South Carolina Landscape Architect Registration Program (Dept. of Natural Resources)
Sherri Moorer, Coordinator of Professional Licensing
Department of Natural Resources
Land, Water, and Conservation Division
Landscape Architect Registration Program
1000 Assembly Street
PO Box 167
Columbia, SC 29202-0167
(803) 734-9131
(803) 734-9200 FAX
moorers@dnr.sc.gov
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Statutes and Regulations
Title/Practice Act Summary
Continuing Education Requirements
No continuing education requirements
Exceptions and Exemptions
The law exempts licensed architects, engineers, land surveyors and their employees who perform landscape architectural work incidental to their practice.
- An LA is not authorized to engage in the practice of
architecture, engineering, or land surveying (as defined),
except that an LA may prepare and certify all design, grading,
drainage, & construction plans for roads & site-related projects
that are incidental & necessary to an overall or ongoing landscape
plan & site design.
Landscape architecture does not include:
- the design of structures, drainage structures and systems, and features
which are not incidental and necessary to an overall landscape plan and site
design and which have separate and self contained purposes such as are
ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and
- the making of land surveys or final plats for official approval or recordation.
Other exempt Persons:
- Any person who acts under the supervision of a landscape architect or any
employee of a person lawfully engaged in the practice of landscape
architecture and who in either event does not assume responsible charge of
design or supervision.
- Employees of the U.S. or SC government while engaged within the state in
the practice of landscape architecture for the government or projects
sanctioned by or totally sponsored by the government.
- Persons engaged in regional or urban planning.
- Persons practicing as arborists, foresters, gardeners, homebuilders or
horticulturists.
- Any person engaged in practice as a nurseryman or a general or landscape
contractor, which practice includes design, planning, location and
arrangements of plantings or other ornamental features.
ASLA Chapter Licensure Contact
J. Lee Gastley, ASLA
lgastley@swasc.com
Gary Haygood, ASLA
ghaygood@woodandpartners.com
State Legislature Contact Information
South Carolina State Legislature Web Site
Source: American Society of Landscape Architects
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