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AR Code § 17-15-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-301. License required

 In order to safeguard life, health, and property, no person shall practice architecture in this state, or engage in preparing plans, specifications, or preliminary data for the erection or alteration of any building located within the boundaries of this state, or use the title “architect”, or display or use any title, sign, card, advertisement, or other device to indicate that the person practices or offers to practice architecture, or is an architect, unless the person shall have secured from the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers a certificate of registration and license in the manner hereinafter provided and shall thereafter comply with the provisions of this chapter governing the registration and licensing of architects.
AR Code § 17-15-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-302. Exemptions

 (a) The following shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter:  (1) A professional engineer, as defined in § 17-30-101, but only for work incidental to engineering practice if the professional engineer does not use the designation “architect” or any related term;  (2) Employees of those lawfully practicing architecture who are acting under the instruction, control, or supervision of their employer;  (3) Officers and employees of the United States Government while engaged within this state in the practice of architecture for the government;  (4) Residents of this state who do not use the title “architect” or any term derived therefrom who act as designers for:  (A) Buildings that are to be constructed for personal use, such as residences, if the buildings are not intended or adaptable for public employment, assembly, or any other use under which they will be open to the public;  (B) Single family detached, duplex, triplex, and quadruplex dwellings; or  (C) Buildings whose total cumulative and fair market value to complete, not including site, does not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); and    (5) Owners and employees of planing mills, woodworking establishments, sash and door manufacturers, and jobbers in the designing, planning, detailing, and preparation of data on millwork, woodwork, and cabinetwork, provided they do not use the designation “architect” or any term derived therefrom.    (b)  (1) The terms of this chapter shall not apply to:  (A) Any public school district exempted from the provisions of this chapter; or  (B) Every public school district embracing a city with a population in excess of thirty thousand (30,000) which maintains a full-time superintendent of buildings with engineering and architectural experience.    (2) This exception shall only apply:  (A) If the total cumulative and fair market value to complete the repair and maintenance of buildings already constructed and alterations thereof does not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); and  (B) If the total cumulative and fair market value to complete the new structures will not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).      (c) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any public school district, place of assembly, daycare, church, or building not more than one (1) story high where:  (1) The total cumulative and fair market value to complete the building, alteration, or structure does not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000); and  (2) The plans are approved by the State Fire Marshal.
AR Code § 17-15-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-303. Partnerships and corporations

 (a) A partnership or a corporation may be admitted to practice architecture in this state if:  (1) Two-thirds (2/3) of the partners, if a partnership, or two-thirds (2/3) of the directors, if a corporation, are registered under the laws of any state to practice architecture or engineering; and  (2) The person having the practice of architecture in his or her charge is himself or herself a partner, if a partnership, or a director, if a corporation, and registered to practice architecture in this state.    (b) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers is authorized to require by rule any partnership or corporation practicing architecture in this state to file information concerning its officers, directors, beneficial owners, and other aspects of its business organization upon such forms as the board prescribes.
AR Code § 17-15-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-304. Examinations

 (a) To be registered and licensed, an applicant must pass an examination for licensure.  (b)  (1) To be qualified for admission to an examination to practice architecture in the State of Arkansas, an applicant shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.  (2) In addition, the applicant shall have all the qualifications required for admission to either the written examination or the senior examination of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.    (c) The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers is empowered to make all necessary rules governing the content, grading, time, place, and method of conducting the examinations and may adopt the examinations and recommended grading procedures of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.
AR Code § 17-15-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-305. Certification generally

 (a) Upon payment of the proper fee under this chapter, the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers shall issue a certificate of registration and license to an applicant who:  (1) In the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily met all the requirements of this chapter; or  (2)  (A) Has been previously issued certificates of registration and license by a body created under legislative enactment of the State of Arkansas.  (B) Certificates shall show a license number and the full name of the registrant and shall bear the signatures of the president and secretary and the seal of the board.      (b)  (1) Issuance of a certificate of registration by the board is evidence that the person named in the certificate of registration is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered architect while the certificate remains unexpired and unrevoked.  (2) Certification is synonymous with registration, with the full meaning and effect of a license to practice architecture.    (c) Certificates of registration shall expire on July 31 of each year and shall become invalid on that date unless renewed.  (d) Renewal may be effected at any time during the month of July by payment of the renewal fee under § 17-15-311.  (e) Upon issuing the initial certificate of registration, the board shall include a copy of the Arkansas Architectural Act, § 17-15-101 et seq. The licensee shall return a signed form to the board stating that he or she has read and understands the Arkansas Architectural Act, § 17-15-101 et seq.
AR Code § 17-15-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-307. Official seal

 (a) Upon registration, each registrant hereunder shall obtain a seal of such design as the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers shall authorize and direct. Plans and specifications prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, a registered architect shall be stamped with this seal during the life of the registrant's certificate. It shall be unlawful for anyone to stamp or seal any documents with the seal after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or has been revoked unless the certificate shall have been renewed or reissued.  (b) No official of this state, or of any county, city, town, or village, now or hereafter charged with the enforcement of laws, ordinances, rules, or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of buildings, shall accept or approve any plans or specifications which have not been prepared and submitted in full accord with all the provisions of this chapter. Nor shall any payment be approved by any public body for any work, the plans and specifications for which have not been so prepared and signed and sealed by the author.
AR Code § 17-15-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-308. Grounds for revocation

 The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers may revoke the certificate of registration and license of an architect upon proof that:   (1) The holder of the certificate of registration or license is practicing in violation of this chapter or of the proper rules of the board governing this chapter;  (2) The license or certificate of registration has been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation or the person named therein has obtained it by fraud or misrepresentation;  (3) Money other than the regular fees provided for has been paid for the license or certificate of registration;  (4) The holder of the license or certificate of registration is falsely impersonating a practitioner or former practitioner of a like or different name or is practicing under an assumed or fictitious name;  (5) The holder of the license or certificate of registration has been guilty of a felony listed under § 17-3-102;  (6) The holder of the license or certificate of registration has aided or abetted in the practice of architecture a person not duly authorized to practice architecture under this chapter;  (7) The holder of the license or certificate of registration has been guilty of fraud or deceit or of gross negligence or misconduct in the practice of architecture;  (8) The holder of the certificate of registration or license has been guilty of gross incompetency or recklessness in the construction or designing of buildings;  (9) The holder of the license or certificate of registration affixed or permitted to be affixed his or her seal or name to any plans, specifications, drawings, or related documents that were not prepared by him or her or under his or her responsible supervisory control; or  (10) The holder of the license or certificate of registration has been adjudged mentally incapable by a court of competent jurisdiction.
AR Code § 17-15-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-309. Revocation proceedings

 (a)  (1) A person may prefer charges of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct against a registrant.  (2) The charges shall be:  (A) In writing;  (B) Sworn to by the person making them; and  (C) Filed with the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers.      (b) All charges deemed worthy of consideration by the board shall be heard by the board within three (3) months after the date upon which they are received by the secretary.  (c)  (1) The time and place for the hearing shall be fixed by the board.  (2) A copy of the charges, together with a notice of the time and place of hearing, shall be personally served on the registrant accused or shall be mailed to the registrant at his or her last known address at least thirty (30) days before the date fixed for the hearing.  (3) At the hearing, the accused registrant shall have the right to:  (A) Appear personally and by counsel;  (B) Cross-examine witnesses appearing against him or her; and  (C) Produce evidence and witnesses in his or her own defense.      (d) If after the hearing four (4) or more members of the board vote in favor of finding the accused guilty, the board shall revoke the certificate of registration and license of the architect.
AR Code § 17-15-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-310. Reissuance of certificate of registration

 The Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers may reissue a certificate of registration to a person whose certificate of registration has lapsed or has been suspended or revoked, if no charges of violation of this act are pending in any court of record in this state and three (3) or more members of the board vote in favor of reissuance.
AR Code § 17-15-311 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 15 - Architects|Subchapter 3 - Registration and Licensing|§ 17-15-311. Fees

 (a) For the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers and as required for carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the following fees and penalties shall be paid by an architect licensed under this chapter:  (1) For an application for examination and registration, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350);  (2) For a certificate of registration by exemption, or by transfer of registration from another state or country, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350);  (3) For annual renewal of the registration certificate, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250);  (4) For the restoration of a revoked certificate of registration or revoked corporate registration, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the annual renewal fees in effect plus a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each month for the first three (3) months during which time the certificate of registration or corporation registration has been revoked. Thereafter, an additional penalty of one hundred dollars ($100) for the balance of one (1) year for a maximum penalty of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year for a maximum of three (3) years;  (5) For a certificate of registration for a corporation, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350); and  (6)  (A) For the issuing of an emeritus license, an amount to be fixed by the board that shall at no time exceed the sum of fifty dollars ($50).  (B) An emeritus license may be issued by the board to an architect who:  (i) Is at least sixty-five (65) years of age;  (ii) Has retired; and  (iii) Does not practice architecture.        (b)  (1) All fees must accompany applications.  (2) No part of these fees shall be refunded except such part as may be refunded when a certificate of registration is not issued, as may be provided under the rules of the board.    (c) It is unlawful for an unregistered person to collect a fee for architectural services, except as an employee collecting a fee as a representative of a registered architect who has performed architectural services.  (d) The fee for a duplicate license shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 17-16-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-101. Short title

 This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
AR Code § 17-16-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-103. Service of process — Subpoenas

 By acting as an athlete agent in this State, a nonresident individual appoints the Secretary of State as the individual's agent for service of process in any civil action in this State related to the individual's acting as an athlete agent in this State.
AR Code § 17-16-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-104. Athlete agents — Registration required — Void contracts

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), an individual may not act as an athlete agent in this State without holding a certificate of registration under § 17-16-106.  (b) Before being issued a certificate of registration, an individual may act as an athlete agent in this State for all purposes except signing an agency contract, if:  (1) a student-athlete or another person acting on behalf of the student-athlete initiates communication with the individual; and  (2) within seven (7) days after an initial act as an athlete agent, the individual submits an application for registration as an athlete agent in this State.    (c) An agency contract resulting from conduct in violation of this section is void and the athlete agent shall return any consideration received under the contract.
AR Code § 17-16-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-106. Certificate of registration — Issuance or denial — Renewal

 (a) The Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with § 17-16-105(a) or whose application has been accepted under § 17-16-105(b).  (b) An athlete agent may apply to renew a registration by submitting an application for renewal in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. The application for renewal must be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury and must contain current information on all matters required in an original registration.  (c) An individual who has submitted an application for renewal of registration or licensure in another State, in lieu of submitting an application for renewal in the form prescribed pursuant to subsection (d), may file a copy of the application for renewal and a valid certificate of registration or licensure from the other State. The Secretary of State shall accept the application for renewal from the other State as an application for renewal in this State if the application to the other State:  (1) was submitted in the other State within six (6) months next preceding the filing in this State and the applicant certifies the information contained in the application for renewal is current;  (2) contains information substantially similar to or more comprehensive than that required in an application for renewal submitted in this State; and  (3) was signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.    (d) A certificate of registration or a renewal of a registration is valid for two (2) years.
AR Code § 17-16-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-109. Registration and renewal fees

 (a) An application for registration or renewal of registration must be accompanied by a fee in the following amount:  (1) five hundred dollars ($500) for an initial application for registration;  (2) one hundred dollars ($100) for an application for registration based upon a certificate of registration or licensure issued by another State;  (3) five hundred dollars ($500) for an application for renewal of registration; or  (4) one hundred dollars ($100) for an application for renewal of registration based upon an application for renewal of registration or licensure submitted in another State.    (b) Fees received under this chapter by the Secretary of State shall be deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the General Revenue Fund Account.
AR Code § 17-16-110 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 2 - Nonmedical Professions|Chapter 16 - Athlete Agents|Subchapter 1 - Uniform Athlete Agents Act|§ 17-16-110. Required form of contract

 (a) An agency contract must be in a record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties.  (b) An agency contract must state or contain:  (1) the amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student-athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agent under the contract and any other consideration the athlete agent has received or will receive from any other source for entering into the contract or for providing the services;  (2) the name of any person not listed in the application for registration or renewal of registration who will be compensated because the student-athlete signed the agency contract;  (3) a description of any expenses that the student-athlete agrees to reimburse;  (4) a description of the services to be provided to the student-athlete;  (5) the duration of the contract; and  (6) the date of execution.    (c) An agency contract must contain, in close proximity to the signature of the student-athlete, a conspicuous notice in boldface type in capital letters stating:  (1) YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO COMPETE AS A STUDENT-ATHLETE IN YOUR SPORT;  (2) IF YOU HAVE AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER ENTERING INTO THIS CONTRACT, BOTH YOU AND YOUR ATHLETE AGENT MUST NOTIFY YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR; AND  (3) YOU MAY CANCEL THIS CONTRACT WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER SIGNING IT. CANCELLATION OF THIS CONTRACT MAY NOT REINSTATE YOUR ELIGIBILITY.    (d) An agency contract that does not conform to this section is voidable by the student-athlete. If a student-athlete voids an agency contract, the student-athlete is not required to pay any consideration under the contract or to return any consideration received from the athlete agent to induce the student-athlete to enter into the contract.  (e) The athlete agent shall give a record of the signed or otherwise authenticated agency contract to the student-athlete at the time of execution.    WARNING TO STUDENT-ATHLETE   IF YOU SIGN THIS CONTRACT: