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TN Code § 62-2-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 3 - Qualification and Registration Generally|§ 62-2-308. Denial, Suspension or Revocation of Certificate — Reissuance

   The board may refuse to issue or renew, and revoke or suspend, the certificate of registration of any architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer registered under this chapter who is found guilty:  Of any fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate of registration;   Of gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the practice of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture or in the use of the title “registered interior designer”;   Of failure to obtain, keep and utilize the registrant's seal as provided in this chapter;   By a court of competent jurisdiction of breach of contract for professional services;   Of any violation of the rules adopted by the board;   Of having the person's right to practice architecture, engineering, landscape architecture or use the title registered interior designer suspended or revoked by another state or national registration board; or   By a court of competent jurisdiction of any felony. However, an action taken under this subdivision (a)(1)(G) shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the Fresh Start Act that are compiled in chapter 76, part 1 of this title.     Any person may prefer charges in writing to the board against any architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer registered under this chapter on any of the grounds listed in subdivision (a)(1).   The affirmative vote of five (5) or more members of the board shall be necessary in order to revoke or suspend the certificate of registration of any architect, engineer, landscape architect or registered interior designer registered under this chapter.     The board may reissue a certificate of registration to any person whose certificate has been revoked; provided, that five (5) or more members of the board vote in favor of reissuance for reasons the board may deem sufficient.   The board members are officers of the state in carrying out the duties imposed by this chapter and as such have the full measure of governmental immunity provided by law.
TN Code § 62-2-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-401. General Provisions

  The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as an engineer:  Graduation from Approved Engineering Curriculum, Experience and Examination.  A graduate of an engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more, approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing, and with a specific record of four (4) years or more of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering, and passed an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying involving the fundamentals of engineering, shall be admitted to an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing the examination, the applicant shall be granted a certificate of registration to practice engineering in this state; provided, that the applicant is otherwise qualified; or   Long Established Practice.  A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more, with a specific record of twelve (12) years or more of progressive experience on engineering projects of a grade and character that indicates to the board that the applicant may be competent to practice engineering shall be admitted to an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing the examination, the applicant shall be granted a certificate of registration to practice engineering in this state; provided, that the applicant is otherwise qualified.     Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the board may in its discretion grant up to one (1) year of qualified experience obtained in an established cooperative education program that is carried out within the framework of an approved engineering curriculum and that has been approved by the board.
TN Code § 62-2-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-402. Engineer Intern

 The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as an engineer intern: a graduate in a curriculum of four (4) years or more leading to a baccalaureate degree in engineering and approved by the board as of satisfactory standing or who is a prospective graduate in good standing in the senior year in such a curriculum, and who passes an examination prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying involving the fundamentals of engineering; provided, that the applicant is of good character and repute.
TN Code § 62-2-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-403. Teaching as Engineering Experience

 Engineering teaching with full-time faculty status in a college or university offering an approved engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more may be considered, at the discretion of the board, as engineering experience.
TN Code § 62-2-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-404. Application Form — Fees

  Application for registration as a professional engineer or certification as an engineer intern shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath showing the applicant's education and a detailed summary of the applicant's technical experience and shall contain references, none of whom may be members of the board.    The initial application fee shall be established by the board and shall accompany the application.   The application fee for engineer intern certification or enrollment shall be established by the board and shall accompany the application.   The registration fee shall be established by the board and shall be paid upon approval of the application.   Should the board deny the issuance of a certificate to any applicant, the application fee shall be retained by the board.
TN Code § 62-2-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-405. Examinations

  The examinations will be held at times and places that the board directs. The board shall determine the acceptable grade on examinations.   Written examinations will be given in two (2) sections as follows:  Engineering Fundamentals.  Consists of a National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying prepared examination on the fundamentals of engineering. Passing this examination qualifies the examinee for an engineer intern certificate; provided, that the examinee has met all other requirements for certification required by this chapter; and   Principles and Practices of Engineering.  Consists of a National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying examination on applied engineering. Passing this examination qualifies the examinee for registration as a professional engineer; provided, that the examinee has met the other requirements for registration by this chapter.     A candidate failing an examination may apply for reexamination.
TN Code § 62-2-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 4 - Qualifications and Registration — Engineers|§ 62-2-406. Engineers Born Prior to 1928 Exempt From Continuing Education Requirements

 Any continuing education requirements established pursuant to this chapter shall provide that engineers who were born prior to January 1, 1928, shall be exempt from complying with continuing education standards and requirements.
TN Code § 62-2-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-501. General Provisions

 In addition to the successful completion of examination acceptable to the board, the following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that an applicant is qualified for registration as an architect:   An applicant who is a graduate of a school of architecture where the professional degree curriculum has been accredited and who has completed three (3) years of practical experience in architectural work satisfactory to the board, of which not more than (1) year of architectural practical training and school may be concurrent; or   An applicant who is a graduate of a nonaccredited architectural curriculum, of not less than four (4) years in a curriculum approved by the board, and five (5) years of practical experience in architectural practical training satisfactory to the board, of which not more than one (1) year of architectural work and school may be concurrent;   An applicant who is a graduate of an architecture-related curriculum, of not less than four (4) years in a curriculum approved by the board, and seven (7) years of practical experience in architectural practical training satisfactory to the board, of which not more than one (1) year of architectural work and school may be concurrent.
TN Code § 62-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-502. Degree Accreditation of Architecture Schools

  An accredited degree in architecture shall be one that was accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (N.A.A.B.) at the time of graduation, or graduation was not more than two (2) academic years prior to accreditation. For the purposes of this chapter, a state-supported school of architecture approved by the Tennessee higher education commission is deemed to have an accredited degree curriculum.   Approval of a curriculum that is not accredited under the terms of subsection (a) shall be at the discretion of the board and upon the basis of certified information submitted by the school for the full period attended by the applicant.
TN Code § 62-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-503. Practical Architecture Experience Credit

   For the purpose of evaluating “practical experience in architectural work,” the board may utilize criteria and standards published by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (N.C.A.R.B.).   Every applicant shall have not less than two (2) years of practical experience in an office of a practicing registered architect.   To receive credit for practical training time, the applicant must be employed by the same employer for a period of not less than four (4) consecutive calendar months. The work month is considered to be one hundred forty (140) hours.      Experience acquired while employed by a registered architect practicing as an individual will be credited as practical training only when acquired under the supervision of the practicing architect in the course of the regular practice. Practice as a principal after proper architectural registration by other jurisdictions may be accepted by the board as fulfilling the required experience in the office of a registered practicing architect.   Experience acquired while employed by a partnership or corporation engaging in the practice of architecture will be credited as practical training only when acquired under the supervision of the partner or partners or the officer or officers who shall be the registered architect or registered architects exercising professional and supervisory control over the particular architectural services rendered by the partnership or corporation.     Practical experience as approved by the board and obtained, while working in the United States government, public or private service agencies, covering the fields of education, research and in the service of such agencies as redevelopment authorities, Peace Corps, VISTA, HUD, other United States government and armed forces agencies, multiplied by a factor of .75, may be considered as “practical experience in architectural work.”   Notwithstanding any provision in this section, the board may refuse to credit as practical training experience acquired while employed by an individual or by any type of organization having any interest in any project or building prejudicial to or in conflict with the individual's or organization's professional interest therein.
TN Code § 62-2-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-504. Examinations — Fees

  The written examination for candidates who are eligible for registration under § 62-2-501 may be the current architect registration examination prepared by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (N.C.A.R.B.), as accepted by the board.   The board shall be responsible for administering and grading the examinations.   Candidates will retain credit for any parts of the examination passed and may, at the board's discretion, be permitted to have unlimited retakes of any parts of the examination failed.   The deadline date for receipt of applications for examination shall be at the discretion of the board. Each applicant eligible for written examination shall be notified of the dates set for each part of the examination, where it shall be held and the instruments and materials the applicant shall provide.   The initial application fee shall entitle the candidate to one (1) examination of a prescribed number of parts. An additional fee shall be required for the retaking and examination or parts thereof. No refunds will be made.
TN Code § 62-2-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-505. Commencing Examinations in Other States

  Upon proper application, the board may administer any part of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' examinations for candidates who have commenced the series of examinations in another state. Each such application shall be accompanied by an administration fee and endorsement by the architectural registration board of original application. Separate applications shall be filed for each year's examination.   Upon proper application, the board may, at its discretion, credit to a candidate any of the prescribed parts of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' examinations successfully passed and properly attested to by another state or possession. The candidate may then take the remaining examination parts as set forth in this section, and, if successfully completed under its jurisdiction, may be registered by the board. The board will extend such transfer privileges only once to each applicant and may, at its discretion, accept transfer of grades only from the state of original application.
TN Code § 62-2-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-506. Finishing Examinations in Other States

  When requested to do so, the board may allow candidates who have commenced examinations in Tennessee as outlined under § 62-2-504(a), to finish taking parts of these examinations in any other state; provided, that the other state approved this procedure and has established a method of accomplishing it.   The board may, at its discretion and upon proper application, forward the grades achieved by a candidate in the various sections of the examination given under its jurisdiction to other duly constituted architectural registration boards for their use in evaluating and utilizing the results in registering the individual within their jurisdiction. The request for transfer shall include a statement of concurrence by the other board and a description of the information it will require. The candidate shall state the candidate's need for requesting a transfer and pay a fee established by the board. The transfer shall terminate the candidate's current application to this board for registration.
TN Code § 62-2-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-507. Recording and Transferring Examination Results

  Whether conducted in this state or another state, all records of the examinations shall be returned to the state board of registration of architects where the series of examinations were commenced for recording and licensure when successfully completed.   After the written examination marks are properly recorded in the permanent record book, all examination books and papers over two (2) years old may be destroyed.
TN Code § 62-2-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 5 - Qualifications and Registration — Architects|§ 62-2-508. Exemption From Continuing Education Requirements for Certain Architects

 Any continuing education requirements established pursuant to this chapter shall provide that architects who were born prior to January 1, 1928, shall be exempt from complying with continuing education standards and requirements.
TN Code § 62-2-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 6 - Corporations, Partnerships and Firms|§ 62-2-601. Practice — Disclosure

  A corporation, partnership or firm offering architectural, engineering or landscape architectural service to the public may engage in the practice of architecture, engineering or landscape architecture in this state; provided, that at least one (1) of the principals or officers of the corporation, partnership or firm is in responsible charge of the practice and is registered as required in this chapter for architects, engineers and landscape architects or is otherwise by this chapter authorized to practice. The same exemptions shall apply to corporations, partnerships and firms as apply to individuals under this chapter.   Corporations, partnerships or firms offering engineering, architectural or landscape architectural service to the public shall file with the board, on a form prescribed by the board, a listing of names and addresses of all principals and officers, as well as the principals or officers duly registered to practice architecture, engineering or landscape architecture in this state who are in responsible charge of the practice in this state. The corporations, partnerships or firms shall advise the board in writing within sixty (60) days of any change of status.
TN Code § 62-2-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 6 - Corporations, Partnerships and Firms|§ 62-2-602. Registered Architect, Engineer or Landscape Architect in Charge of Service

 Corporations, partnerships, and firms maintaining any place of business in this state for the purpose of providing or offering to provide architectural, engineering or landscape architectural design to the public shall have, in responsible charge of the service at any and each place of business, a resident registered architect, a registered engineer or a registered landscape architect.
TN Code § 62-2-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 8 - Qualifications and Registration — Landscape Architects|§ 62-2-801. Qualifications for Registration

 In addition to the successful completion of examination acceptable to the board, the following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that an applicant is qualified for registration as a landscape architect: an applicant who is a graduate of a school of landscape architecture where the professional degree curriculum has been accredited and who has completed three (3) years of practical experience in landscape architectural work satisfactory to the board, of which no more than one (1) year of landscape architectural practical training and school may be concurrent.
TN Code § 62-2-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 2 - Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers|Part 8 - Qualifications and Registration — Landscape Architects|§ 62-2-802. Accredited Degree

 An accredited degree in landscape architecture shall be one that was accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (L.A.A.B.) at the time of graduation, or graduation was not more than two (2) academic years prior to accreditation.