W. Va. Code R. § 9-1-9 - Certificates of Authorization

9.1. The Board shall issue a COA to firms which have satisfied the requirements of W. Va. Code § 30-22-19. The certificate shall be signed by the Board Chairperson and Secretary and shall show the firm's COA number and seal.

9.2. A sole proprietorship firm is not required to obtain a COA.

9.3. A firm desiring to obtain a COA shall submit a completed application on forms prescribed by the Board, along with any non-refundable fees, prescribed in West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects Rule, Fees, 9 CSR 3. Each application, including those for renewal and reinstatement, shall include the names and titles of the corporate officers, the name of the landscape architect, licensed in this State, in responsible charge and the name or names of any employed landscape architect in accordance with W. Va. Code § 30-22-19.

9.4. The Board shall issue a COA upon satisfactory completion of all application requirements. The firm shall display the Certificate at the firm's principal place of business where the public can readily view it.

9.5. The Board shall assign each firm a number at the time a COA is granted by the Board. Numbers are issued consecutively in the order in which a firm is granted a COA.

9.6. Expiration, Renewal and Reinstatement. COA's expire on June 30^th of each year and are voided without hearing after that date unless renewed in accordance with the following:

9.6.a. The Board shall annually, during the month of April, mail a renewal notice to the last known address of every firm currently holding a COA. The notice shall indicate the expiration date of the COA and the amount of the renewal fee, prescribed in West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects Rule, Fees, 9 CSR 3.

9.6.b. A late fee shall accompany COA renewals postmarked after June 30^th, provided in West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects Rule, Fees, 9 CSR 3.

9.6.c. A firm which is no longer doing business in this State may request inactive status. A firm on inactive status may not practice or offer to practice landscape architecture until the COA is reinstated.

9.7. A firm desiring to reinstate a COA shall submit a completed application on forms prescribed by the Board, along with any non-refundable fees, prescribed in West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects Rule, Fees, 9 CSR 3.

9.8. The firm shall notify the Board when a COA is lost, destroyed or mutilated, and, if the firm is in good standing, the Board shall replace it, upon presentation of a statement of the loss along with any non-refundable fees, prescribed in West Virginia State Board of Landscape Architects Rule, Fees, 9 CSR 3.

9.9. The firm shall notify the Board of any change in information previously submitted, such as name change, change of address, change of the landscape architect in responsible charge any or similar matter requiring current information.

9.10. The landscape architect in responsible charge on the COA is responsible for compliance with W. Va. Code § 30-22-1 et seq. and this rule notwithstanding any limitations of liability prescribed in W. Va. Code §§ 47B-3-6 and 31B-13-1305.

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W. Va. Code R. § 9-1-9