33-4-102. Each member shall serve a term of three (3) years or

33-4-102. Each member shall serve a term of three (3) years or until his successor has been appointed. The governor shall fill all vacancies occurring in the board. The governor may remove any board member as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

33-4-104. Board of architects and landscape architects; meetings and officers; powers and duties.

(a) The board shall elect a president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each year, with the date and place to be set by the board. The board may meet as designated by a majority of the board. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall have authority to administer oaths, take affidavits, summon witnesses and take testimony as to matters coming within the scope of its duties. The board shall have the authority to enter into interstate or intrastate agreements and associations with other boards of licensure for the purpose of establishing reciprocity, developing examinations, evaluating applicants or other activities to enhance the services of the board to the state, the licensee and the public. The board shall adopt a seal to be affixed to all licenses issued and shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. The board shall establish minimum educational requirements which shall be without prejudice, partiality or discrimination. The board may appoint or contract an executive secretary and other individuals deemed necessary to administer the affairs of the board and shall furnish necessary support and clerical services. Costs related to these services shall be paid from the account as provided in W.S. 33-4-109. The secretary of the board shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, which shall at all times be open to public inspection.

(b) All meetings of the board shall be conducted in accordance with W.S. 16-4-403, except that the board may hold executive sessions as provided by W.S. 16-4-405.

33-4-105. Application for licensure; qualifications.

(a) Any person wishing to practice architecture or landscape architecture in this state who is not a licensed architect or landscape architect shall make application for licensure as prescribed by the board.

(b) Each applicant shall:

(i) Be an adult;

(ii) Have a good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness, integrity and competence in the practice of architecture or landscape architecture;

(iii) Provide documentation of successful completion of either a professional degree in architecture or landscape architecture from an accredited school of architecture or landscape architecture with practical experience and examination, or an education alternative with practical experience and examination in accordance with standards set forth by the national council of architectural registration boards or the council of landscape architectural registration boards, as the board deems appropriate.

(c) Repealed By Laws 2011, Ch. 129, § 202.

(d) Any person currently practicing landscape architecture in this state who holds a degree from an accredited school of landscape architecture and has at least five (5) years experience as a landscape architect prior to July 1, 1991 shall be exempt from taking the examination and shall be awarded a license to practice landscape architecture after meeting the other requirements of this act.

(e) The board shall provide by rules and regulations requirements for practical experience.

33-4-106. Issuance of license; reexamination. If the applicant is qualified, the board shall issue his license to practice architecture or landscape architecture. Any applicant who fails to pass an examination may be reexamined in the subjects which he failed at the next regularly scheduled examination date, upon the payment of an additional examination fee.

33-4-107. License fee and renewal fee set by board; notice of expiration; failure to renew.

Persons practicing architecture or landscape architecture within this state shall pay initial and renewal license fees as set by the board pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201. Initial licenses shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of the year following the date of issuance. A renewal license shall be issued by the board upon application and payment of the renewal fee, and shall be for a two (2) year period. Application for renewal shall be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of compliance with this act and participation in continuing education activities as established by rules and regulations of the board, provided that requirements for renewal shall be no more stringent than the requirements recommended by the national council of architectural registration boards or the council of landscape architectural registration boards. The board may waive the continuing education requirement for the first renewal of a license. The board shall notify each registrant at least two (2) months prior to the date of the expiration of his license. Failure of a licensee to secure renewal of his license prior to the date of its expiration shall forfeit his license to practice architecture within the state, provided, however, that the board shall again notify the registrant at least two (2) weeks before the expiration date. Any licensee on active duty in the armed forces of the United States, or who shall establish his residence elsewhere, upon returning to the state may apply for a renewal if the license was not revoked for any cause.

33-4-108. Licensing decisions of board.

Except as provided in W.S. 33-4-115(c), all decisions of the board involving the granting, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension or withdrawal of a license shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.

33-4-109. Disposition of money collected; compensation for members of board.  (a) All money shall be received and deposited to a separate account and payments made according to regulations established by the department of administration and information. The members of the board shall receive per diem and mileage allowance as provided in W.S. 33-1-302(a)(vii), for each official board meeting. The total expense for every purpose incurred by the board shall not exceed the total of revenue collected.

(b) The board may use up to one-half (1/2) of its annual renewal fees for the purpose of contracting with institutions of higher education, professional organizations or qualified persons to provide educational programs that meet the board's continuing education requirements promulgated under W.S. 33-4- 107. The board may also treat funds set aside for the purpose of continuing education as state funds for the purpose of accepting any funds made available under federal law on a matching basis to implement programs of continuing education.

33-4-110. Interstate reciprocity.

Persons licensed to practice architecture or landscape architecture under the laws of any other state having requirements substantially equal to those provided for in this act may, in the discretion of the board, be issued a license to practice in this state without examination upon payment of the license fees as herein provided.

33-4-111. Persons not required to comply with provisions.

All officers and employees of the United States government while engaged in governmental work in this state shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this act. Landscape architecture as applied in this act shall not restrict the practice of architecture, or engineering; nor shall it restrict the customary services normally rendered by landscape nurseries and landscape contractors.

33-4-112. Persons required to qualify or register as "architect"; exceptions.

All persons shall register as an architect in order to make architectural plans and specifications for buildings except those buildings which are specifically exempted in W.S.