Iowa Admin. Code r. 193D-1.2

Current through Register Vol. 47, No.14, January 8, 2025

Rule 193D-1.2 - Organization and duties

The board consists of five members who are licensed professional landscape architects and two members who are not licensed professional landscape architects and who represent the general public.

(1)Qualifications of professional landscape architect board members. Four of the five professional members shall be actively engaged in the practice of landscape architecture or the teaching of landscape architecture in an accredited college or university, and shall have been so engaged for five years preceding appointment, the last two of which shall have been in Iowa. One of the five professional members shall be actively engaged in the practice of landscape architecture or the teaching of landscape architecture in an accredited college or university, and may have been so engaged for fewer than five years preceding.

(2)Election of chairperson and vice chairperson. The board elects annually from its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson. A quorum of the board shall be four members, and all final motions and actions must receive a vote by a majority of the members of the board.

(3)Duties of board. The board enforces the provisions of Iowa Code chapter 544B and makes rules for the examination of applications for licensure. The board keeps records of its proceedings. The board adopts an official seal which is affixed to all certificates of licensure granted. The board makes other rules, not inconsistent with law, as necessary for the proper performance of its duties. The board maintains a roster showing the name, place of business, residence, and date and number of the certificate of licensure of every professional landscape architect in the state.

(4)Duties of chairperson. The chairperson shall, when present, preside at meetings, appoint committees, and perform all duties and powers of the chairperson.

(5)Duties of vice chairperson. The vice chairperson shall, in the absence or incapacity of the chairperson, exercise the duties and powers of the chairperson.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 193D-1.2

Amended by IAB June 7, 2017/Volume XXXIX, Number 25, effective 7/12/2017

Amended by IAB April 21, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 22, effective 5/26/2021