{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-34-17-27","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 34-17-27","heading":"Exemptions.","body":"This chapter shall not be construed to require licensing in the following cases:\n(1) The practice of landscape architecture by any person who acts under the supervision of a registered landscape architect or by 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;\n(2) The practice of architecture by a duly registered professional architect and the doing of landscape architectural work by a registered architect or by an employee under supervision of a registered architect, when such work is incidental to their practice;\n(3) The practice of engineering by a duly registered professional engineer and the doing of landscape architectural work by a registered engineer or by an employee under supervision of a registered engineer, when such work is incidental to their practice;\n(4) The practice of surveying by a duly registered professional land surveyor and the doing of landscape architectural work by a registered professional land surveyor or by an employee under supervision of a registered professional land surveyor, when such work is incidental to their practice;\n(5) The practice of landscape architecture by employees of the United States government while engaged within this state in the practice of landscape architecture for the government;\n(6) The practice of planning as customarily done by regional or urban planners;\n(7) The practice of arborists, foresters, gardeners, home builders, and horticulturists; or\n(8) The practice of any nurseryman, general or landscape contractor, such practice to include design, planning, location, and arrangements of plantings or other ornamental features.","path":["Title 34 Professions and Businesses.","Chapter 17 Landscape Architecture.","Article 2 Licenses."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=34-17-27","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"99d1e2fd45fadeb2c910dd1c4326a41b9404b17bb7fb5d4a030c8a4fe53f8e07","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-34-17-26","next":"us-al/ala.-code-34-17a-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}