N.J. Admin. Code § 13:41-5.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:41-5.4 - Examination requirements

(a) Except as provided in (g) below, an applicant for licensure as a professional planner shall obtain a passing grade on both the National and State parts of the professional planner examination.

(b) The National part of the examination, administered by the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), shall consist of the following subjects:

1. History of urban, rural, and regional planning;

2. Fundamental theories, research methods and common basic standards in professional planning;

3. Administrative and legal problems, instruments and methods; and

4. Current planning design and techniques.

(c) The State part of the examination shall cover planning law, procedures and practices as contained in the Municipal Land Use Law, 40:55D-1 et seq., and the related planning requirements of New Jersey statutes and regulations which directly affect planning practices and procedures.

(d) An applicant shall pay the appropriate examination fee for each part the applicant will take or retake and shall make payment of the fee for the National part of the examination to AICP and payment of the fee for the State part to the Board.

(e) An applicant shall be required to file a new application with the Board and pay the appropriate application fee if the applicant:

1. Takes and fails both parts of the examination; or

2. Fails to successfully complete both parts of the examination within two years of his or her application to the Board.

(f) An applicant shall not retake a part of the examination until at least six months has elapsed since the date on which that part was last taken.

(g) An applicant, who is licensed in New Jersey as a professional engineer, architect, landscape architect or land surveyor, is exempt from taking the National part of the examination and is only required to take the State part of the examination as described in (c) above. An applicant under this subsection, who has taken and failed the State part of the examination, may be re-examined upon filing a new application and the payment of the application fee, provided that at least six months has elapsed since the date that the applicant took that examination part.

Amended by R.2005 d.437, effective December 19, 2005.

See: 37 N.J.R. 2833(a), 37 N.J.R. 5046(b).

Rewrote the section.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:41-5.4