SECTION 3.68. Inactive Status

(a) A Landscape Architect whose registration is in good standing may apply for Inactive registration status on a form prescribed by the Board.

(b) An Inactive Landscape Architect may not practice Landscape Architecture. The prohibition against the practice of Landscape Architecture by Inactive Landscape Architects applies to landscape architectural projects that may be designed by Nonregistrants as well as to projects that may be designed only by registered Landscape Architects. If an Inactive Landscape Architect engages in the practice of Landscape Architecture, the Inactive Landscape Architect's registration may be suspended or revoked and the Inactive Landscape Architect may be fined as allowed by the Landscape Architects' Registration Law for each day that the Inactive Landscape Architect has engaged in the practice of Landscape Architecture.

(c) An Inactive Landscape Architect shall not use his/her landscape architectural seal during any period that his/her registration is Inactive.

(d) An Inactive Landscape Architect shall pay an annual fee as prescribed by the Board.

(e) In order to return his/her registration to active status, an Inactive Landscape Architect must:

(1) apply on a form prescribed by the Board;

(2) either submit proof that he/she has completed all continuing education requirements for each year the registration has been Inactive if continuing education was required for that year or, in lieu of completing the outstanding continuing education requirements, successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; and

(3) pay a fee as prescribed by the Board.

(f) An Inactive Landscape Architect whose registration has been Inactive for a continuous period of five (5) years or longer must do the following before the Inactive Landscape Architect may return to active status:

(1) successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; or

(2) furnish evidence that the Inactive Landscape Architect currently holds a landscape architectural registration in another jurisdiction where the registration requirements are substantially equivalent to Texas landscape architectural registration requirements and that the current landscape architectural registration is in good standing.

(g) An application to return to active status may be rejected for any of the reasons that an initial application for registration may be rejected or that a registration may be revoked.

(h) The Board may require that an application to return to active status include verification that the applicant has complied with the laws governing the practice of landscape architecture.

(i) An Inactive Landscape Architect may use the title "Emeritus Landscape Architect" or " Landscape Architect Emeritus" after filing the appropriate form with the board if the Inactive Landscape Architect held an emeritus Landscape architectural registration on or before January 1, 2002.

(j) Nonregistrants may not use the title "Emeritus Landscape Architect" or "Landscape Architect Emeritus."

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.68 adopted to be effective October 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 7851; amended to be effective June 2, 2002, 27 TexReg 4703; amended to be effective April 3, 2008, 33 TexReg 2692