§ 2629. Unprofessional conduct
Unprofessional conduct means the following conduct and the conduct by a licensee or
applicant for licensure as set forth in 3 V.S.A. § 129a.
(1) Accepting and performing responsibilities which the licensed landscape architect knows
or has reason to know that he or she is not competent to perform, or undertaking to
perform professional services in specific technical areas in which the licensed landscape
architect is not qualified by education, training, and experience;
(2) Failing to practice with reasonable care and competence and to apply the technical
knowledge and skill ordinarily applied by licensed landscape architects practicing
in the same locality;
(3) Assisting in the application for licensure of a person known by the licensed landscape
architect to be unqualified in respect to education, training, or experience;
(4) Accepting compensation for services from more than one party on a project unless the
circumstances are fully disclosed and agreed to by all interested parties;
(5) Failing to disclose fully in writing to a client or employer the nature of any business
association or direct or indirect financial interest substantial enough to influence
the licensed landscape architect’s judgment in the performance of professional services;
(6) Soliciting or accepting compensation from material or equipment suppliers in return
for specifying or endorsing their products;
(7) Failing to disclose compensation for making public statements on landscape architectural
questions;
(8) Offering or making a payment or gift to an elected or appointed government official
with the intent to influence the official’s judgment in connection with a prospective
or existing project in which the licensed landscape architect is interested;
(9) Offering or making a gift of other than nominal value, including reasonable entertainment
and hospitality, with the intent to influence the judgment of an existing or prospective
client in connection with a project in which the licensed landscape architect is interested;
(10) Knowingly designing a project in violation of applicable State and local laws and
regulations;
(11) Making a willful material misrepresentation with respect to the qualifications or
experience of an applicant or otherwise in the practice of the profession, whether
by commission or omission;
(12) Acting, while serving as an advisor to the Director, in any way to contravene willfully
the provisions of this chapter and thereby artificially restricting the entry of qualified
persons into the profession;
(13) Using the licensed landscape architect’s seal on drawings prepared by others not in
his or her employ, or using the seal of another;
(14) Inaccurately representing to a prospective or existing client or employer the licensed
landscape architect’s qualifications and scope of responsibility for work for which
he or she claims credit;
(15) Signing or sealing technical submissions unless they were prepared by or under the
responsible control of the licensed landscape architect, except that the licensed
landscape architect may sign or seal those portions of the technical submissions that
were prepared by or under the responsible control of persons who are licensed under
this chapter if the licensed landscape architect has reviewed and adopted in whole
or in part those portions and has either coordinated their preparation or integrated
them into his or her work; and
(16) In each office maintained for preparation of drawings, specifications, reports, or
other professional work, failing to have a licensed landscape architect with direct
knowledge and supervisory control of such work resident and regularly employed in
that office. (Added 2009, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)