South Carolina Code 40-28-10. Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners; creation; appointment of members; terms
(B) The Governor shall appoint a board of five licensed landscape architects and two members of the general public.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-28-10
- Board: means the Board of Landscape Architectural Examiners. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
- Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
- Landscape architect: means a person licensed to practice landscape architecture in this State. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
- Landscape architecture: means the performance of professional services, such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, preparation of drawings and specifications, and responsible inspection in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that, the dominant purpose of the services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper site design, natural land features, planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, the setting of grades and determining drainage and providing for drainage structures, and the consideration and determining of environmental problems. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
(C) A professional member of the board must be a licensed landscape architect who has been actively engaged in the practice of landscape architecture for a period of at least five years and who has been responsible for landscape architecture for at least three years. The two members of the public may not be engaged in the practice of landscape architecture, have no financial interest in the profession of landscape architecture, and have no immediate family member in the profession of landscape architecture.
(D) At the end of their respective terms, successors must be selected in the same manner and appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. The Governor may replace a board member for cause. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the board is for the balance of the unexpired term in the manner of the original appointment.