West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 9 - Landscape Architects › Title 9 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Series 9-01 - Registration Of Landscape Architects › Section 9-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Terms Defined by Statute -- Terms defined in
				W. Va. Code §
									30-22-4 have the same meanings when used in this rule unless the
				context or subject matter clearly requires a different interpretation.
2.2. Terms Defined -- As used in this rule, the
				following terms have the following meanings unless the context or subject matter
				clearly requires a different interpretation:
2.2.a.
				Applicant Record -- Verified documentation of an individual's education, experience,
				examination, licensure and professional conduct.
2.2.b. CLARB -- The Council of Landscape
				Architectural Registration Boards, or its successor.
2.2.c. CLARB Certificate -- A record compiled by
				CLARB consisting of verified documentation of the certificate holder's education,
				experience, examination and professional conduct which meet or exceed CLARB's
				certification standards.
2.2.d. CLARB
				Uniform Continuing Education Standards -- Standards for content, structure and
				duration of continuing education that are approved by CLARB's member boards and
				adopted by the board as the minimum standards for licensure renewal.
2.2.e. COA -- Certificate of Authorization, issued
				under the provisions of W. Va. Code §
										30-22-19, to a firm providing landscape
				architectural services.
2.2.f. Direct
				Control and Personal Supervision -- That degree of supervision by a landscape
				architect overseeing the work of another whereby the supervisor has been directly
				involved in all judgments affecting the health, safety and welfare of the
				public.
2.2.g. Fiscal Year -- The West
				Virginia fiscal year, which operates July 1 of the current year through June 30 of
				the following year.
2.2.h. Good Cause --
				Circumstances which prohibit an applicant from executing his or her obligations to
				the Board. These circumstances may include personal illness, auto accident, child
				delivery, death or severe illness in the immediate family or other severe physical
				or emotional hardship.
2.2.i. L.A.R.E.
				-- The Landscape Architect Registration Examination. An examination prepared by
				CLARB, designed to determine whether an applicant possesses sufficient knowledge,
				skills and abilities to provide landscape architectural services without endangering
				the health, safety and welfare of the public.
2.2.j. PDH -- Professional Development Hour, each
				unit of which equals fifty (50) minutes of structured coursework designed to
				increase the landscape architect's knowledge and competence.
2.2.k. Principal -- An individual who is a
				landscape architect and is in charge of a firm's landscape architectural
				practice.
2.2.l. Registrant -- A current
				licensee or COA holder.
2.2.m.
				Responsible Charge -- The direct control and/or having personal supervision of the
				practice of landscape architecture.
2.2.n. Seal -- A symbol, image, or information in
				the form of a rubber stamp, embossed seal, computer generated data, or other form
				acceptable to the board that is applied or attached to a document to verify
				authenticity of the document's origin.