Sections
23 entriesSection 5535Defines person for this chapter to include an individual, firm, partnership, general corporation, professional corporation, or limited liability partnership authorized by the…Section 5535.1Defines responsible control as the amount of control over the content of architectural instruments of service during their preparation that architects ordinarily…Section 5535.2Allows an architect to form a business entity or collaborate with nonarchitects when architectural professional services remain under an architect’s responsible control…Section 5535.25Defines “business entity” and “collaboration” to include employer-employee relationships, joint ventures, partnerships, general corporations, and written consulting relationships in which the architect…Section 5535.3Allows a corporation to furnish or supply architectural services by contract without violating the chapter, provided any architects’ professional services are offered…Section 5536Establishes a misdemeanor for an unlicensed person practicing architecture, using architect-like titles, using a licensed architect’s stamp, or advertising architectural qualification, and…Section 5536.1Requires persons preparing or responsibly controlling plans, specifications, and service instruments for others to sign them and related contracts, with licensed architects…Section 5536.2Requires a county or city issuing building permits to obtain a signed statement that the plans were prepared or responsibly controlled by…Section 5536.22Requires the following: (a)An architect must use a written contract when contracting to provide professional services to a client pursuant to this…Section 5536.25Limits an architect’s liability for damage from later unauthorized changes or uses of signed plans when written approval was not unreasonably withheld…Section 5536.26Establishes the following rule: The use of the words certify or certification by a licensed architect in the practice of architecture constitutes…Section 5536.27Exempts an architect from negligence liability for good-faith but negligent structural inspections performed voluntarily and without expected compensation within 30 days after…Section 5536.3Requires a plan preparer for a single-family structure, whether owner-occupied or not, damaged by a Governor-declared natural disaster to release plans on…Section 5536.4Prohibits use of an architect’s specified instruments of service without the architect’s consent in a written contract, agreement, or license specifically authorizing…Section 5536.5Sets penalties for violating the unlicensed-practice provision when offering or performing architectural disaster-repair services under a gubernatorial state of emergency or presidential…Section 5537Establishes the following rule: (a)This chapter does not prohibit any person from preparing plans, drawings, or specifications for any of the following:…Section 5537.1Exempts a structural engineer who is a registered civil engineer authorized to use that title from the chapter while practicing the profession…Section 5537.2Limits a licensed contractor’s design authority to services otherwise permitted by contractor law unless additional design services are performed by or directly…Section 5537.4Exempts a professional engineer registered under the referenced engineering chapter from this chapter while practicing the profession for which the engineer is…Section 5537.5Exempts a properly authorized civil engineer from the architecture chapter while practicing the profession for which the engineer is registered. Prohibits the…Section 5537.6Exempts a registered landscape architect from the architecture chapter while practicing the profession for which the landscape architect is registered. Prohibits use…Section 5537.7Exempts a licensed land surveyor from the architecture chapter while practicing the profession for which the surveyor is licensed. Prohibits the land…Section 5538Allows a person to furnish labor and materials, with or without plans or related service documents and with contractors when required, for…