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Responsible control
The amount of control over the content of all architectural instruments of service during the preparation that is ordinarily exercised by architects applying the professional standard of care
Can architects stamp and sign documents that were not produced under their responsible control?
No.
That said, responsible control does not mean that architectural services need to be produced in the architect’s office by the architect themselves. As long as the architect is maintaining responsible control, drawings can be produced by others or even in another part of the world.
Punishment for practicing without a license or inappropriately selling oneself as an architect?
Misdemeanor;
$100 to $5000 fine; and/or
Up to 1 year in county jail
Does an architect need to stamp drawings that doesn’t require a licensed architect to design?
Yes. Architects must sign and stamp even those types of structures that unlicensed architects are allowed to design
Name 5 items required to be on an architect’s stamp
- Name
- License Number
- Renewal Date (in odd years, month of birthday)
- “State of California”
- “Licensed Architect”
Use of the word “certify” or “certification” by a licensed architect
Is an expression of professional opinion, not a warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied
Good Samaritan law
Architects who perform voluntary building inspections at the site of an emergency at the request of an official shall not be liable for negligence for damage caused by good faith but negligent inspection
5 elements required in a contract between architect and client
- Names/addresses of both parties, and license number of architect
- Scope
- Compensation
- Add services
- Termination
When is written contract not required (4)
- When client will not pay compensation
- Basis of compensation is similar to services provided for same client in the past
- Client knowingly states inwriting that a contract is not required
- Professional services are rendered to a registered professional engineer
Which agency regulates the practice of architecture
California Architects Board, which is managed by the Department of Consumer Affairs
How is the practice of architecture administered?
- Examination
- Licensure
- Enforcement
Where do requirements for examination appear? (2)
- Business and Professions Code (Ch. 3, Div. 3)
2. California Code of Regulations (Title 16, Div. 2)
Qualifications of an applicant for an architectural license include (3):
- Not having committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial
- Demonstration of knowledge of interior and exterior barrier free design
- 8 years or equivalent of education/experience/training (professional degree from an approved architectural school shall equal 5 years of training)
Types of projects that do not require a license (4)
- Single family detached dwellings of wood frame construction no more than 2 stories high plus basement
- Multiple dwelling units (up to 4 units) of wood frame construction no more than 2 stories high plus basement
- Garages or similar structure of wood frame construction no more than 2 stories high plus basement
- Agricultural or ranch building of wood frame construction, unless local building officials deem it an undue risk to public health, safety, or welfare
Professionals who are exempt from the practice act as long as they are practicing in the profession for which they are registered and not using the title Architect
- Structural engineer
- Registered professional engineer
- Civil engineer
- Landscape architect
- Land surveyor
- Contractor (may produce shop drawings and field drawings for work and design systems necessary for the completion of the work they are contracted to perform
