(3) Each business or
business office providing landscape architectural services in Oregon must meet
the following requirements:
(a) For purposes
of ORS 671.318 and Division 35, an
"owner or officer" of the business means an individual owning, operating, or
employed by the business and having full authority, accountability, and
responsibility on behalf of the business to enter into contracts for provision
of landscape architectural services in Oregon, to directly provide such
services, and to otherwise make decisions regarding the execution and outcome
of such services.
(A) At least one "owner or
officer" must be a Registered Landscape Architect holding an active
registration and in good standing with the Board and who is in responsible
charge of the landscape architecture services of the business.
(b) Each business must designate
at least one Registered Landscape Architect holding an active registration and
in good standing with the Board as being in responsible charge of the landscape
architectural services provided in Oregon by the business. In the case of a
business with multiple office locations, each office that, regardless of its
physical location, is providing landscape architectural services in Oregon must
have a designated Registered Landscape Architect in responsible charge of the
services provided from that office.
(A) All
professional documents issued by the business that are required to be stamped
under ORS 671.310 to
671.459 or OAR chapter 804 shall
bear the stamp and signature of a Registered Landscape Architect designated as
in responsible charge under the business registration on file with the Board.
Such professional documents shall also bear the name of the business.
(B) More than one Registered
Landscape Architect may be designated as in responsible charge of landscape
architecture services provided through a business or business office;
(C) An individual Registered
Landscape Architect may be designated as in responsible charge of more than one
office of a business provided that the Registered Landscape Architect is able
to adequately supervise the landscape architecture services provided in Oregon;
(D) An individual Registered
Landscape Architect stamping and signing documents must maintain, and make
available to the Board upon request, adequate records to demonstrate the nature
and extent of the supervision and control over, and detailed knowledge of, the
work stamped and signed;
(E) Each
Registered Landscape Architect designated as being in responsible charge of
landscape architectural services provided by a business must have a Statement
of Responsibility with current and accurate information on file with the Board;
and
