Chapter 01. General Regulations
Regulation .01 Definitions.LinkCopy Citation
The definitions set forth in the Business Occupations and Professions Article, §9-101, Annotated Code of Maryland, apply in this chapter unless otherwise noted.
Regulation .02 Filing of Applications.LinkCopy Citation
A.
An application for admittance to the examination or for registration to practice landscape architecture shall be submitted on the form provided by the Board and will be received at any time during regular business hours at the office of the Board. The application shall be filed with the Board at least 90 days before the date of the examination.
B.
The application fee shall accompany the application. Application fees are not refundable.
C.
The Board may require an applicant to submit, with the formal application, documentary evidence of experiential or educational qualifications.
Regulation .03 Examinations.LinkCopy Citation
A.
Scope of the Examination.
(1)
The scope of the examinations will be established by the Board.
(2)
The examinations shall:
(a)
Be designed to determine the qualifications of the applicant to practice landscape architecture;
(b)
Cover such technical, professional and practical subjects as relates to the practice of the profession of landscape architecture;
(c)
Cover the basic arts and sciences, a knowledge of which is material and necessary to the proper understanding, application, and qualification for practice of the profession of landscape architecture.
B.
The minimum passing grade in all subjects of the examination shall be established by the Board.
C.
An applicant receiving a passing grade on a subject included in the examination will be given credit for that subject.
D.
Applicants may take all or any parts of the original examination or the re-examination.
E.
Applicants desiring to retake certain subjects of the examination may be required to appear before the Board and furnish evidence of satisfactory study and preparation before readmittance to the examination.
Regulation .04 Qualifications for Examination.LinkCopy Citation
To qualify for the examination, the applicant shall meet the requirements as set out in Business Occupations and Professions Article, §9-305, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Regulation .05 Embossing Seals and Rubber Stamp Facsimiles.LinkCopy Citation
A.
For the purpose of sealing and signing all final drawings, plans, specifications, reports, and other contract documents, referred to in Business Occupations and Professions Article, §9-501, Annotated Code of Maryland, each licensed landscape architect shall obtain an individual seal to be used on documents prepared by the licensee or under the licensee's supervision. The seal shall imprint the name of the landscape architect and the license number.
B.
A rubber stamp facsimile of the seal and the live signature of the landscape architect may be applied to tracings to produce legible reproduction of the drawings or to prints made from the tracings. This provision, however, does not in any manner modify the requirements of Business Occupations and Professions Article, §9-501, Annotated Code of Maryland, in reference to use of the impression seal and signature.
Chapter annotations
Authority: Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§9-206(a), 9-207(a), and 9-304(2), Annotated Code of Maryland
History: Effective date: September 25, 1971
History: The Board of Landscape Architects was transferred from the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Licensing and Regulation, effective January 1, 1974 (2:6 Md. R. 442)
History: Regulation .01D amended effective April 8, 1985 (12:7 Md. R. 701)
History: Regulation .02A amended effective October 21, 1996 (23:21 Md. R. 1467)
History: Regulation .04B amended effective October 7, 1985 (12:20 Md. R. 1925)
History: Regulations .04F—I, .08B and C, and .11A amended, and .05 repealed effective November 5, 1984 (11:22 Md. R. 1898)
History: Regulation .04G amended effective February 22, 1988 (15:4 Md. R. 472); July 9, 1990 (17:13 Md. R. 1610)
History: Regulation .04I and J repealed effective October 10, 1983 (10:20 Md. R. 1786)
History: Regulation .05 adopted effective October 7, 1985 (12:20 Md. R. 1925)
History: Regulation .13A amended effective October 12, 1981 (8:20 Md. R. 1634); July 5, 1982 (9:13 Md. R. 1350); July 4, 1983 (10:13 Md. R. 1180); February 27, 1984 (11:4 Md. R. 314); November 5, 1984 (11:22 Md. R. 1989); February 22, 1988 (15:4 Md. R. 472); April 2, 1990 (17:6 Md. R. 741); September 3, 1990 (17:17 Md. R. 2080); April 13, 1992 (19:7 Md. R. 746); February 15, 1993 (20:3 Md. R. 258); February 28, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 276)
History: Regulation .13A amended as an emergency provision effective October 19, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1929); emergency status expired April 19, 1995; amended permanently effective April 24, 1995 (22:8 Md. R. 595)
History: Regulation .13A amended as an emergency provision effective August 28, 1995 (22:19 Md. R. 1469); emergency status expired February 15, 1996; adopted permanently effective March 11, 1996 (23:5 Md. R. 378)
History: Regulation .13 repealed and new Regulation .13 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 19, 1997 (24:21 Md. R. 1444); emergency status extended at 25:8 Md. R. 594; adopted permanently effective April 20, 1998 (25:8 Md. R. 596)
History: Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective April 12, 1999 (26:10 Md. R. 793); emergency status expired October 12, 1999
History: Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective November 22, 1999(26:27 Md. R. 2014); emergency status expired May 15, 2000
History: Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective May 16, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1209); emergency status expired July 1, 2000
History: Regulation .13 amended effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1975)
History: Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective December 11, 2000 (28:1 Md. R. 20); amended permanently effective April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 689)
History: Regulation .13A amended effective August 20, 2001 (28:16 Md. R. 1482); April 29, 2002 (29:8 Md. R. 699)
History: Regulation .13 repealed as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 933); repealed permanently effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)
History: Chapter revised effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)