Sections
§ 200 Objectives of board 24
§ 201 Definitions 24
§ 202 License required 24
§ 203 Board of Landscape Architecture — Appointment; composition; … 24
§ 204 Board of Landscape Architecture — Officers; meetings; quorum 24
§ 205 Powers and duties 24
§ 206 Qualifications of applicant; report to Attorney General; judicial … 24
§ 207 Examination 24
§ 208 Reciprocity 24
§ 210 Renewal; inactive status; reinstatement 24
§ 211 Complaints 24
§ 212 Practice by corporations and partnerships 24
§ 213 Grounds for discipline; procedure 24
§ 214 Disciplinary sanctions 24
§ 215 Hearing procedures 24
§ 216 Practicing without a license; penalties 24

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 24 > Chapter 2 - Landscape Architects

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Alarm: means a security alarm system signal that is created by the activation of a security alarm system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Apprentice electrician: shall mean a person who is licensed by the Board and whose principal occupation is the learning and assisting in the performance of electrical services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Arming station: means a device that allows control of a security alarm system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Automatic voice dialer: means any electrical, electronic, mechanical, or other device capable of being programmed to send a prerecorded voice message, when activated, over a telephone line, radio or other communication system, to a law-enforcement authority, public safety or emergency services agency requesting dispatch. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Board: shall mean the Delaware State Board of Landscape Architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
  • Board: shall mean the State Board of Electrical Examiners established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Cancellation: means the process where response to a security alarm system dispatch request is terminated when a security alarm business for the security alarm system site notifies the responding law-enforcement agency, prior to arrival at the security alarm system site, that there is not an existing situation at the security alarm system site requiring law-enforcement authority response. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conversion: means the transaction or process by which a security alarm business begins the servicing and/or monitoring of a previously unmonitored security alarm system or a security alarm system previously serviced and/or monitored by another security alarm business. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Division: shall mean the State Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Dwelling: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, any enclosure that affords habitable living space for a human being or human beings. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • False alarm: means a security alarm system dispatch request to a law-enforcement authority, when no emergency of actual or threatened criminal activity requiring immediate response exists. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Holdup alarm: means a silent alarm signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a robbery in progress. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Homeowner: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, an individual who both owns and lives in that person's home or dwelling. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Journeyperson electrician: shall mean a person who is qualified and skilled to perform electrical work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a journeyperson electrician. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Landscape architect: shall mean a person who, on the basis of demonstrated knowledge acquired by professional education or practical experience, or both, has been granted and holds a current certificate entitling the person to use the designation "landscape architect" and practices landscape architecture in this State under the authority of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
  • Landscape architecture: shall mean any service or creative work the adequate performance of which requires landscape architectural education, training and experience. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
  • Law-enforcement authority: means any authorized representative of a law-enforcement agency. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • License: shall mean the certificate issued by the Board that is evidence that the holder has met the requirements of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Limited electrician: shall mean a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for the purpose of lighting, heating or power, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Limited electrician special: shall mean a person licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture, for any of the following purposes: elevators, swimming pools, air conditioning, heating and oil burners, in any structure which contains 4 or fewer dwelling units, as determined by the applicable building code. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Master electrician: shall mean a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for the purpose of lighting, heating or power in any structure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Master electrician special: shall mean a person, licensed by the Board, to plan, estimate, layout, perform or supervise the installation, erection or repair of any electrical conductor, molding, duct, raceway, conduit, machinery, apparatus, device or fixture for any 1 of the following purposes: elevators, swimming pools, electric signs, air conditioning, heating, refrigeration and oil burners, and overhead and underground primary distribution systems. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Monitoring: means the process by which a security alarm business receives signals from a security alarm system and relays a security alarm system dispatch request for the purpose of summoning law enforcement to the security alarm system site. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Monitoring station: means an office or entity whereby a security alarm business conducts monitoring of security alarm systems for purposes of dispatch and notification. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Panic alarm: means an audible security alarm system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended to signal a life threatening or emergency situation requiring law-enforcement response. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, organization, or similar entity. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Person: shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company and any other legal entity and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Residential electrician: means a person who is qualified and skilled to perform residential electric work and who has met the requirements of § 1408 of this title to be licensed as a residential electrician and who is subject to the restrictions imposed by § 1422A of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Responder: means an individual capable of reaching the security alarm system site within 30 minutes and having access to the security alarm system site, the code to the security alarm system, and the authority to approve repairs to the security alarm system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm business: is a s defined in § 1201 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system: is a s defined in § 1201 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system administrator: means a person designated by the State with authority to administer, control and review false alarm reduction efforts and administer the provisions of this section. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system dispatch request: means a notification to a law-enforcement authority that a security alarm system, either manual or automatic, has been activated at a particular security alarm system site. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system registration: means authorization granted by the security alarm system administrator to a security alarm system user to operate a security alarm system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system site: means a single fixed premises or location served by a security alarm system or systems. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Security alarm system user: means any person or entity, which has contracted for monitoring, repair, installation or maintenance services from a security alarm business for a security alarm system, or which owns or operates a security alarm system which is not monitored, maintained or repaired under contract. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Service: shall mean , for purposes of this chapter, to repair or replace in kind. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • State: shall mean the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Substantially related: means the nature of criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to landscape architecture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 201
  • Substantially related: means the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the work of an electrician. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Supervision: shall mean that a licensed electrician shall be fully responsible for all electrical work performed under that licensed electrician's license. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Takeover: means the transaction or process by which a security alarm system user takes over control of an existing security alarm system, which was previously controlled by another security alarm system user. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Unlicensed practitioner: shall mean any person, who engages in the occupational practices as defined in paragraph (12), (13), (14) or (15) of this section, and who has not been granted a license or a homeowner's permit by the Board. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1402
  • Verify: means at least 2 attempts by a security alarm business, or its representative, to contact the security alarm system site and/or security alarm system user by telephone and/or other electronic means, whether or not actual contact with a person is made, to determine whether a security alarm system signal is valid before requesting law-enforcement dispatch, in an attempt to avoid an unnecessary security alarm system dispatch request. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222
  • Zones: means division of devices into which a security alarm system is divided to indicate the general location from which a security alarm system signal is transmitted. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1222