Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4703 - State Board of Examiners of Architects › Chapter 4703-1 - Applications; Examinations › Section 4703-1-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Architect" - a
			 person who is registered to engage in the practice of architecture under the
			 provisions of sections
			 4703.01
			 to
			 4703.19
			 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Practice
			 of Architecture" - providing or offering to provide those service, hereinafter
			 described, in connection with the design and construction, enlargement, or
			 alteration of a building or group of buildings and the space within and the
			 site surrounding such buildings, which have as their principal purpose human
			 occupancy or habitation, except where otherwise exempted by sections
			 3781.06
			 to
			 3781.18
			 and
			 3791.04
			 of the Revised Code. The services referred to include pre-design, programming,
			 planning, providing designs, drawings, specifications and other technical
			 submissions, the administration of construction contracts, and the coordination
			 of any elements of technical submissions prepared by others including, as
			 appropriate and without limitation, consulting engineers; providing that the
			 practice of architecture shall not include the practice of engineering as
			 defined in Chapter 4733. of the Revised Code, but a registered architect may
			 perform such engineering work as is incidental to the practice of
			 architecture.
(C) "Good moral
			 character" - not having been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude,
			 as that term is defined in section
			 4776.10
			 of the Revised Code, not having been convicted of a crime that bears a direct
			 nexus to the ability to practice architecture, not having made
			 misstatements or misrepresentation in connection with an application for
			 registration, renewal of the registration or certificate of authorization, not
			 having willfully violated any of the sections of the code of conduct required
			 of certificate holders and set forth in the statutes or rules, and not having
			 practiced architecture without registration in violation of the registration
			 laws of the jurisdiction in which the practice took place.
(D) "Principal" - an architect who is in
			 charge of an architectural firm's practice, either solely or with other
			 architects, and who is legally responsible for the architectural activities of
			 the firm and is a sole proprietor, partner, or shareholder of the organization.
			 If the firm is a corporation, the architect is a member of the board of
			 directors. If the firm is a business trust, the architect is trustee.
(E) "Firm" or "architectural firm" - any
			 legally formed business organization through which architectural services are
			 provided.
(F) "Emeritus architect"
			 - an architect over the age of sixty-five, who has been licensed in the state
			 of Ohio for at least ten years, is fully retired, and does not engage in any of
			 the activities defined as the practice of architecture in paragraph (B) of this
			 rule.
(G) "Intern architect" or
			 "architectural intern" - an individual approved by the board to sit for the
			 architect registration exam and who holds an active record with the "National
			 Council of Architectural Registration Boards."
(H) "Direct supervision" - means that degree
			 of supervision by a person currently licensed in this jurisdiction, overseeing
			 the work of another, where personal contact is routine, and whereby the
			 supervisor has both control over and detailed professional knowledge of the
			 work prepared under his/her supervision.
(I) "Responsible control" - means that amount
			 of control 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, including but
			 not limited to an architect's integration of information from manufacturers,
			 suppliers, installers, the architect's consultants, owners, contractors, or
			 other sources the architect reasonably trusts that is incidental to and
			 intended to be incorporated into the architect's technical submissions when the
			 architect has coordinated and reviewed such information. Other review, or
			 reviewing 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.