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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 09.28.02.02" title_num="09" subtitle_num="28" chapter_num="02" heading="Public Statements, Reports, and Testimony.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensee may not make statements or reports or give expert testimony on landscape architectural matters connected with public policy if the remarks are inspired or paid for by an interested party, unless the remarks are preceded by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Identification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Disclosing the identity of the party on whose behalf the remarks are being offered; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Revealing the existence of any pecuniary interest in the matter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A licensee may express publicly a professional opinion on a landscape architectural subject only when that opinion is founded upon adequate knowledge of the material facts and a background of technical competence in the subject matter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>In any professional report, statement, or testimony, a licensee may not be untruthful, deceptive, or misleading.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A licensee may not affix a professional seal other than the licensee's own seal to a professional document.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>