T54CH30
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54-3001
TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT 54-3001. Short title. This act shall be known and cited as the Landscape Architect Registration and Licensing Act. History: [54-3001, added 1972, ch. 390, sec. 1, p. 1123.]
54-3002
TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT 54-3002. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) Landscape architect means a person who holds a license to practice landscape architecture in the state of Idaho under the authority of this chapter. (2) Landscape architecture means the performance of professional services such as consultations, investigation, reconnaissance, research, planning, design or responsible supervision in connection with the development of land and incidental water areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, approaches to buildings, structures, facilities or other improvements, natural drainage and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, wear and tear, light or other hazards, but shall not include the application of geological principles. This practice shall include the location, design and arrangement of such tangible objects as pools, walls, steps, trellises, canopies, and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined herein, but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes for habitation or industry, such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include the making of cadastral surveys or final land plats for official recording or approval. It involves the design and arrangement of land forms and the development of outdoor space, including but not limited to the design of public parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, home and school grounds, and the development of industrial and recreational sites. (3) Board means the board of architects and landscape architects. (4) Department means the department of self-governing agencies of the state of Idaho. (5) Landscape architect-in-training means a person who has met the qualifications of section 54-3003 (2)(a) and (b), Idaho Code, and is working under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect. A landscape architect-in-training shall use the title landscape architect-in-training in accordance with board rule. (6) Public means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, company, government agency, institution or any other entity recognized by law. (7) Rules of professional responsibility means those rules, if any, promulgated by the board. History: [54-3002, added 1972, ch. 390, sec. 2, p. 771; am. 1974, ch. 13, sec. 189, p. 138; am. 2003, ch. 225, sec. 1, p. 578; am. 2014, ch. 155, sec. 1, p. 437; am. 2022, ch. 42, sec. 3, p. 107.]
54-3003
TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT 54-3003. Qualifications — Examinations — Board — Licenses — Fees — Endorsement — Exemptions — Individuals, partnerships and corporations — Restriction on use of name — Seal. (1) Application and practice. In order to safeguard human health and property, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public or private capacity practicing or offering to practice landscape architecture shall be required to submit evidence of qualifications to practice and shall be issued a license under the provisions of this chapter. (2) Qualifications. For licensure as a landscape architect, evidence must be submitted to the board that the applicant: (a) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older; (b) Has graduated from a college or school of landscape architecture approved by the board. In lieu of graduation from an approved college or school of landscape architecture, an applicant may present evidence of at least eight (8) years of actual, practical experience in landscape architecture of a grade and character satisfactory to the board, as established by rule, that the applicant is competent to practice landscape architecture; and (c) Has successfully passed an examination approved by the board. (3) Examinations. The board shall adopt rules covering the subjects and scope of the examinations. Every applicant for license as a landscape architect shall be required, in addition to all other requirements, to establish by written examination his competency to plan, design, specify and supervise the installation and construction of landscape architectural projects. Each written examination may be supplemented by such oral examinations as the board may determine. (4) Board powers. The board shall have, in addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this chapter, the following powers and duties: (a) To authorize, by written agreement, the division of occupational and professional licenses to act as agent in its interest and to make such rules as shall be necessary in the performance of its duties; (b) To adopt rules of professional responsibility; (c) To adopt rules requiring the completion of continuing education by each licensee on a biennial basis; (d) The board, or its duly appointed hearing officer, shall have the power in any disciplinary proceeding against a licensee under this chapter to administer oaths, take depositions of witnesses within or outside of the state in the manner provided by law in civil cases, and to apply to any district court of this state for a subpoena to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, records and papers as the board deems necessary in a disciplinary proceeding against a licensee. The fees and mileage of the witnesses shall be the same as that allowed in the district courts in criminal cases, which fees and mileage shall be paid in the same manner as other board expenses. In any case
54-3004
TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT 54-3004. Disciplinary proceedings. Upon giving at least twenty (20) days’ notice of its intended action, and affording the holder of a license an opportunity for a hearing to be conducted under the provisions of chapter 52, title 67 , Idaho Code, the board may refuse to issue, refuse to renew, revoke or suspend the license of any landscape architect upon the following grounds: (1) Fraud or deception in the application for or the procurement of a license or in passing any of the examinations prescribed by this chapter; (2) Conviction of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction; (3) Gross negligence in the practice of landscape architecture; (4) Fraud or deceit in the practice of landscape architecture; (5) Willful violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the rules promulgated by the board under the authority of this chapter. The board may reinstate any revoked or suspended license upon such terms as it may impose. An appeal of any order of the board may be taken to the district court of either Ada county or the county in which the applicant or licensee resides, in accordance with chapter 52, title 67 , Idaho Code. History: [54-3004, added 1972, ch. 390, sec. 4, p. 771; am. 1993, ch. 216, sec. 87, p. 661; am. 2003, ch. 225, sec. 3, p. 584.]
54-3005
TITLE 54 PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES CHAPTER 30 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT REGISTRATION AND LICENSING ACT 54-3005. Violations and penalties. (1) It shall be a violation for any person to: (a) Offer to practice or represent oneself as entitled to practice landscape architecture, unless duly licensed under this chapter; (b) Attempt to use the license of another; (c) Give false or forged evidence to the board or any member thereof in obtaining a license; (d) Falsely impersonate any other practitioner, of like or different name; (e) Otherwise violate any of the provisions of this chapter. Such violation shall be a misdemeanor. Each act under this section shall be treated as a separate offense. (2) Prosecution of violations. All violations of this chapter when reported to the board and duly substantiated by affidavits or other satisfactory evidence shall be investigated by the board, and if the report is found to be true and the evidence substantiated, the board shall report such violations to the county attorney of the county in which the violation occurred and request prompt prosecution. History: [54-3005, added 1972, ch. 390, sec. 5, p. 771; am. 1974, ch. 13, sec. 191, p. 138; am. 2003, ch. 225, sec. 4, p. 584.]