Section 420-RICR-00-00-1.4 - DefinitionsA. "Allied professional" means an individual professional registered in any United States jurisdiction as an architect, professional engineer or professional land surveyor.B. "ASLA" means the American Society of Landscape Architects.C. "Board" means the Rhode Island State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, established pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-51 to regulate the practice of landscape architecture in the State of Rhode Island.D. "Certificate of Registration" or "License" means the landscape architecture license and/or registration issued by the Board.E. "CLARB" means the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards.F. "CLARB council record" or "CLARB record" means a verified history of your education, experience, examination, licensure history and professional references to be used to apply for examination, licensure and certification.G. "CLARB certification" means the industry-recognized distinction that signifies that a landscape architect has met the professional standards established by CLARB and carries CLARB's recommendation that the individual be granted licensure without further review.H. "COA" means the Certificate of Authorization for a Firm.I. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.J. "Direct control and personal supervision" means the supervision of, knowledge of and acceptance of responsibility for another's landscape architecture work by a registered Landscape Architect, in which the supervisor is directly involved in all practice-related judgements affecting public health, safety and welfare.K. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation or their designee. L. "Firm" means a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, or limited liability company that practices or offers to practice landscape architecture as described by R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-13.M. "L.A.R.E." means the Landscape Architecture Registration Examination prepared and distributed by CLARB. N. "Landscape architect" is defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-1(3).O. "Landscape architecture" is defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-51-1(4).P. "Registrant" means any person holding a certificate of registration or license issued by the Board pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-51.Q. "Responsible charge" means a registered Landscape Architect who exerts direct control and personal supervision over all activities associated with and defined as landscape architecture. A landscape architect in responsible charge must exert and have authority to supervise all such regulated activities by any firm with whom he or she is employed.R. "Seal" means an embossed circular seal or rubber stamp of a design and size approved by the Board. It shall contain the name of the landscape architect, the registration number, the word "Registered" above the State's emblem, and the words "Landscape Architect" below the registration number.S. "UNE" means the Uniform National Examination previously prepared and distributed by CLARB.420 R.I. Code R. 420-RICR-00-00-1.4
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