Ohio § 4703.331

§ 4703.331.

(A) A firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation may provide

landscape architectural services in this state as long as the services are provided

only through natural persons registered to provide those services in this state and

subject to the requirements of this chapter. (B) No firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation shall

provide landscape architectural services, hold itself out to the public as providing

landscape architectural services, or use a name including the word “landscape architect,”

“professional landscape architect,” or “registered landscape architect” or any modification

or derivation of those words, unless the firm, partnership, association, limited liability

company, or corporation files all information required to be filed under this section

with the Ohio landscape architects board and otherwise complies with all requirements

of this chapter.  A nonprofit membership corporation may use a name including the word “landscape

architect,” “professional landscape architect,” or “registered landscape architect”

or any modification or derivation of those words without complying with this section. (C) A corporation may be organized under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code, a professional

association may be organized under Chapter 1785. of the Revised Code, or a limited

liability company may be formed under Chapter 1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code for

the purpose of providing professional engineering, surveying, architectural, or landscape

architectural services, or any combination of those services.  A corporation organized under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code for the purpose

of providing those services also may be organized for any other purpose in accordance

with that chapter. (D) No firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation shall

provide or offer to provide landscape architectural services in this state unless

more than fifty per cent of the partners, members, or shareholders, more than fifty

per cent of the directors in the case of a corporation or professional association,

more than fifty per cent of the managers in the case of a limited liability company

the management of which is not reserved to its members, and more than fifty per cent

of the trustees in the case of an employee stock ownership plan, are professional

engineers, surveyors, architects, or landscape architects or a combination of those

professions, who are registered in this or any other state and who own more than fifty

per cent of the interests in the firm, partnership, association, limited liability

company, or corporation;  unless the requirements of this division and of section 1785.02 of the Revised Code are satisfied with respect to any professional association organized under Chapter

1785. of the Revised Code;  or unless the requirements of this division and of Chapter

1705. or 1706. of the Revised Code are satisfied with respect to a limited liability

company formed under that chapter. (E) Each firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation through

which landscape architectural services are offered or provided in this state shall

designate one or more trustees, partners, managers, members, officers, or directors

as being in responsible charge of the professional landscape architectural activities

and decisions, and those designated persons shall be registered in this state.  Each firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation of

that type shall annually file with the board the name and address of each trustees,

partner, manager, officer, director, member, or shareholder, and each firm, partnership,

association, limited liability company, or corporation of that type shall annually

file with the board the name and address of all persons designated as being in responsible

charge of the professional landscape architectural activities and decisions and any

other information the board may require.  If there is a change in any such person in the interval between filings, the change

shall be filed with the board in the manner and within the time that the board determines. (F) No corporation organized under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code shall engage in

providing landscape architectural services in this state without obtaining a certificate

of authorization from the board.  A corporation desiring a certificate of authorization shall file with the board

a copy of its articles of incorporation and a listing on the form that the board directs

of the names and addresses of all trustees, officers, directors, and shareholders

of the corporation, the names and addresses of any individuals providing professional

services on behalf of the corporation who are registered to practice landscape architecture

in this state, and any other information the board requires.  If all requirements of this chapter are met, the board may issue a certificate of

authorization to the corporation.  No certificate of authorization shall be issued unless persons owning more than

fifty per cent of the corporation's shares and more than fifty per cent of the interests

in the corporation are professional engineers, surveyors, architects, or landscape

architects, or a combination of those professions, who are registered in this or any

other state.  Any corporation that holds a certificate of authorization under this section and

otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter may be organized for any purposes

for which corporations may be organized under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code and

shall not be limited to the purposes of providing professional engineering, surveying,

architectural, or landscape architectural services or any combination of those services.  The board, by rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code,

may require any firm, partnership, association, or limited liability company not organized

under Chapter 1701. of the Revised Code that provides landscape architectural services

to obtain a certificate of authorization.  If the board so requires, no firm, partnership, association, or limited liability

company shall engage in providing landscape architectural services without obtaining

the certificate and complying with the rules. (G) This section does not modify any law applicable to the relationship between a person

furnishing a professional service and a person receiving that service, including liability

arising out of that service. (H) Nothing in this section shall restrict or limit in any manner the authority or duty

of the board with respect to natural persons providing professional services or any

law or rule pertaining to standards of professional conduct.