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Ala. Code § 34-17-1

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Section 34-17-1

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For purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the respective meanings ascribed by this section:

(1) BOARD. The Alabama State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects.

(2) LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. A person who is engaged or offers to engage in the practice of landscape architecture, as hereinafter defined in this state.

(3) LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE. The performance of professional services such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, preparation of drawings and specifications and responsible supervision in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that the dominant purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper land uses, natural land features, planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, the setting of grades and determining drainage and providing for standard drainage structures, and the consideration and determination of environmental problems of land including erosion, blight, and other hazards. This practice shall include the design of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purpose outlined herein but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture, and shall not include the making of land surveys of final plats for official approval or recordation. Nothing contained herein shall preclude a duly licensed landscape architect from performing any of the services described in the first sentence of this subsection in connection with the settings, approaches, or environment for buildings, structures, or facilities. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a landscape architect to engage in the practice of architecture, engineering, or land surveying as these terms are defined in Section 34-17-27.

(Acts 1971, No. 2396, p. 3819, §1.)

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Cited in 3 cases, 2015–2016 · leading case: Yates v. United States
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Yates v. United States (2015) scotus “, Ala.Code § 34-17-1(3) (2010)(defining "landscape architecture" to include the design of certain "tangible objects and features"); Alaska Rule Civ.”
Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects v. Bostick (2016) ala · cites it 7× “-28">Chad Bostick petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion reversing the judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court that reversed the administrative order issued by the Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects…”
Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects v. Bostick (2015) alacivapp “The Board was created by the legislature to regulate the practice of landscape architecture in Alabama, pursuant to § 34-17-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the Act”).”
— Ala. Code § 34-17-1(3) — 2 cases
Yates v. United States (2015) scotus “, Ala.Code § 34-17-1(3) (2010)(defining "landscape architecture" to include the design of certain "tangible objects and features"); Alaska Rule Civ.”
Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects v. Bostick (2016) ala “-28">Chad Bostick petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the Court of Civil Appeals’ opinion reversing the judgment of the Montgomery Circuit Court that reversed the administrative order issued by the Alabama Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects…”
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