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WA Rev Code § 18.96.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.100 - Reciprocity.

RCW 18.96.100 Reciprocity.(1) The director may, upon receipt of the current licensure fee, grant a certificate of licensure to an applicant who is a licensed landscape architect in another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or another country, if that individual's qualifications and experience are determined by the board to be equivalent to the qualifications and experience required of a person licensed under RCW 18.96.070.(2) A landscape architect licensed or registered in any other jurisdiction recognized by the board may offer to practice landscape architecture in this state if:(a) It is clearly and prominently stated in any such offer that the landscape architect is not licensed to practice landscape architecture in Washington state; and(b) Before practicing landscape architecture or signing a contract to provide landscape architectural services, the landscape architect obtains a certificate of licensure.[ 2009 c 370 § 10; 1993 c 35 § 4; 1985 c 7 § 75; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 § 86; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 10.]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.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.110 - Renewals.

RCW 18.96.110 Renewals.(1) The renewal dates and fees for certificates of licensure shall be set by the director in accordance with RCW 43.24.086. Licensees who fail to pay the renewal fee within thirty days of the due date shall pay all delinquent fees plus a penalty fee equal to one-third of the renewal fee. A licensee who fails to pay a renewal fee for a period of five years may be reinstated under such circumstances as the board determines.(2) Any licensee in good standing may withdraw from the practice of landscape architecture by giving written notice to the director, and may within five years thereafter resume active practice upon payment of the then-current renewal fee. A licensee may be reinstated after a withdrawal of more than five years under such circumstances as the board determines.(3) A licensed landscape architect must demonstrate continuing professional education activities since the landscape architect's last renewal or initial licensure, as the case may be; the board shall by rule describe the professional development activities required by the board. The board may decline to renew a license if the landscape architect's continuing professional education activities do not meet the standards in the board's rules. In the application of this subsection, the board shall strive to ensure that rules are consistent with the continuing professional education requirements in use by the national professional organizations representing landscape architects and in use by other cohort states. Cohort states are those other United States determined by the board to be comparable to Washington in natural factors and landscape architecture licensure.[ 2009 c 370 § 11; 1993 c 35 § 5. Prior: 1985 c 18 § 3; 1985 c 7 § 76; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 § 87; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 11.]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.Effective date—1985 c 18: See note following RCW 18.96.040.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.120 - Unprofessional conduct—Grounds for disciplinary action.

RCW 18.96.120 Unprofessional conduct—Grounds for disciplinary action.The board may impose any action in RCW 18.235.110 upon the following grounds:(1) Offering to pay, paying, or accepting, either directly or indirectly, any substantial gift, bribe, or other consideration to influence the award of professional work;(2) Being willfully untruthful or deceptive in any professional report, statement, or testimony;(3) Having a financial interest in the bidding for or the performance of a contract to supply labor or materials for or to construct a project for which employed or retained as a landscape architect except with the consent of the client or employer after disclosure of such facts; or allowing an interest in any business to affect a decision regarding landscape architectural work for which retained, employed, or called upon to perform;(4) Signing or permitting a seal to be affixed to any drawings or specifications that were not prepared or reviewed by the landscape architect or under the landscape architect's personal supervision by persons subject to the landscape architect's direction and control; or(5) Willfully evading or trying to evade any law, ordinance, code, or regulation governing site or landscape construction.[ 2009 c 370 § 12; 2002 c 86 § 235; 1997 c 58 § 827; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 12.]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.Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.Short title—Part headings, captions, table of contents not law—Exemptions and waivers from federal law—Conflict with federal requirements—Severability—1997 c 58: See RCW 74.08A.900 through 74.08A.904.Effective dates—Intent—1997 c 58: See notes following RCW 74.20A.320.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.140 - Reissuance of lost or destroyed certificates.

RCW 18.96.140 Reissuance of lost or destroyed certificates.A new certificate of licensure to replace any certificate lost or destroyed, or mutilated may be issued by the director, and a charge determined by the director as provided in RCW 43.24.086 shall be made for such issuance.[ 2009 c 370 § 13; 2002 c 86 § 236; 1985 c 7 § 77; 1975 1st ex.s. c 30 § 88; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 14.]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.Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.150 - Certificates of licensure—Issuance—Contents—Seal.

RCW 18.96.150 Certificates of licensure—Issuance—Contents—Seal.(1) The director shall issue a certificate of licensure to any applicant who has, to the satisfaction of the board, met all the requirements for licensure upon payment of the licensure fee as provided in this chapter. All certificates of licensure shall show the full name of the licensee, have the license number, and shall be signed by the chair of the board and by the director. The issuance of a certificate of licensure by the director is prima facie evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed landscape architect.(2) Each licensee shall obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board bearing the landscape architect's name, license number, the legend "Licensed Landscape Architect," and the name of this state. Drawings prepared by the licensee shall be sealed and signed by the licensee when filed with public authorities. It is unlawful to seal and sign a document after a licensee's certificate of licensure or authorization has expired, been revoked, or is suspended. A landscape architect shall not seal and sign technical submissions not prepared by the landscape architect or his or her regularly employed subordinates or individuals under his or her direct control, or if prepared by a landscape architect licensed in any jurisdiction recognized by the board, reviewed and accepted as the sealing landscape architect's own work; a landscape architect who signs or seals drawings or specifications that he or she has reviewed is responsible to the same extent as if prepared by that landscape architect.[ 2009 c 370 § 14; 1993 c 35 § 6; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 15.]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.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.180 - Certificate of licensure suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.

RCW 18.96.180 Certificate of licensure suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.The board, through the director, shall immediately suspend the certificate of licensure to practice landscape architecture of a person who has been certified under RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order. If the person has continued to meet other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the certificate shall be automatic upon the director's receipt of a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the individual is in compliance with the order.[ 2009 c 370 § 15; 1969 ex.s. c 158 § 18.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: 1997 c 58 § 886 requiring a court to order certification of noncompliance with residential provisions of a court-ordered parenting plan was vetoed. Provisions ordering the department of social and health services to certify a responsible parent based on a court order to certify for noncompliance with residential provisions of a parenting plan were vetoed. See RCW 74.20A.320.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.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.200 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.

RCW 18.96.200 Uniform regulation of business and professions act.The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees under this chapter.[ 2002 c 86 § 237.]NOTES:Effective dates—2002 c 86: See note following RCW 18.08.340.Part headings not law—Severability—2002 c 86: See RCW 18.235.902 and 18.235.903.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.210 - Landscape architects' license account.

RCW 18.96.210 Landscape architects' license account.The landscape architects' license account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from fees under this chapter must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for administrative and operating purposes under this chapter. Only the director or the director's designees may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.[ 2009 c 370 § 17.]NOTES:Effective date—2009 c 370 §§ 17 and 19: "Sections 17 and 19 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect July 1, 2009." [ 2009 c 370 § 23.]Finding—2009 c 370: See note following RCW 18.96.010.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.220 - Application—Professions and activities not affected.

RCW 18.96.220 Application—Professions and activities not affected.This chapter does not affect or prevent:(1) The practice of architecture, land surveying, engineering, geology, or any recognized profession by persons not licensed as landscape architects;(2) Drafters, clerks, project managers, superintendents, and other employees of landscape architects from acting under the instructions, control, or supervision of their employers;(3) The construction, alteration, or supervision of sites by contractors or superintendents employed by contractors or the preparation of shop drawings in connection therewith;(4) Owners or contractors under chapter 18.27 RCW from engaging persons who are not landscape architects to observe and supervise site construction of a project;(5) Qualified professional biologists as referenced in chapter 36.70 RCW from providing services for natural site areas that also fall within the definition of the practice of landscape architecture without a violation of this chapter;(6) The preparation of construction documents including planting plans, landscape materials, or other horticulture-related elements;(7) Individuals from making plans, drawings, or specifications for any property owned by them and for their own personal use;(8) The design of irrigation systems; and(9) Landscape design on residential properties.[ 2009 c 370 § 18.]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.
WA Rev Code § 18.96.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.230 - Military training or experience.

RCW 18.96.230 Military training or experience.An applicant with military training or experience satisfies the training or experience requirements of this chapter unless the board determines that the military training or experience is not substantially equivalent to the standards of this state.[ 2011 c 351 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.96.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.96 - Landscape Architects.|18.96.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 18.96.901 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 48.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.010 - Legislative intent.

RCW 18.100.010 Legislative intent.It is the legislative intent to provide for the incorporation of an individual or group of individuals to render the same professional service to the public for which such individuals are required by law to be licensed or to obtain other legal authorization.[ 1969 c 122 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.020 - Short title.

RCW 18.100.020 Short title.This chapter may be cited as "the professional service corporation act".[ 1969 c 122 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.030 - Definitions.

RCW 18.100.030 Definitions.As used in this chapter the following words shall have the meaning indicated:(1) The term "professional service" means any type of personal service to the public which requires as a condition precedent to the rendering of such service the obtaining of a license or other legal authorization and which prior to the passage of this chapter and by reason of law could not be performed by a corporation, including, but not by way of limitation, certified public accountants, chiropractors, dentists, osteopaths, physicians, podiatric physicians and surgeons, chiropodists, architects, veterinarians and attorneys-at-law.(2) The term "professional corporation" means a corporation which is organized under this chapter for the purpose of rendering professional service.(3) The term "ineligible person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, fiduciary, trust, association, government agency, or other entity which for any reason is or becomes ineligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation. The term includes a charitable remainder unitrust or charitable remainder annuity trust that is or becomes an ineligible person for failure to comply with subsection (5)(b) of this section.(4) The term "eligible person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, fiduciary, qualified trust, association, government agency, or other entity, that is eligible under this chapter to own shares issued by a professional corporation.(5) The term "qualified trust" means one of the following:(a) A voting trust established under RCW 23B.07.300, if the beneficial owner of any shares on deposit and the trustee of the voting trust are qualified persons;(b) A charitable remainder unitrust as defined in section 664(d)(1) of the internal revenue code or a charitable remainder annuity trust as defined in section 664(d)(2) or 664(d)(3) of the internal revenue code if the trust complies with each of the following conditions:(i) Has one or more beneficiaries currently entitled to income, unitrust, or annuity payments, all of whom are eligible persons or spouses of eligible persons;(ii) Has a trustee who is an eligible person and has exclusive authority over the share of the professional corporation while the shares are held in the trust, except that a cotrustee who is not an eligible person may be given authority over decisions relating to the sale of shares by the trust;(iii) Has one or more designated charitable remaindermen, all of which must at all times be domiciled or maintain a local chapter in Washington state; and(iv) When distributing any assets during the term of the trust to charitable organizations, the distributions are made only to charitable organizations described in section 170(c) of the internal revenue code that are domiciled or maintain a local chapter in Washington state.[ 1997 c 18 § 1; 1983 c 51 § 2; 1969 c 122 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.040 - Application of chapter to previously organized corporations.

RCW 18.100.040 Application of chapter to previously organized corporations.This chapter shall not apply to any individuals or groups of individuals within this state who prior to the passage of this chapter were permitted to organize a corporation and perform personal services to the public by means of a corporation, and this chapter shall not apply to any corporation organized by such individual or group of individuals prior to the passage of this chapter: PROVIDED, That any such individual or group of individuals or any such corporation may bring themselves and such corporation within the provisions of this chapter by amending the articles of incorporation in such a manner so as to be consistent with all the provisions of this chapter and by affirmatively stating in the amended articles of incorporation that the shareholders have elected to bring the corporation within the provisions of this chapter.[ 1969 c 122 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.060 - Rendering of services by authorized individuals.

RCW 18.100.060 Rendering of services by authorized individuals.(1) No corporation organized under this chapter may render professional services except through individuals who are duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render such professional services within this state. However, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to:(a) Prohibit a person duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render professional services in any jurisdiction other than this state from becoming a member of a professional corporation in this state organized for the purpose of rendering the same professional services;(b) Prohibit a professional corporation from rendering services outside this state through individuals who are not duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render professional services within this state; or(c) Require the licensing of clerks, secretaries, bookkeepers, technicians, and other assistants employed by a professional corporation who are not usually and ordinarily considered by custom and practice to be rendering professional services to the public for which a license or other legal authorization is required.(2) Persons engaged in a profession and otherwise meeting the requirements of this chapter may operate under this chapter as a professional corporation so long as each shareholder personally engaged in the practice of the profession in this state is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice the profession in this state and:(a) At least one officer and one director of the corporation is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice the profession in this state; or(b) Each officer in charge of an office of the corporation in this state is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice the profession in this state.[ 1998 c 293 § 1; 1983 c 51 § 3; 1969 c 122 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.065 - Authority of directors, officers to render same services as corporation.

RCW 18.100.065 Authority of directors, officers to render same services as corporation.Except as otherwise provided in RCW 18.100.118, all directors of a corporation organized under this chapter and all officers other than the secretary and the treasurer shall be duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same specific professional services within this or any other state as those for which the corporation was incorporated.[ 1998 c 293 § 2; 1983 c 51 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 18.100.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 18 - Businesses and Professions|Chapter 18.100 - Professional Service Corporations.|18.100.070 - Professional relationships and liabilities preserved.

RCW 18.100.070 Professional relationships and liabilities preserved.Nothing contained in this chapter shall be interpreted to abolish, repeal, modify, restrict, or limit the law now in effect in this state applicable to the professional relationship and liabilities between the person furnishing the professional services and the person receiving such professional service and the standards for professional conduct. Any director, officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a corporation organized under this chapter shall remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any negligent or wrongful acts or misconduct committed by him or her or by any person under his or her direct supervision and control, while rendering professional services on behalf of the corporation to the person for whom such professional services were being rendered. The corporation shall be liable for any negligent or wrongful acts of misconduct committed by any of its directors, officers, shareholders, agents, or employees while they are engaged on behalf of the corporation, in the rendering of professional services.[ 2011 c 336 § 502; 1969 c 122 § 7.]