New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions
Part 69 - Architecture
Section 69.2 - Licensing examinations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Content. The examination may include, but need not be limited to, architectural practice management, project management, programming and analysis, project planning and design, project development and documentation, and construction and evaluation. The department may accept satisfactory scores, reported on a pass/fail basis, on all or part of the written examination produced by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Notwithstanding section 59.3 of this Title, such scores may include testing accommodations offered by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards which are acceptable to the department to include all accommodations, including English as a second language accommodations.

(b) Retention of credit.

(1) The grade retention provisions of section 59.5(f) of this Title shall not be applicable to the examination.

(2) Upon the recommendation of the State Board for Architecture, the department may accept satisfactory scores in accordance with the score validity policy established by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards on an examination accepted pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section.

(c) Admission to examination. To meet the professional education and experience requirements for admission to the licensing examination, an applicant shall submit evidence of completion of either:

(1) the third year of a professional bachelor or master of architecture program, if the only degree received, or the first year of a professional master of architecture or higher program following receipt of an undergraduate degree registered by the department, accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency as defined in section 69.1 of this section, or determined by the department to be the equivalent of a registered or accredited program; or

(2) completion of experience in architectural work acceptable to the State Board for Architecture or a combination of education and experience totaling 7 years which is determined by the department to be the equivalent of the education and experience credit described in section 69.1(b)(1) of this section.

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