Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 1 - TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS › Chapter 3 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Subchapter A - SCOPE; DEFINITIONS › Section 3.5 - Terms Defined Herein

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words, terms, and acronyms, when used in this
					 chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise.
(1) The Act--The
				  Landscape Architects' Registration Law.
(2) Administrative Procedure Act (APA)--Texas
				  Government Code §§
										2001.001 et
				  seq.
(3) APA--Administrative
				  Procedure Act.
(4) Applicant--An
				  individual who has submitted an application for registration or reinstatement
				  but has not yet completed the registration or reinstatement process.
(5) Architectural Barriers Act--Texas
				  Government Code, Chapter 469.
(6)
				  Barrier-Free Design--The design of a facility or the design of an alteration of
				  a facility which complies with the Texas Accessibility Standards, the Americans
				  with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines, or similarly
				  accepted standards for accessible design.
(7) Board--Texas Board of Architectural
				  Examiners.
(8) Cancel,
				  Cancellation, or Cancelled--The termination of a Texas landscape architectural
				  registration certificate by operation of law two years after it expires without
				  renewal by the certificate-holder.
(9) Candidate--An Applicant approved by the
				  Board to take the LARE.
(10)
				  CEPH--Continuing Education Program Hour(s).
(11) Chair--The member of the Board who
				  serves as the Board's presiding officer.
(12) CLARB--Council of Landscape
				  Architectural Registration Boards.
(13) Construction Documents--Drawings;
				  specifications; and addenda, change orders, construction change directives, and
				  other Supplemental Documents prepared for the purpose(s) of Regulatory
				  Approval, permitting, or construction.
(14) Consultant--An individual retained by a
				  Landscape Architect who prepares or assists in the preparation of technical
				  design documents issued by the Landscape Architect for use in connection with
				  the Landscape Architect's Construction Documents.
(15) Contested Case--A proceeding, including
				  a licensing proceeding, in which the legal rights, duties, or privileges of a
				  party are to be determined by a state agency after an opportunity for
				  adjudicative hearing.
(16)
				  Continuing Education Program Hour (CEPH)--At least fifty (50) minutes of time
				  spent in an activity meeting the Board's continuing education
				  requirements.
(17) Council of
				  Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB)--An international nonprofit
				  organization whose members are landscape architectural licensing boards of the
				  U.S. states and Canadian provinces that license landscape architects.
(18) Delinquent--A registration status
				  signifying that a Landscape Architect:
(A)
				  has failed to remit the applicable renewal fee to the Board; and
(B) is no longer authorized to practice
				  Landscape Architecture in Texas or use any of the terms restricted by the
				  Landscape Architects' Registration Law.