Section 7327. Special provisions  


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  • 1. Every landscape architect shall have a
      seal,  approved  by  the  board,  which  shall  contain  the name of the
      landscape  architect  and  either  the   words   "Registered   Landscape
      Architect"  and  such  other  words  or  figures  as  the board may deem
      necessary. All working drawings  and  specifications  prepared  by  such
      landscape  architect  relating to the setting, approaches or environment
      for structures or other improvements or under the  supervision  of  such
      landscape  architect,  shall be stamped with such seal and signed on the
      original, with the personal signature of such landscape  architect  when
      filed  with  public  officials,  or  with the official seal and personal
      signature of a  landscape  architect  granted  a  limited  permit  under
      section  seventy-three  hundred  twenty-five  of  this article when such
      drawings and specifications are accompanied by a  written  authorization
      from the department for the specific project concerned.
        2.  Engineers, land surveyors, architects and landscape architects may
      join in the formation of a joint  enterprise,  or  a  partnership  or  a
      professional  service corporation or may form any desired combination of
      such professions and may use in the name of such corporation  the  title
      of  any  of  the  professions which will be practiced. After the name of
      each member his profession shall be indicated.
        3. A firm name may be continued by employees having at  least  fifteen
      years   of   continuous   service  if  the  retired  members  and  legal
      representatives of deceased members consent to such continuance.
        4. It shall be lawful for a corporation organized and  existing  under
      the  laws of the state of New York, and which on or before the first day
      of April nineteen hundred sixty-one was legally incorporated to practice
      landscape architecture, while  conforming  to  the  provisions  of  this
      title,  and  which  has been continuously engaged in such practice since
      such time to continue such practice provided that  the  chief  executive
      officer  of  such  corporation  in  the  state  of  New  York shall be a
      landscape architect licensed under this article,  and  provided  further
      that  the  supervision  of  such  projects  shall  be under the personal
      supervision of such landscape architect and that such plans and  designs
      shall  be  prepared under the personal direction and supervision of such
      landscape architect and bear the stamp of his official  seal,  and  such
      drawings  or  specifications  shall also be signed on the original, with
      the personal signature of such landscape architect. No such  corporation
      shall be permitted to change its name and continue to practice landscape
      architecture, except upon the written approval of the department.