§ 544B.1 — Definitions

Iowa § 544B.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 544B: LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Board” means the landscape architectural examining board established pursuant to
section 544B.3.
2. “Practice of landscape architecture” means the performance of professional services
such as consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, or
responsible supervision in connection with projects involving the arranging of land and
the elements thereon for public and private use and enjoyment, including the alignment
of roadways and the location of buildings, service areas, parking areas, walkways, steps,
ramps, pools and other structures, and the grading of the land, surface and subsoil drainage,
erosion control, planting, reforestation, and the preservation of the natural landscape and
aesthetic values, in accordance with accepted professional standards of public health,
welfare, and safety. This practice shall include the location and arrangement of such tangible
objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purposes outlined in this chapter
but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained
purposes for habitation or industry, or the design of public streets and highways, utilities,
storm and sanitary sewers, and sewage treatment facilities, such as are ordinarily included in
the practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include the making of land surveys
or final land plats for official approval or recording. Nothing contained in this chapter shall
be construed as authorizing a professional landscape architect to engage in the practice of
architecture, engineering, or land surveying.
3. “Professionallandscapearchitect”meansapersonwhohasobtainedalicensepursuant
tosection544B.2, andwhoengagesinthepracticeoflandscapearchitectureasdefinedinthis
section.

Legislative History

[C75, 77, 79, 81, §118A.1]