This chapter may not be construed to require a license under this chapter for:

(1) the practice of landscape architecture by a person who acts under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect or by an 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;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-28-210

  • Landscape architect: means a person licensed to practice landscape architecture in this State. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
  • Landscape architecture: means the performance of professional services, such as consultation, investigation, research, planning, design, preparation of drawings and specifications, and responsible inspection in connection with the development of land areas where, and to the extent that, the dominant purpose of the services is the preservation, enhancement, or determination of proper site design, natural land features, planting, naturalistic and aesthetic values, the settings and approaches to structures or other improvements, the setting of grades and determining drainage and providing for drainage structures, and the consideration and determining of environmental problems. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20
  • Responsible charge: means direct control and personal supervision of landscape architecture. See South Carolina Code 40-28-20

(2) the practice of architecture by a duly licensed professional architect and the performing of landscape architectural work by a licensed architect or by an employee under supervision of a licensed architect, when this work is incidental to their practice;

(3) the practice of engineering by a duly licensed professional engineer and the performing of landscape architectural work by a licensed engineer or by an employee under supervision of a licensed engineer, when this work is incidental to their practice;

(4) the practice of surveying by a duly licensed professional surveyor and the performing of landscape architectural work by a licensed professional surveyor or by an employee under supervision of a licensed professional surveyor, when this work is incidental to their practice;

(5) the practice of landscape architecture by an employee of the United States or South Carolina Government while engaged within this State in the practice of landscape architecture for the government or projects sanctioned by or totally sponsored by the government;

(6) planning as customarily done by regional or urban planners;

(7) an arborist, forester, gardener, home builder, or horticulturist; and

(8) a nurseryman, general or landscape contractor, such practice to include design, planning, location, and arrangements of plantings or other ornamental features.

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