In carrying out its responsibility to insure strict enforcement of the Landscape Architects' Registration Law (the Act), the Board may investigate circumstances which appear to violate or abridge the requirements of the Act or the rules dealing with the practice of Landscape Architecture and the use of the term "landscape architect," the term "landscape architectural," the term "landscape architecture," or any similar term. The Board may also investigate representations which imply that a person or a business entity is legally authorized to offer or provide landscape architectural services to the public. Violations of the Act or the rules which cannot be readily resolved through settlement shall be disposed of by administrative, civil, or criminal proceedings as authorized by law.