D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-1999
When used in this chapter, the words and phrases set forth in this section shall
have the following meanings:
Act - The Non-Health Related Occupations and Professions Licensure Act of 1998, effective April 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-261; D.C. Official Code §§ 47-2853.01et seq. (2015 Repl.)).
Applicant - A person who has submitted an application for licensure as a landscape architect to the Board.
Board - The Board of Architecture, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture as established by the Act.
CLARB - The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards.
Department - Unless otherwise defined, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Digital Signature - An electronic authentication process attached to or logically associated with an electronic document utilizing technology that meets the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards for security and privacy to provide the same degree of assurance and certainty as the traditional "paper and ink" method of signatures.
Director - The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
LAAB - The Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board.
L.A.R.E. - The current Landscape Architect Registration Examination prepared by CLARB.
Licensed landscape architect or Licensee- A person licensed to practice landscape architecture under this chapter and the Act.
Manual signature - The handwritten name of a person applied to a document that identifies the person, serves as a means of authentication of the contents of the document, and provides responsibility for the creation of the document and accountability for the contents of the document.
Practice of landscape architecture - Rendering or offering to render services, including consultation, evaluation, planning, and preparation of studies, designs, specifications, and other technical submissions, in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings, approaches or environment for structures or other improvements, grading and drainage and the consideration and determination of inherent problems of the land relating to the erosion, wear and tear, blight or other hazards, and the administration of contracts relative to projects principally directed at the functional and aesthetic use of land, and the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to carry out the purposes outlined herein. However, the term does not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture or the making of land surveys or final land plats for official approval or recording.
Responsible charge - Direct control and personal supervision by a licensed landscape architect of the professional services provided in the practice of landscape architecture. The degree of control necessary shall be such that the licensee personally makes design decisions or reviews and approves proposed decisions prior to their implementation, including consideration of alternatives, whenever technical decisions are to be made, and judges the qualifications of technical specialists and the validity and applicability of their recommendations before such recommendations are incorporated in the work.
Seal - A symbol, image, or list of information that may be found in the form of a rubber stamp, embossed seal, computer- generated data, or other form.
Technical submissions - Studies, designs, drawings, specifications, and any other technical documentation prepared in the course of the practice of landscape architecture.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-1999