| (a) A Landscape Architect shall undertake to perform
a professional service only when the Landscape Architect, together
with those whom the Landscape Architect shall engage as consultants,
is qualified by education and/or experience in the specific technical
areas involved. During the delivery of a professional service, a Landscape
Architect shall act with reasonable care and competence and shall
apply the technical knowledge and skill which is ordinarily applied
by reasonably prudent landscape architects practicing under similar
circumstances and conditions.
(b) A Landscape Architect shall not affix his/her signature
or seal to any landscape architectural plan or document dealing with
subject matter in which he/she is not qualified by education and/or
experience to form a reasonable judgment.
(c) "Gross Incompetency" shall be grounds for disciplinary
action by the Board. A Landscape Architect may be found guilty of
"Gross Incompetency" under any of the following circumstances:
(1) the Landscape Architect has engaged in conduct
that provided evidence of an inability or lack of skill or knowledge
necessary to discharge the duty and responsibility required of a Landscape
Architect;
(2) the Landscape Architect engaged in conduct which
provided evidence of an extreme lack of knowledge of, or an inability
or unwillingness to apply, the principles or skills generally expected
of a reasonably prudent landscape architect under the same or similar
circumstances and conditions;
(3) the Landscape Architect has been adjudicated mentally
incompetent by a court; or
(4) pursuant to §3.150(b) of this title (relating
to Substance Abuse).
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