Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 021 - State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers › Rule 021.00.13-001 - Revisions to its Rules and Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
CHAPTER
		  ONE
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SECTION
		  I
SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
A.
Purpose
These Rules and Regulations of the Arkansas State Board of
			 Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers are set forth for the
			 purpose of interpreting and implementing the Arkansas Architectural Act,
			 Arkansas Landscape Architectural Practice Act, and Arkansas Interior Designers
			 Title Registration Act, Arkansas Code Annotated 17A-15-101,
			 17-35-101,
			 and
			 17-36-101 et
			 seq. These acts establish the board and grant it full responsibility for
			 registration of architects, landscape architects, and registered interior
			 designers. They also provide for the regulation of the practice of
			 architecture, the practice of landscape architecture, and the use of the title
			 "registered interior designer."
B.
Citation
These rules and regulations shall be known and may be cited as
			 the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior
			 Designers Rules and Regulations.
C.
Severability
if any provision of these regulations or the application thereof
			 to any person or circumstance Is invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
			 other provisions or applications of these regulations; they can be given effect
			 without the invalid provision or application. To this end, the provisions of
			 these regulations are declared to be severable.
D.
Terms Defined by Statute
The terms defined in the Arkansas Architectural Act, Arkansas
			 Landscape Architectural Practice Act, and Arkansas Interior Designers Title
			 Registration Act, Arkansas Code Annotated
			 17-15-101,
			 17-35-101,
			 and
			 17-36-101 et
			 seq., shall have the same meanings when used in these regulations, unless the
			 context or subject matter clearly requires a different interpretation.
E.
Terms Defined
		  Herein
As used in these regulations, the following terms shall have the
			 following meanings, unless the context or subject matter clearly requires a
			 different interpretation.
Applicant
An applicant is any individual who has submitted an application
			 for registration to the board.
Appropriate Design
			 Professional
The appropriate design professional is the individual who is most
			 responsible for the portion of the work that reflects that individual's
			 discipline or area of expertise. Examples of design professionals include
			 architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, mechanical engineers,
			 electrical engineers, landscape architects, and registered interior
			 designers.
Architect
An architect is any person who is technically and legally
			 qualified to practice architecture.
Architect Registration Examination
			 (ARE®)
ARE® is the current Architect Registration Examination
			 prepared by NCARB.
Broadly Experienced Architect
			 (BEA)
BEA is a broadly experienced architect, as currently defined by
			 NCARB.
Broadly Experienced Foreign Architect
			 (BEFA)
BEFA is a broadly experienced foreign architect, as currently
			 defined by NCARB.
Continuing Education
			 (CE)
Continuing education is learning that enables o registered
			 architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer to regularly
			 increase or update knowledge of and competence in technical and professional
			 subjects related to the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, or
			 interior design to safeguard the public's health, safety, and welfare.
Continuing Education Hour
			 (CEH)
A continuing education hour refers to one continuous hour (50 to
			 60 minutes of contact) spent in structured educational activities intended to
			 increase or update the architect's, landscape architect's, or registered
			 interior designer's knowledge and competence in health, safety, and welfare
			 subjects. If the provider of the structured educational activities prescribes a
			 customary time for completion of such an activity, then such prescribed time
			 shall, unless the board finds the prescribed time to be unreasonable, be
			 accepted as the architect's, landscape architect's, or registered interior
			 designer's time for continuing education purposes, irrespective of actual time
			 spent on the activity.
Council for Interior Design
			 Accreditation (CIDA)
CIDA is the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.
Council for Inferior Design
			 Qualification (CIDQ)
CIDQ is the Council for Interior Design Qualification.
Council of Landscape Architectural
			 Registration Boards (CLARB)
CLARB is the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration
			 Boards.
Construction Contract
			 Administration
Construction contract administration is the portion of the
			 architect's services that takes place during the construction of a building.
			 Construction contract administration services must include periodic observation
			 of the construction site to determine whether the building is being built in
			 accordance with the construction documents. The appropriate design professional
			 must observe the portion of the work for which he or she Is directly
			 responsible.
Education Evaluation Services for
			 Architects (EESA)
Education Evaluation Services for Architects is a program
			 administered by Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., a private organization
			 not affiliated with NCARB or any of its members.
Emeritus
			 Architect
An emeritus architect is a registrant who has retired from the
			 active practice of architecture and who is 65 years of age or older. An
			 emeritus architect may use the title "architect," but may not practice
			 architecture as defined in Arkansas Code Annotated §
										17-15-102.
Emeritus Landscape
			 Architect
An emeritus landscape architect is a registrant who has retired
			 from the active practice of architecture and who is 65 years of age or older.
			 An emeritus landscape architect may use the title "landscape architect," but
			 may not practice landscape architecture as defined in Arkansas Code Annotated
			 §
										17-36-102.
Architect
			 Examination
Architect examination refers to the current Architect
			 Registration Examination (ARE®), prepared and administered through
			 NCARB.
Health, Safety, and Welfare
			 Subjects
Health, safety, and welfare subjects are related to technical and
			 professional courses that the board deems appropriate to safeguard the public
			 and that are within the following enumerated areas necessary for the proper
			 evaluation, design, construction, and utilization of buildings and the built
			 environment:
1. Legal: Laws, codes,
		  zoning, regulations, standards, life safety measures, accessibility, ethics,
		  and insurance protecting the owner or the public
2. Technical: Surveying, structural,
		  mechanical, electrical, communication, fire protection, controls, site grading,
		  irrigation systems
3.
		  Environmental: Energy efficiency, sustainability, natural resources, natural
		  hazards, hazardous materials, waterproofing, insulation, stormwater
		  management
4. Occupant Comfort: Air
		  quality, lighting, acoustics, ergonomics
5. Materials and Methods: Building systems,
		  products, finishes, furnishings, equipment
6. Preservation: Historic, reuse,
		  adaptation
7. Pre-Design; Land use
		  analysis, programming, site selection, site and soils analysis
8. Design: Urban planning, master planning,
		  building design, site design, interiors, safety and security measures
9. Construction Documents: Drawings,
		  specifications, delivery methods
10. Construction Contract Administration:
		  Contracts, bidding, contract negotiations
Interior Design Continuing Education
			 Council (IDCEC)
IDCEC is the Interior Design Continuing Education Council.
Intern Development Program
			 (IDP)
Intern Development Program training requirements for
			 certification are established, from time to time, by NCARB.
Interior Design
			 Examination
Interior design examination refers to tine current registration
			 examination, prepared and administered through CIDQ.
intern
			 Architect
An intern architect Is any person who possesses a professional
			 degree in architecture from an NAAB-accredited school and is enrolled in the
			 Intern Development Program (IDP). Use of the title "intern architect" shall not
			 be construed to allow practice of architecture by unregistered
			 Individuals.
Landscape Architectural Accreditation
			 Board (LAAB)
LAAB is the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board.
Landscape
			 Architect
A landscape architect is any person who Is technically and
			 legally qualified to practice landscape architecture.
Landscape Architect
			 Examination
Landscape Architect Examination refers to the current Landscape
			 Architect Registration Examination (LARE®), prepared and administered
			 through CLARB.
Landscape Architect Registration
			 Examination (LARE®)
LARE® is the current Landscape Architect Registration
			 Examination prepared by CLARB.
National Architectural Accrediting
			 Board (NAAB)
The NAAB is the National Architectural Accrediting Board.
National Council of Architectural Registration Boards
			 (NCARB)
NCARB is the National Council of Architectural Registration
			 Boards.
Original
			 Documents
Original documents refer to the version of drawings and/or sets
			 of specifications from which all lawful copies are made.
Practice of
			 Architecture
The practice of architecture Is the provision of, or the offering
			 to provide, the services defined in the Arkansas Architectural Act In
			 connection with the design, construction, enlargement, or alteration of a
			 building or group of buildings and/or the space within and surrounding
			 buildings designed for human occupancy or habitation. These services include
			 planning, providing preliminary studies, designs, drawings, specifications, and
			 other technical submissions. The practice of architecture also includes
			 administrative services during construction.
Principal
A principal is any registered architect in charge of an
			 organization's architectural practice, either alone or in partnership with
			 other registered architects.
Prototype
			 Building
A prototype building is any commercial building or space within a
			 commercial building that is intended to be constructed in multiple locations,
			 has been constructed in multiple locations, or that conveys an owner's intended
			 uniform business program, plan, or image.
Prototypical Building
			 Documents
Prototypical building documents are technical submissions for
			 prototypical buildings that are prepared by, or under the responsible control
			 of, an architect who is registered in any U. S. jurisdiction and who holds
			 certification issued by NCARB. These documents must identify the architect, the
			 architect's registration number, jurisdiction, or registration, and the
			 architect's NCARB certification number. They also must be marked "Prototypical
			 Design Documents: Not for Construction." Prototypical building documents do not
			 make up a final comprehensive set of design and construction documents because
			 a prototypical building requires adaptation for local building site conditions,
			 which may require additional design.
Registered Interior
			 Designer
A registered interior designer is any person who is technically
			 and legally qualified to utilize the title "registered interior
			 designer."
Responsible
			 Control
Responsible control is the amount of control over and detailed
			 knowledge of the content of technical submissions during their preparation,
			 which is ordinarily exercised by registered architects who ore applying the
			 required professional standard of care. Reviewing or correcting technical
			 submissions after they have been prepared by others does not constitute the
			 exercise of responsible control because the reviewer has neither control over
			 nor detailed professional knowledge of the content of such submissions
			 throughout their preparation.
Structured Educational
			 Activities
Structured educational activities are those in which at least 75
			 percent of an activity's content and instructional time is devoted to
			 acceptable health, safety, and welfare subjects related to the practice of
			 architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design. Activities may
			 include courses of study, monographs, or other activities under the areas
			 identified as health, safety, and welfare subjects. The activities must be
			 provided by qualified individuals or organizations, whether delivered by direct
			 contact or distance-learning methods.
Technical
			 Submissions
Technical submissions are designs, drawings, specifications,
			 studies, and other technical reports prepared in the course of practicing
			 architecture and landscape architecture. All technical submissions shall be
			 identified by the name and address of the architect, landscape architect, or
			 the architect's firm.