(a) A Landscape Architect may not directly or indirectly perform an act, omit an act or allow an omission, make an assertion, or otherwise engage in a practice with the intent to:
- (1) defraud,
- (2) deceive, or
- (3) create a misleading impression.
- (b) A Landscape Architect may not advertise in a manner which is false, misleading, or deceptive. Each advertisement that offers the service of a Landscape Architect in Texas and is found in a telephone directory, e-mail directory, web site, or newspaper must clearly display that Landscape Architect's Texas landscape architectural registration number. If an advertisement is for a business that employs more than one Landscape Architect, only the Texas landscape architectural registration number for one Landscape Architect employed by the firm or associated with the firm pursuant to §3.122 is required to be displayed.
- (c) A Landscape Architect may not directly or indirectly solicit, offer, give, or receive anything or any service of significant value as an inducement or reward to secure any specific publicly funded landscape architectural work. A Landscape Architect may not give landscape architectural plans, design services, pre-bond referendum services, or any other goods or services to a governmental entity in response to a request for qualifications, a request for proposals, or otherwise during the process to select a Landscape Architect to render publicly funded landscape architectural work.
Source Note:The provisions of this §3.144 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 1720; amended to be effective July 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 4395.