Iowa § 544B.20 Scope of chapter

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§ 544B.20 — Scope of chapter

Iowa § 544B.20

Title XIIICOMMERCE

Ch. 544BLANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed:

1.To apply to a professional engineer duly licensed under the laws of this state.

2.To apply to an architect licensed under the laws of this state.

3.To prevent a licensed architect or licensed professional engineer from doing landscape planning and designing.

4.To affect or prevent the practice of land surveying by a professional land surveyor licensed under the laws of this state.

5.To apply to the business conducted in this state by any planner, agriculturist, soil conservationist, horticulturist, tree expert, arborist, forester, nursery or landscape nursery person, gardener, landscape gardener, landscape contractor, garden or lawn caretaker, tiling contractor, grader or cultivator of land, golf course designer or contractor, or

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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed:
1. To apply to a professional engineer duly licensed under the laws of this state.
2. To apply to an architect licensed under the laws of this state.
3. To prevent a licensed architect or licensed professional engineer from doing landscape
planning and designing.
4. To affect or prevent the practice of land surveying by a professional land surveyor
licensed under the laws of this state.
5. To apply to the business conducted in this state by any planner, agriculturist, soil
conservationist, horticulturist, tree expert, arborist, forester, nursery or landscape nursery
person, gardener, landscape gardener, landscape contractor, garden or lawn caretaker,
tiling contractor, grader or cultivator of land, golf course designer or contractor, or similar
business. However, such person shall not use the designation landscape architect or any title
or device indicating or representing that such person is a professional landscape architect
7 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, §544B.21
or is practicing landscape architecture unless such person is licensed under the provisions
of section 544B.11.