RCW 18.96.030
Definitions. (Effective until July 1, 2010.)
The following words and phrases as hereinafter used in this
chapter shall have the following meanings:
"Director" means the director of licensing of the state of
Washington.
"Board" means the state board of registration for landscape
architects.
"Landscape architect" means a person who engages in the
practice of landscape architecture as hereinafter defined. A
person practices landscape architecture within the meaning and
intent of this chapter who performs for hire professional
services such as consultations, investigations, reconnaissance,
research, planning, design or teaching supervision in connection
with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that,
the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation,
enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land
features, ground cover and planting, naturalistic and aesthetic
values, the settings and approaches to structures or other
improvements, or natural drainage and erosion control. This
practice shall include the location, design, and arrangement of
such tangible objects as pools, walls, steps, trellises,
canopies, and other nonhabitable structures, and such features as
are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined herein. It
involves the design and arrangement of land forms and the
development of outdoor space including, but not limited to, the
design of public parks, playgrounds, cemeteries, home and school
grounds, and the development of industrial and recreational
sites.
[1979 c 158 § 73; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 3.]
RCW 18.96.030
Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2010.)
The
definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter, unless
the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Administration of the construction contract" means the
periodic observation of materials and work to observe the general
compliance with the construction contract documents, and does not
include responsibility for supervising construction methods and
processes, site conditions, equipment operations, personnel, or
safety on the worksite.
(2) "Board" means the state board of licensure for landscape
architects.
(3) "Certificate of licensure" means the certificate issued
by the director to newly licensed landscape architects.
(4) "Department" means the department of licensing.
(5) "Design" means the conceiving, planning, delineation,
siting, and arrangement of natural and built features. Where
applied to the discussion of structures or utility systems,
design does not include the act of engineering such features.
(6) "Director" means the director of licensing.
(7) "Engineer" means an individual who is registered as an
engineer under chapter 18.43 RCW.
(8) "Engineering" means the "practice of engineering" as
defined in RCW 18.43.020.
(9) "Landscape architect" means an individual who engages in
the practice of landscape architecture.
(10) "Landscape architecture" means the rendering of
professional services in connection with consultations,
investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design,
construction document preparation, construction administration,
or teaching supervision in connection with the development of
land areas where, and to the extent that, the dominant purpose of
such services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination
of proper land uses, natural land features, ground cover and
planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and
approaches to structures or other improvements, or natural
drainage and erosion control. This practice includes the
location, design, and arrangement of such tangible objects as
pools, walls, steps, trellises, canopies, and such features as
are incidental and necessary to the purposes in this chapter.
Landscape architecture involves the design and arrangement of
land forms and the development of outdoor space including, but
not limited to, the design of public parks, trails, playgrounds,
cemeteries, home and school grounds, and the development of
industrial and recreational sites.
(11) "Licensed" means holding a currently valid certificate
of licensure issued by the director authorizing the practice of
landscape architecture.
(12) "Person" means any individual, partnership,
professional service corporation, corporation, joint stock
association, joint venture, or any other entity authorized to do
business in the state.
(13) "Practice of landscape architecture" means the
rendering of services where landscape architectural education,
training, experience, and the application of mathematical,
physical, and social science principles are applied in
consultation, evaluation, planning, design including, but not
limited to, the preparation and filing of plans, drawings,
specifications, and other contract documents, and administration
of contracts relative to projects principally directed at the
functional and aesthetic use and preservation of land.
[2009 c 370 § 4; 1979 c 158 § 73; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 2009 c 370 §§ 1-16, 18, 20, and 21: See note following RCW 18.96.010.
Finding -- 2009 c 370: See note following RCW 18.96.010.