Sec. 1052.252. GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. A person is subject to disciplinary action under Section 1052.251 for:

(1) violating this subtitle or a board rule adopted under this subtitle that applies to landscape architects;

(2) using fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration;

(3) giving false or forged evidence to the board or a member of the board in obtaining or assisting another person to obtain a certificate of registration;

(4) using or attempting to use as the person's own the certificate of registration of another person;

(5) holding the person out to the public as an engineer or using the term "engineer," "engineered," "professional engineer," or "P.E." or any other term tending to create the impression that the person is authorized to practice engineering or another profession unless the person is licensed under Chapter 1001 or another licensing law of this state, as applicable;

(6) holding the person out to the public as a surveyor or using the term "surveyor," "surveyed," or "registered professional land surveyor" or any other term tending to create the impression that the person is authorized to practice surveying or another profession unless the person is licensed under Chapter 1071 or another licensing law of this state, as applicable;

(7) committing an act of recklessness, gross incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of landscape architecture;

(8) failing to provide or to timely provide to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation any document designated by Chapter 469, Government Code, as a document the person is required to provide to the department;

(9) acting dishonestly in the practice of landscape architecture; or

(10) aiding or abetting a person not registered under this subtitle in violating this subtitle.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, Sec. 4.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.060(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.