Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE
Division 2030 - Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects
Chapter 5 - Examinations
Section 20 CSR 2030-5.160 - State Exam Covering Chapter 327, RSMo, the Board Rules, and Ethics
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is being amended to come into compliance with a statutory amendment via HB 2046, effective August 28, 2020.
PURPOSE: This rule requires all applicants for an architectural, professional engineering, or professional landscape architectural license, other than nonresident or resident military spouses exempt under section 324.009(2), RSMo, to pass a state specific examination covering Chapter 327, RSMo, the board rules, and ethics before being issued a license to practice.
(1) Before an architect, professional engineer, or professional landscape architect can be licensed to practice in Missouri, he or she must pass an examination on Chapter 327, RSMo, board rules, and ethics.
(2) The purpose of the examination is to ensure that applicants are familiar with the act regulating the professions of architects, professional engineers, and professional landscape architects and the ethics of practicing architecture, professional engineering, or professional landscape architecture. This is an open book examination administered online, at no cost to the applicant, via the board's website.
(3) Any applicant for examination and licensure as an architect, professional engineer, or professional landscape architect failing to make a passing grade on the examination may have unlimited opportunities to retake the examination so long as the applicant remains qualified to be examined.
(4) An applicant achieves a passing grade with a score of eighty percent (80%).
(5) Nonresident or resident military spouses, eligible for licensure under section 324.009, RSMo, are not required to take the state examination in this section.
