South Carolina Code 40-28-130. Grounds for disciplinary action
(1) practicing in violation of the provisions of this chapter;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-28-130
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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
(2) obtaining the certificate or license by fraud or misrepresentation;
(3) aiding or abetting, in the practice of landscape architecture, a person not authorized to practice landscape architecture under the provisions of this chapter;
(4) being found guilty of fraud or deceit, negligence, wilful misconduct, or gross incompetence in the practice of landscape architecture; or
(5) affixing his seal to a plan, drawing, specification, or other instrument of service that has not been prepared by him or under his immediate and responsible direction or has permitted his name to be used for the purpose of assisting a person, not a landscape architect, to evade the provisions of this chapter.