Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - Architects › Chapter 17 - Professional Architectural Corporations, Architectural-Engineering Corporations, and Architectural Firms › Section I-1705 - Architectural Firms

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For purposes
				of this rule, the term
architectural firm
shall mean a
				corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
				company, association, sole proprietorship, or other entity lawfully organized
				under the laws of Louisiana or other lawful jurisdiction for the purpose of
				practicing architecture.
B. The
				practice of architecture in Louisiana by an architectural firm is only
				permissible when such firm is lawfully constituted under the laws of Louisiana
				or under the laws of some other lawful jurisdiction for the purpose of
				practicing architecture, and it complies with all of the requirements of this
				rule.
C. Except as provided
infra
in this rule, no architectural firm shall solicit,
				offer, execute, or perform architectural services in Louisiana without first
				receiving a certificate of authority from the board authorizing it to do
				so.
D. An architectural firm
				soliciting, offering, contracting to perform, or performing the practice of
				architecture in Louisiana shall be subject to the discipline of the board and
				to its authority to adopt rules and regulations governing the practice of
				architecture.
E. A person seeking a
				certificate of authority for an architectural firm to practice architecture in
				Louisiana shall obtain an application from the board website,
www.lastbdarchs.com
. The applicant is
				required to complete the application fully and file same with the board. Upon
				receipt of such application and the fee described below, the board shall either
				approve said application and issue a certificate of authority to the
				architectural firm, or disapprove said application advising the applicant of
				the reason(s) therefor. The certificate of authority must be renewed on an
				annual basis.
F. The fee for
				obtaining an initial certificate of authority for a resident architectural firm
				is $75. The fee for obtaining an initial certificate of authority for a
				non-resident architectural firm is $150.
G. The architectural firm shall designate in
				its application for certificate of authority one or more supervising
				professional architects who shall perform or directly supervise the performance
				of all architectural services by said firm in Louisiana. Performing or directly
				supervising the performance of all architectural services shall mean
				unrestricted, unchecked, and unqualified command of, and legal accountability
				for, the architectural services performed. Specifications, drawings, or other
				related documents will be deemed to have been prepared by the architect or
				under the architects direct supervision only when the requirements of
				§1313 of this Part are fully satisfied.
				Only natural persons:
1. who are licensed by
				the board pursuant to the provisions of
				R.S.
				37:141 through
				R.S.
				37:158;
2. who are full-time active employees of the
				architectural firm; and
3. whose
				primary occupation is with the architectural firm may be designated as a
				supervising professional architect.