OAR 804-050-0010
Responsibility to the Profession
(1)
Registered Landscape Architects must conduct professional duties with honesty and integrity. Registered Landscape Architects must comply with all rules and laws governing the practice of landscape architecture and with all orders of the Board.(2)
Registered Landscape Architects and Landscape Architects in Training must not accept, solicit or pay any inducement greater than $50.00 in the course of professional work during one calendar year to any prospective client in order to gain a necessary approval.(3)
Contemporaneously with government employment, a Registered Landscape Architect must not engage in the private practice of landscape architecture with any person or firm who does business with the Registered Landscape Architect’s employing agency if doing so would constitute any violation of applicable government ethics laws.(4)
Registered Landscape Architects must only take credit for work they have performed.(5)
A Registered Landscape Architect must not knowingly misrepresent to clients or the public the results that can be achieved through the use of the Registered Landscape Architect’s services, nor state that the Registered Landscape Architect can achieve results by means that violate this code or the law.(6)
Registered Landscape Architects must not reveal information obtained in the course of professional activities which they have been asked to maintain in confidence except when disclosure(a)
Could stop an act which creates a significant risk to the public health, safety or welfare, and could not otherwise be prevented, or(b)
Is necessary in order to comply with applicable laws, orders of a court, or requests or orders of the Board.(7)
A Registered Landscape Architect must perform professional services only when he or she is qualified by education, training, or experience in the specific areas involved.(8)
A Registered Landscape Architect must only sign or seal drawings, specifications, reports, or other professional work for which the Registered Landscape Architect is in responsible charge.(9)
A Registered Landscape Architect must apply technical knowledge and skills for clients in a manner that meets the standard of technical knowledge and skills applied by Registered Landscape Architects in good standing practicing in the State of Oregon.(10)
A Registered Landscape Architect in responsible charge of landscape architectural services provided in Oregon by a business shall exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that other business owners, officers, associates, or employees are in compliance with the statutes and rules of the Board where applicable.
Source:
Rule 804-050-0010 — Responsibility to the Profession, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=804-050-0010.