Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 623A - Landscape Architects › PRACTICE AND ENFORCEMENT › Section 623A.490 - Professional conduct and duties of certificate holders; grounds for disciplinary action

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A certificate
			 holder shall not perform or attempt to perform a professional service relating
			 to landscape architecture unless he or she is qualified by education and
			 experience to perform that service. A certificate holder may accept employment
			 which requires practice in a related design field if he or she limits the
			 actual practice to those areas in which he or she is qualified. The certificate
			 holder may associate with other professional persons to the extent necessary.
			 When practicing in a related design field, the certificate holder must be held
			 to the same standards of technical knowledge and skill as apply to that
			 profession.
2. If a certificate
			 holder observes a situation or circumstance which, in his or her professional
			 opinion, could result in a threat to the public health, safety and welfare, the
			 certificate holder shall notify the responsible party, official, agency or
			 board, as may be appropriate, of the potential threat.
3. A certificate holder shall not accept a
			 work project or employment where his or her duty to a client or the public
			 would conflict with his or her personal interest or the interest of another
			 client of the certificate holder without full disclosure of all material facts
			 of the conflict to each person who might be related to or affected by the
			 project or employment.
4. A
			 certificate holder shall not accept compensation from more than one person for
			 services related to the same project or professional employment without making
			 full disclosure to and obtaining the express written consent of all such
			 persons.
5. A certificate holder
			 shall not give, lend or promise anything of value to a public officer with the
			 intent to influence or attempt to influence the officer's judgment or
			 actions.
6. A certificate holder
			 shall not attempt to obtain, offer to undertake or accept a work project or
			 employment for which he or she knows another legally qualified person or firm
			 has been selected or employed until the certificate holder has evidence that
			 the latter agreement has been terminated.
7. A certificate holder shall not engage in
			 fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, exaggeration or concealment of material facts
			 in advertising, soliciting or providing professional services.
8. A certificate holder shall accurately
			 represent his or her qualifications and the scope and nature of his or her
			 responsibilities in connection with work for which he or she is claiming
			 credit.
9. A certificate holder
			 shall not maliciously injure the professional reputation, business prospects or
			 practice of another certificate holder or professional person.
10. A certificate holder shall comply with
			 all federal, state, municipal and county laws, codes, ordinances and
			 regulations pertaining to the practice of landscape architecture.
11. A certificate holder shall not engage in
			 conduct which involves fraud or the wrongful exploitation of the rights of
			 other persons and shall not counsel or assist a client in conduct that the
			 certificate holder knows, or should know, involves fraud or other illegal
			 acts.
12. A certificate holder
			 shall not materially alter the scope or objectives of a project without the
			 consent of the client. The certificate holder shall keep the client fully
			 informed of any changes in the scope of a project.
13. A certificate holder who reasonably
			 believes, based on substantial information, that another landscape architect or
			 landscape architect intern has committed a violation of the provisions of this
			 chapter or chapter 623A of NRS which raises a serious question as to the
			 honesty, trustworthiness or fitness of that landscape architect or landscape
			 architect intern shall report that information to the Board.
14. A certificate holder shall notify the
			 Board within 30 days after any disciplinary action or judgment against the
			 certificate holder issued by any public agency or court which substantially
			 relates to the qualifications, functions or duties of the practice of landscape
			 architecture.
15. A certificate
			 holder shall not:
(a) Fail to make timely
			 payments for the support of one or more children pursuant to a court order;
			 or
(b) Fail to comply with any
			 warrant or subpoena relating to a proceeding to determine the paternity of a
			 child or to establish or enforce an obligation for the support of one or more
			 children.