§ 200. Objectives of board. The primary objective of the Board of Landscape Architecture, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public (specifically those persons who are direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter) from unsafe practices, and from occupational practices which tend to reduce competition or […]
§ 201. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (1) “Board” shall mean the Delaware State Board of Landscape Architecture. (2) “Landscape architect” shall mean a person who, on the basis of demonstrated knowledge […]
§ 202. License required. No person shall hold oneself out to the public as being a licensed landscape architect, or use in connection with one’s name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description intending to convey the impression that one is a licensed landscape architect, unless such person has been licensed under […]
§ 203. Board of Landscape Architecture — Appointment; composition; qualifications; term of office; suspension or removal; compensation. (a) The Board of Landscape Architecture shall consist of 5 members appointed by the Governor: 3 professional members who shall be licensed landscape architects; and 2 public members. To serve on the Board, a public member shall not […]
§ 204. Board of Landscape Architecture — Officers; meetings; quorum. (a) In January of each year the members shall elect, from among their Board, a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. Each officer shall serve for 1 year, and shall not successively serve for more than 2 consecutive terms. (b) The Board shall hold regularly […]
§ 205. Powers and duties. (a) The Board shall have authority to: (1) Formulate rules and regulations relating to official seals and other matters, with appropriate notice to those affected, where such notice can reasonably be given. Each rule or regulation shall implement or clarify a specific section of this chapter; (2) Designate the application […]
§ 206. Qualifications of applicant; report to Attorney General; judicial review [Effective Jan. 1, 2023]. (a) An applicant who is applying for licensure under this chapter shall have 1 of the following qualifications: (1) Graduated from a school or college of landscape architecture approved or accredited by the National Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards, […]
§ 206. Qualifications of applicant; report to Attorney General; judicial review [Effective until Jan. 1, 2023]. (a) An applicant who is applying for licensure under this chapter shall have 1 of the following qualifications: (1) Graduated from a school or college of landscape architecture approved or accredited by the National Council of Landscape Architectural Registration […]
§ 207. Examination. (a) The Board shall, in the same month of each year, or at such times as are determined by the testing service, administer the uniform national examination, prepared and graded by the National Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards or such portions of the uniform national examination as it deems necessary. Such […]
§ 208. Reciprocity. Where the applicant is already licensed in another state, the Board shall accept a certificate or other evidence of the examination score issued by the National Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards that the applicant has successfully completed or passed the uniform national examination, or the certificate or other evidence of successful […]
§ 210. Renewal; inactive status; reinstatement. (a) [Repealed.] (b) Each license shall be renewed biennially, in such manner as is determined by the Division of Professional Regulation. The Board shall in its rules and regulations, determine the period of time within which a practitioner may still renew a license, notwithstanding the fact that such practitioner […]
§ 211. Complaints. All filings and investigations of complaints by practitioners or members of the public which concern any aspect of the practice of landscape architecture shall be presented and processed pursuant to § 8735(h) of Title 29. 60 Del. Laws, c. 190, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 461, § 11; 65 Del. Laws, […]
§ 212. Practice by corporations and partnerships. (a) The privilege of engaging in the practice of landscape architecture is personal, based upon the qualifications of the individual evidenced by registration and is not transferable. All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports or other papers or documents involving the practice of landscape architecture, as defined within this […]
§ 213. Grounds for discipline; procedure. (a) Practitioners regulated under this chapter shall be subject to those disciplinary actions set forth in § 214 of this title if, after a hearing, the Board finds: (1) That the practitioner has employed or knowingly cooperated in fraud or material deception in order to be licensed, or be […]
§ 214. Disciplinary sanctions. (a) The Board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that one of the conditions or violations set forth in § 213 of this title applies to a practitioner regulated by this chapter: (1) Issue a letter of reprimand; (2) Censure a practitioner; (3) […]
§ 215. Hearing procedures. (a) Upon the receipt of a complaint, the Board shall determine what action, if any, it shall take. If the Board decides not to take any further action, and the complainant is known to the Board, the Board shall forward by letter to the complainant its reasons for not taking further […]
§ 216. Practicing without a license; penalties. (a) Where the Board has determined that a person is practicing landscape architecture within the State without having lawfully obtained a license therefor, or that a person previously licensed is unlawfully practicing although the person’s license has been suspended or revoked, the Board shall formally warn such person. […]
