Practice Guidelines

Introduction

Memorandum on Professional Practice Guideline

Index to Practice Guidelines for Landscape Architects

1. Seal and Signature
   1. Meaning of the Seal and Signature
   2. Application of the Seal and Signature
   3. Electronic Seal and Signature (E-Signature)
   4. Alterations to Working Drawings and Specifications
   5. Sealing and Signing of Work Prepared by Others
   6. When a Landscape Architect Might “Pull” or Remove the Seal
2. Practice
   1. The Practice of Landscape Architecture in New York
   2. The Consequences of Engaging in Unlicensed or Unauthorized Practice
   3. Licensure and Registration Requirements
   4. Persons Able to Provide Landscape Architecture Services
   5. Permissible Forms of Practice
   6. Landscape Architects Employed, or Retained by Contractors and Design Build
   7. Health of Landscape Architect
   8. Appropriate Titles and Professional Designations
   9. Identification of Serious Code Violations
   10. Best Practices for Working Drawings and Specifications
   11. Shop Drawings, Submittals and Delegation
   12. Design Delegation
3. Client Relations
   1. Defining the Terms for Providing Professional Services
   2. Scope of Services
   3. Consumers’ Rights
   4. Representation of Qualifications and Experience
   5. Reasonable Expectations of a Client