Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.28
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The State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act
shall not require the licensing of practitioners of the following
professions and occupations to practice landscape architecture:
1. A professional engineer, as defined in Section 475.2 of this
title, certified to practice the profession in this state under any
act to regulate the practice of that profession. Nothing contained
in the State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act shall
be construed as precluding an architect or engineer from performing
services included within the definition of "landscape architecture"
when incidental, meaning less than ten percent (10%) of the total
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 121
project cost, to the performance of his or her normal practice as an
architect or engineer;
2. A landscape contractor building or installing what was
designed by a landscape architect;
3. An agriculturist, horticulturist, forester as defined in
Section 1202 of this title, nursery operator, gardener, landscape
gardener, garden or lawn caretaker and grader or cultivator of land
involved in the selection, placement, planting and maintenance of
plant material;
4. Persons who act under the supervision of a licensed
landscape architect or 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;
5. Regional planners or urban planners, who evaluate and
develop land-use plans to provide for community and municipal
projections of growth patterns based on demographic needs;
6. A landscape designer or contractor whose business is
choosing types of plants, planning their location and the design of
landscapes for those projects or whose work is limited to projects
for a single-family residential home. Landscape design or
installation work may also be performed by an owner or occupant on
the single-family residence of the owner or occupant;
7. Persons other than landscape architects who prepare details
and shop drawings for use in connection with the execution of their
work; and
8. Builders or their superintendents in the supervision of
landscape architectural projects.
shall not require the licensing of practitioners of the following
professions and occupations to practice landscape architecture:
1. A professional engineer, as defined in Section 475.2 of this
title, certified to practice the profession in this state under any
act to regulate the practice of that profession. Nothing contained
in the State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act shall
be construed as precluding an architect or engineer from performing
services included within the definition of "landscape architecture"
when incidental, meaning less than ten percent (10%) of the total
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations Page 121
project cost, to the performance of his or her normal practice as an
architect or engineer;
2. A landscape contractor building or installing what was
designed by a landscape architect;
3. An agriculturist, horticulturist, forester as defined in
Section 1202 of this title, nursery operator, gardener, landscape
gardener, garden or lawn caretaker and grader or cultivator of land
involved in the selection, placement, planting and maintenance of
plant material;
4. Persons who act under the supervision of a licensed
landscape architect or 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;
5. Regional planners or urban planners, who evaluate and
develop land-use plans to provide for community and municipal
projections of growth patterns based on demographic needs;
6. A landscape designer or contractor whose business is
choosing types of plants, planning their location and the design of
landscapes for those projects or whose work is limited to projects
for a single-family residential home. Landscape design or
installation work may also be performed by an owner or occupant on
the single-family residence of the owner or occupant;
7. Persons other than landscape architects who prepare details
and shop drawings for use in connection with the execution of their
work; and
8. Builders or their superintendents in the supervision of
landscape architectural projects.
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