§ 544b-1

544B.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:1. 'Board' means the landscape architectural examining board established pursuant to section 544B.3. 2. 'Practice of landscape architecture' means the performance of professional services such as consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, orresponsible supervision in connection with projects involving the arranging of land andthe elements thereon for public and private use and enjoyment, including the alignmentof roadways and the location of buildings, service areas, parking areas, walkways, steps,ramps, pools and other structures, and the grading of the land, surface and subsoil drainage,erosion control, planting, reforestation, and the preservation of the natural landscape andaesthetic values, in accordance with accepted professional standards of public health,welfare, and safety. This practice shall include the location and arrangement of such tangibleobjects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined in this chapterbut shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-containedpurposes for habitation or

eatures as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined in this chapterbut shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-containedpurposes for habitation or industry, or the design of public streets and highways, utilities,storm and sanitary sewers, and sewage treatment facilities, such as are ordinarily included inthe practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include the making of land surveysor final land plats for official approval or recording. Nothing contained in this chapter shallbe construed as authorizing a professional landscape architect to engage in the practice ofarchitecture, engineering, or land surveying. 3. 'Professional landscape architect' means a person who has obtained a license pursuant to section 544B.2, and who engages in the practice of landscape architecture as defined in thissection. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.1]C93, §544B.12002 Acts, ch 1045, §1, 2; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §102 Sat Dec 23 01:46:53 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 544B.1 (17, 0)