects where the amount charged by the landscape contracting business for work on the project during any 12-month period did not exceed $15,000. (c) Actively operated for at least 24 months as a construction contractor licensed under ORS chapter 701. (3) Except as provided in this section and ORS 671.560 and as the board may provide by rule, a probationary landscape construction professional licensed under this section is for all purposes a landscape construction professional licensed under ORS 671.560. [2007 c.111 §2; 2007 c.399 §5; 2007 c.541 §19d; 2009 c.483 §4]