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-1701 - Professional Architectural Corporations

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The practice of architecture in Louisiana
				by a professional architectural corporation is permissible when such
				corporation is lawfully constituted under the professional architectural
				corporations law,
				R.S.
				12:1086 et seq., and it obtains a certificate
				of authority from the board authorizing it to so practice.
B. A person seeking a certificate of
				authority for a professional architectural corporation 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
				professional architectural corporation, or disapprove said application advising
				the applicant of the reason(s) therefor. The certificate of authority must be
				renewed on an annual basis.
C. The
				fee for obtaining an initial certificate of authority for a resident
				professional architectural corporation is $75. The fee for obtaining an initial
				certificate of authority for a non-resident professional architectural
				corporation is $150.
D.
				Architectural services rendered on behalf of a professional architectural
				corporation must be performed by or under the responsible supervision of one or
				more natural person(s) duly licensed to practice architecture 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.
E. The architects
				licensed in this state who perform or directly supervise the performance of
				architectural services on behalf of a professional architectural corporation
				are responsible to the board for all of the acts and conduct of such
				corporation.
F. It shall be the
				responsibility of the directors of a professional architectural corporation to
				advise the board of any organizational change that would relate to the
				authority granted under this rule. Any failure to do so could result in
				imposition by the board of one or more of the disciplines set forth in
				R.S.
				37:153 and/or
				R.S.
				37:154 against the professional architectural
				corporation and the directors. Possible disciplines include, but are not
				limited to, the suspension, revocation, or rescission of:
1. the certificate of authority issued to the
				professional architectural corporation; and
2. the license of the directors.