Sec. 20-369a. Practice of landscape architecture under corporate form or by
corporation or limited liability company employing licensed landscape architects.
(a) The practice of or the offer to practice landscape architecture in this state by individual
licensed landscape architects under the corporate form, or by a corporation or limited
liability company that employs licensed landscape architects, is permitted, provided:
(1) Personnel of such corporation or limited liability company who act on its behalf as
landscape architects are licensed or are exempt from licensure under the provisions of
this chapter, and (2) such corporation or limited liability company has been issued a
certificate of registration by the State Board of Landscape Architects as provided in
subsection (b) of this section.
(b) A qualifying corporation or limited liability company desiring a certificate of
registration shall file with the board an application upon a form prescribed by the Department of Consumer Protection, accompanied by an application fee of eighty dollars. Each
such certificate shall expire annually and shall be renewable upon payment of a fee of
two hundred dollars. If all requirements of this chapter are met, the board shall authorize
the department to issue to such corporation or limited liability company a certificate of
registration within thirty days after such application, provided the board may refuse to
authorize the issuance of a certificate if any facts exist which would entitle the board
to suspend or revoke an existing certificate of registration.
(c) Each such corporation or limited liability company shall file with the board a
designation of an individual or individuals licensed to engage in the practice of landscape
architecture in this state who shall be in charge of landscape architecture by such corporation or limited liability company in this state. Such corporation or limited liability company shall notify the board of any change in such designation within thirty days after
such change becomes effective.
(d) All final plans, drawings, specifications, reports or other documents involving
the practice of landscape architecture which are prepared or approved by any such corporation or limited liability company or landscape architect for use of or for delivery to
any person or for public record within this state shall be dated and bear the signature
and seal of the landscape architect who prepared them or under whose supervision they
were prepared.
(e) No corporation or limited liability company shall be relieved of responsibility
for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees or officers by reason of its compliance
with the provisions of this section, nor shall any individual practicing landscape architecture be relieved of responsibility for landscape architecture services performed by reason
of such individual's employment or relationship with such corporation or limited liability company.
(P.A. 11-117, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 11-117 effective July 1, 2011.
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Sec. 20-373. Suspension or revocation of license. Appeal. After notice and opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of
Consumer Protection, the board may: (1) Suspend or revoke any license or registration
issued pursuant to this chapter, (2) issue a letter of reprimand to any such license or
registration holder, (3) place any such license or registration holder on probationary
status with certain conditions, (4) issue a civil penalty in an amount not greater than one
thousand dollars to any such license or registration holder, or (5) impose any combination of subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this section if it is shown that the license or
registration was obtained through fraud or misrepresentation; or if the holder of the
license or registration has been found guilty by the board or by a court of competent
jurisdiction of any fraud or deceit in such license or registration holder's professional
practice; or if the holder of the license or registration has been found guilty by the board
of negligence or incompetency; or if the board has found that the licensee or registrant
has violated any provision of this chapter, or the regulations adopted pursuant to this
chapter. Appeals from the decisions of the board may be taken as provided in section
4-183. The board may authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to reissue any
license or registration which has been revoked, and the board may modify or discontinue
any action taken by it pursuant to this section.
(1967, P.A. 748, S. 7; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 69; P.A. 76-436, S. 442, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 87, 125; 77-614, S. 215, 610;
P.A. 78-280, S. 54, 55, 127; P.A. 81-361, S. 35, 39; P.A. 82-241, S. 7, 11; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A.
93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; P.A. 97-174, S. 3; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c),
(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-117, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts
with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common
pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provision with statement that appeals
shall be in accordance with Sec. 4-183, retaining venue in Hartford county; P.A. 77-614 replaced previous requirement
for 30 days notice of hearing with statement that notice and hearing conform to regulations of consumer protection commissioner and deleted provision re venue in appeal provision; P.A. 78-280 made appeals returnable to judicial district of
Hartford-New Britain; P.A. 81-361 amended section to allow the department to reissue certificates upon the authorization
of the board on and after July 1, 1981; P.A. 82-241 changed certificate to license; P.A. 88-230 replaced "judicial district
of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford" with "judicial district of Hartford", effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed
the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date
of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective
date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-174 added gross
negligence and violation of chapter or regulations to grounds for suspension or revocation of license or censure and made
technical changes; P.A. 99-215 replaced "judicial district of Hartford" with "judicial district of New Britain", effective
June 29, 1999; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Commissioner and Department of Consumer Protection
with Commissioner and Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed
Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer
Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 11-117 deleted provision re 1-year suspension period, added provisions re letter
of reprimand, probationary status with certain conditions and civil penalty not greater than $1,000, deleted gross negligence
and gross incompetency standards, deleted provisions re Secretary of the State notification and judicial district of New
Britain appeals requirements, granted board authority to discontinue any action taken by it pursuant to section, and made
technical changes, effective July 1, 2011.
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