1. After it has been determined that an applicant possesses the qualifications entitling the applicant to be examined, each applicant for examination and licensure as a professional landscape architect shall appear before the board or its representatives for examination at the time and place specified.
2. The examination shall be of such form, content and duration as determined by the professional landscape architectural division of the board to thoroughly test the qualifications of each applicant to practice landscape architecture in Missouri.
3. An applicant to be eligible for licensure shall make a passing grade on each examination. The passing grade shall be fixed by the board but it shall never be higher than the current passing grade determined by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards.
4. Any person who passes the examination prescribed by the board shall be entitled to be licensed as a professional landscape architect in Missouri, subject to the other provisions of sections 327.600 to 327.635.