Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 231 CMR - BOARD OF REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTS › Title 231 CMR 2.00 - General Provisions › Section 2.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1) The meanings of words as defined in
			 M.G.L. c. 112, § 60A shall apply in 231 CMR unless otherwise required by
			 the context.
(2) The following
			 words, as used in M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 60A to 60O and 231 CMR, shall
			 have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
Architect
Emeritus
.
				An architect who has retired from the active practice of architecture in the
				commonwealth and has been issued a certificate of registration as an Architect
Emeritus
by the Board.
Architect Officer
. An Officer of a
				Business Enterprise who is registered to practice architecture in the
				Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A.R.E
. The current Architectural
				Registration Examination as prepared by the National Council of Architectural
				Registration Boards (NCARB).
Board
. The Massachusetts Board of
				Registration of Architects.
Business Enterprise
. A corporation,
				partnership, limited liability company, or other form of enterprise.
Business Enterprise
shall not be deemed to include a
				solo practitioner, meaning a personally licensed architect conducting business
				in his or her real name or via a business certificate issued pursuant to M.G.L.
				c. 110, § 5.
CACB
. The Canadian Architectural
				Certification Board.
Certificate of Registration
. A
				license issued by the Board pursuant to M.G.L. c. 112, § 60C which
				authorizes an individual to engage in the practice of architecture in the
				Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Continuing Education
. Post-licensure
				learning that enables a registered architect to increase or update knowledge of
				and competence in technical and professional subjects related to the practice
				of architecture to safeguard the public's health, safety, and welfare.
Continuing Education Hour (CEH)
. One
				continuous instructional hour (50 to 60 minutes of contact) spent in Structured
				Educational Activities intended to increase or update the architect'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 time for
				Continuing Education Hour purposes irrespective of actual time spent on the
				activity.
Design Professional
. An individual
				who is licensed, registered or otherwise authorized to practice their
				respective design profession as defined by the statutory requirements of the
				professional registration laws of Massachusetts.
Examination
. The Architect
				Registration Examination (A.R.E.) as prepared by the National Council of
				Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and accepted by the Board.
Intern Development Program or IDP
. A
				comprehensive program of training and practical experience in the practice of
				architecture administered by NCARB or an equivalent intern development
				program.
NAAB
. The National Architectural
				Accrediting Board.
NCARB
. The National Council of
				Architectural Registration Boards.
Officer
. An individual who in the
				case of a corporation is a president, a treasurer, a secretary, a director, and
				such other officer as appointed by the board of directors in accordance with
				the bylaws; in the case of a limited liability company is a manager (or, in the
				case of a limited liability company in which management of the business is
				vested in one or more members, is a member); and in the case of a partnership,
				is an equity partner. Persons having equivalent authority and responsibility in
				another form of business enterprise shall also be deemed Officers.
Plans
. Any drawings or graphic
				representations, any combination of drawings or graphic representations, or any
				reproduction of the same, whether in print media or electronic media, which are
				prepared for the purpose of illustrating proposed or intended designs for the
				construction, enlargement or alteration of any building or project.
Practice of Architecture
. Performing
				or agreeing to perform or holding one's self out as able to perform
				professional services in connection with the design, construction, enlargement
				or alteration of a building including consultations, investigations,
				evaluations, preliminary studies, aesthetic design, the preparation of plans,
				specifications and contract documents, the co-ordination of structural and
				mechanical design and site development, administration of construction
				contracts and any other similar service or combination of services in
				connection with the design and construction of buildings, regardless of whether
				one or all of these services are being performed and regardless of whether
				these services are performed in person or as the directing head of an office or
				organization performing them; provided, that the practice of architecture shall
				not include the practice of engineering as defined in M.G.L. c. 112, but a
				registered architect may perform such engineering work as is incidental to the
				practice of architecture.
Registered Architect
. Any person duly
				licensed as an architect by the Board and thereby authorized to engage in the
				practice of architecture in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Registration Card
. The evidence of
				initial and annual registration as an architect issued by the Board.
Registration Period
. The one-year
				period between registration renewals which begins on September
				1st of each calendar year and ends on August
				31st of the next calendar year.
Responsible Control
. That amount of
				control over and detailed professional knowledge of the content of technical
				submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by a registered
				architect applying the required professional standard of care. Except as
				permitted by
				231 CMR
				4.01(5):
Professional Conduct
, review and correction of 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.
Specifications
. Any written
				instructions, or reproduction of the same, describing any material or method of
				construction, enlargement or alteration of any building or project.
Technical Submissions
. Plans,
				drawings, designs, specifications, studies and other technical reports prepared
				in the course of practicing architecture.