Indiana Administrative Code › Title 804 - BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR ARCHITECTS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS › Article 1.1 - REGISTRATION; CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ARCHITECTS › Rule 1 - General Provisions › Section 1-1 - Definitions and abbreviations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  25-4-1-3;
				  IC 25-4-2
Affected: IC
				  25-4-1-8
Sec. 1.
(a) The
				following definitions apply throughout this article:
(1) "Accredited degree program" means a
				program leading to a professional degree which is accredited by the NAAB or the
				LAAB or certified equivalent by NCARB or CLARB guidelines.
(2) "Act" means IC 25-4 creating a board to
				regulate the practice of architecture and the practice of landscape
				architecture in Indiana.
(3)
				"Applicant" means an individual whose application has been received by the
				board for registration as an architect or a landscape architect.
(4) "Approved department, school, or college
				of architecture or landscape architecture" means a department, school, or
				college with an architecture or landscape architecture professional degree
				program recognized by the board at the time of an applicant's
				graduation.
(5) "Architect" means a
				person registered under IC 25-4-1 and this article and thereby entitled to use
				the title architect and engage in the practice of architecture in
				Indiana.
(6) "A.R.E." means the
				architect registration examination prepared by NCARB.
(7) "Board" means the board of registration
				for architects and landscape architects.
(8) "CLARB" means the Council of Landscape
				Architectural Registration Boards.
(9) "Council record-CLARB" means a detailed,
				authenticated record of an applicant's activities and accomplishments, factual
				data of education, training, practice, character, examination, and
				registration.
(10) "Council
				record-NCARB" means a detailed, authenticated record of an applicant's
				education, training, experience, examination, registration, and character.
				Council record prepared by NCARB.
(11) "Degree in a design discipline", as used
				in IC
				25-4-1-8,
				means a preprofessional bachelor degree such as would admit the applicant to an
				accredited professional master of architecture degree program of four (4)
				semesters or shorter.
(12) "EESA"
				means a program approved by NCARB known as Education Evaluation Services for
				Architects.
(13) "IDP" means Intern
				Development Program.
(14) "LAAB"
				means the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board.
(15) "LARE" means the landscape architect
				registration examination prepared by CLARB.
(16) "Landscape architect" means a person
				registered under IC 25-4-2 and this article and thereby entitled to use the
				title landscape architect and engage in the practice of landscape architecture
				in Indiana.
(17) "NAAB" means the
				National Architectural Accrediting Board.
(18) "NCARB" means the National Council of
				Architectural Registration Boards.
(19) "Professional examination" means the
				former architects registration examination prepared by NCARB.
(20) "Qualifying test" means the examination
				formerly prepared by NCARB to qualify applicants without an accredited
				architectural degree for admission to the professional examination.
(21) "Registrant" means a registered
				architect or landscape architect, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise, whose qualifications have been examined by the board and a
				certificate of registration granted.
(22) "Valid certificate-architect" means a
				certificate of registration held by an individual that is current and in good
				standing. A certificate shall have the effect of a license to practice
				architecture in Indiana, subject to IC 25-4-1.
(23) "Valid certificate-landscape architect"
				means a certificate of registration held by an individual that is current and
				in good standing. A certificate shall have the effect of a license to practice
				landscape architecture in Indiana subject to IC 25-4-2.
(24) "Week" means a thirty-five (35) hour
				work week. (No more than thirty-five (35) hours shall be counted toward
				requirements in any given calendar week.)
(25) "Year" means fifty (50) calendar weeks
				not including vacation.