As used in this chapter, architect means a person who is licensed to practice architecture in this state under the authority of this chapter....
(a) The practice of architecture within the meaning and intent of this chapter is defined as offering or performing, or being in responsible control of, professional services which...
This chapter constitutes the chapter on professional architects. It shall be known and may be cited as the Architects Practice Act....
As used in this chapter, board refers to the California Architects Board....
There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a California Architects Board which consists of 10 members. Any reference in law to the California Board of Architectural Examiners shall mean...
The Legislature finds and declares that it is the mandate of the board to regulate the practice of architecture in the interest and for the protection of the public health, safety,...
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the California Architects Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the...
The membership of the board shall be composed of 10 members, five of whom shall be architects and five of whom shall be public members. The five professional members of the board shall...
Every person appointed shall serve for four years and until the appointment and qualification of his or her successor or until one year shall have elapsed since the expiration of the...
Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103....
The board may appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer and who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties delegated by the board...
The board shall elect from its members a president, a vice president, and a secretary to hold office for one year, or until their successors are duly elected and qualified....
The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. The seal used shall have the words, State Board of Architectural Examiners inscribed thereon. The executive officer shall have the care...
The executive officer shall keep an accurate record of all proceedings of the board....
The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter for the purpose of transacting such business as may lawfully come before it. The board may hold meetings at such other times and at...
Special meetings of the board shall be called by the executive officer upon the written notice of four members by giving each member of the board 10 days' written notice of the time and place of...
Six of the members of the board constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business. The concurrence of five members of the board present at a meeting duly held at which a...
The board may prosecute all persons guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in Section 159.5, the board may employ inspectors, special agents, investigators,...
(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the examination of applicants for licenses to practice architecture in this state. (b) The board may, by rule or regulation,...
Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or which will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of the...
(a) The board may select and contract with necessary architect consultants who are licensed architects to assist it in its enforcement program on an intermittent basis. The...
As used in this article, the word person includes any individual, firm, corporation, or limited liability partnership....
The phrase responsible control means that amount of control over the content of technical submissions during their preparation that is ordinarily exercised by architects applying...
This chapter does not prevent an architect from forming a partnership with persons who are not architects but the name of the architect shall appear as the architect on all instruments of...
This chapter does not prevent a corporation from furnishing or supplying by contract architectural services by and under the responsible control of a licensed architect or architects....
(a) It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding...
(a) All persons preparing or being in responsible control of plans, specifications, and instruments of service for others shall sign those plans, specifications, and instruments of service...
Each county or city which requires the issuance of any permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of any building or structure shall also require as...
(a) An architect shall use a written contract when contracting to provide professional services to a client pursuant to this chapter. That written contract shall be executed by the architect...
(a) A licensed architect who signs and stamps plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall not be responsible for damage caused by subsequent changes to or uses of...
The use of the words certify or certification by a licensed architect in the practice of architecture constitutes an expression of professional opinion regarding those facts or...
(a) An architect who voluntarily, without compensation or expectation of compensation, provides structural inspection services at the scene of a declared national, state, or local...
(a) In the event of damage to residential real property caused by a natural disaster declared by the Governor, if the damage may be covered by one or more policies of insurance, any...
Any person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5536 in connection with the offer or performance of architectural services for the repair of damage to a residential or...
(a) This chapter does not prohibit any person from preparing plans, drawings, or specifications for any of the following: (1) Single-family dwellings of woodframe construction not more than...
A structural engineer, defined as a registered civil engineer who has been authorized to use the title structural engineer under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section...
This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing a licensed contractor to perform design services beyond those described in Section 5537 or in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section...
A professional engineer registered to practice engineering under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he or...
A civil engineer authorized to use that title under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he or she is...
A landscape architect registered under the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 5615), insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he or she is registered, is...
A land surveyor licensed under the provisions of Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3, insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he or she is...
This chapter does not prohibit any person from furnishing either alone or with contractors, if required by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3, labor and materials, with or...
Subject to the rules and regulations governing examinations, any person who meets the qualifications set forth in this article shall be entitled to an examination for a license...
An applicant for a license to practice architecture shall be required, as part of the examination for licensure, to demonstrate to the board's satisfaction his or her knowledge...
(a) Notwithstanding Section 111, the board may adopt guidelines for the delegation of its authority to grade the examinations of applicants for licensure to any vendor under contract to the...
If the applicant's examination is satisfactory, and if no charges of having resorted to deception in obtaining the license, or any other violation of the provisions of this chapter have...
The applicant for a license to practice architecture shall: (a) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of a license under Section 480. (b) Furnish evidence...
Issuance of a license may be denied if evidence is received by the board of the commission or doing by the applicant of any act which, if committed or done by the holder of a license,...
The certificate shall contain the name of the person to whom issued. Proper index and record of each certificate shall be kept by the board....
Licenses to practice architecture remain in full force until revoked or suspended for cause, or until they expire, as provided in this chapter....
A duplicate license to practice architecture, replacing one which has been lost, destroyed, or mutilated, may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the board. The duplicate...
Each person holding a license to practice architecture under this chapter shall file with the board his or her current mailing address and the proper and current name and address of...
The board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any architect and may temporarily suspend or permanently...
All accusations against licensees charging the holder of a license issued under this chapter with the commission of any act constituting a cause for disciplinary action shall be filed...
The proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses under this article shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part...
The decision may: (a) Provide for the immediate complete suspension by the holder of the license of all operations as an architect during the period fixed by the decision. (b) Permit...
In any proceeding for review by a court, the court may, in its discretion, upon the filing of a proper bond by the holder of the license in an amount to be fixed by the court,...
A judgment of suspension or cancellation of a certificate by the superior court shall be subject to appeal or review in accordance with the provisions of law as to appeal from or review...
After suspension of a license upon any of the grounds set forth in this chapter, the board may reinstate the license upon proof of compliance by the architect with all provisions of...
The conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of an architect by the holder of a license constitutes a ground for disciplinary action. The...
The fact that the holder of a license is practicing in violation of the provisions of this chapter constitutes a ground for disciplinary action....
The fact that the holder of a license has obtained the license by fraud or misrepresentation, or that the person named in the license has obtained it by fraud or misrepresentation...
The fact that the holder of a license is impersonating an architect or former architect of the same or similar name, or is practicing under an assumed, fictitious, or corporate name, constitutes...
The fact that the holder of a license has aided or abetted in the practice of architecture any person not authorized to practice architecture under the provisions of this chapter,...
(a) The fact that the holder of a license has affixed his or her signature to plans, drawings, specifications, or other instruments of service which have not been prepared by him or her, or under...
The fact that, in the practice of architecture, the holder of a license has been guilty of fraud or deceit constitutes a ground for disciplinary action....
The fact that, in the practice of architecture, the holder of a license has been guilty of negligence or willful misconduct constitutes a ground for disciplinary action....
The fact that in the practice of architecture the holder of a license has been guilty of incompetency or recklessness constitutes a ground for disciplinary action....
The fact that the holder of a license has had disciplinary action taken by any public agency for any act substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties as...
Every insurer providing professional liability insurance to a holder of a license, and every license holder, shall send a complete report to the board on any settlement or arbitration award...
Every settlement or arbitration award in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) of a claim or action for damages caused by the license holder's fraud, deceit, negligence,...
Within 10 days after a judgment by a court of this state that a license holder has committed a crime or is liable for any death, personal or property injury, or loss caused by the...
(a) All licenses issued or renewed under this chapter shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licenseholder in each odd-numbered year following the...
The board shall give written notice to a licensee 30 days in advance of the regular renewal date and shall give written notice by registered mail 90 days in advance of the expiration of...
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license which has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing of application for renewal on...
A license which is not renewed within five years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter. The holder of the expired license may apply for...
(a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment of the fee fixed by this chapter, a retired license to an architect who holds a license that is current and active or capable...
Within 10 days after the beginning of every month, all fees collected by the department for the month preceding, under the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid into the State Treasury...
The money paid into the California Architects Board Fund, which is hereby continued in existence, shall be used in the manner prescribed by law to defray the expenses of the board in...
The board shall make available to local building departments, and others upon request, an official roster listing the name, license number, and address of all its licensees...
The fees prescribed by this chapter for architect applicants or architect licenseholders shall be fixed by the board as follows: (a) The application fee for reviewing a candidate's...
A professional architectural corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that...
It is unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter, punishable as specified in Section 5560, for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate,...
The name of a professional architectural corporation and any name or names under which it may be rendering professional services shall contain and be restricted to the name or the last...
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a professional architectural corporation shall be a licensed person as defined...
The income of a professional architectural corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person (as defined in the...
A professional architectural corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute,...
The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including rules and regulations requiring (a) that the articles...