Vermont § 2613 - Exemptions

§ 2613. Exemptions

• (a) This chapter shall not affect or prevent: (1) the practice of architecture, land surveying, engineering, or other licensed profession
  by persons not licensed under this chapter; (2) drafters, clerks, project managers, superintendents, students, and other employees
  or interns from acting under the instructions, control, or supervision of their employers; (3) the construction, alteration, or supervision of sites by contractors or superintendents
  employed by contractors or the preparation of shop drawings in connection with the
  construction, alteration, or supervision; (4) owners or contractors from engaging persons who are not landscape architects to observe
  and supervise site construction of a project; (5) the preparation of construction documents showing plantings, other horticulture-related
  elements, or landscape materials unrelated to horticulture; (6) individuals from making plans, drawings, or specifications for any property owned
  by them and for their own personal use; (7) the design of irrigation systems; or (8) officers or employees of the federal government from working in connection with their
  employment. (b) This section shall not be construed to permit a person not licensed as provided in
  this chapter to use the title landscape architect or any title, sign, card, or device
  to indicate that the person is a landscape architect. (c) This chapter shall not be construed to limit or restrict in any manner the right of
  a practitioner of another profession or occupation from carrying on in the usual manner
  any of the functions of that profession or occupation as their experience, education,
  and training allow them to practice, including the professions of landscape design,
  garden design, planning, forestry, and forestry management. (Added 2009, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2019, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.)