- (a) The landscape architect shall not offer or promise to pay or deliver, directly or indirectly, any commission, political contribution, gift, favor, gratuity, benefit, or reward as an inducement to secure any specific "landscape architectural" work or assignment; providing and excepting, however, that a landscape architect may pay a duly licensed employment agency its fee or commission for securing "landscape architectural" employment in a salaried position. This is not intended to prohibit landscape architects from volunteering their services to charity.
- (b) The landscape architect shall not solicit professional employment by advertising which is false, misleading, deceptive, or which does not clearly display the registrant's state registration number.
- (c) The landscape architect shall not make, publish, or cause to be made or published any representation or statement concerning his/her professional qualifications or those of his/her partners, associates, firm, or organization, either current or former, which is in any way misleading or tends to mislead the recipient thereof, or the public, concerning his/her "landscape architectural" education, experience, specializations, or other "landscape architectural" qualifications.
Source Note:The provisions of this §3.146 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8672.