Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 55 - The Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects and Registered Commercial Interior Designers of Oklahoma › Chapter 10 - Licensure and Practice of Architects, Landscape Architects and Registration of Commercial Interior Designers › Subchapter 1 - General Provisions › Section 55:10-1-3 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this Chapter,
				  shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"Act"
means the currently enacted and effective
				  legislation codified at 59 O.S., Section 46.1, et seq.
"Applicant"
means an individual who has
				  submitted an application for a License or Registration to the Board.
"Architect"
means any person who is licensed in
				  the practice of architecture by the State of Oklahoma as hereinafter
				  defined.
"Architect(s) of Record"
means a Licensee
				  currently licensed as an Architect and in good standing with this Board, that
				  has met statutory and OAC 55:10 requirements, who is directly responsible to
				  the Board for the firm practice, filings, paying all fees, penalties and
				  submitting all documents.
"ARE"
means the current architect registration
				  examination prepared by NCARB and adopted by the Board as the examination to be
				  used in determining a Candidate's qualifications to practice
				  architecture.
"AXP"
means Architectural Experience Program, as
				  defined by NCARB.
"Board"
means the Board of Governors of the
				  Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects and Registered Commercial Interior
				  Designers of Oklahoma.
"Broadly Experienced"
means a person who can
				  demonstrate that the Board's equivalent education, training and examination
				  standards have been met through a combination of education and comprehensive
				  practice in responsible control in architectural, landscape architecture or as
				  a Registered Commercial Interior Designer. This person is currently licensed or
				  registered in the same profession in another jurisdiction and is in good
				  standing. The person seeking licensure or Registration may be required to have
				  a personal interview by the Board and the Board may, at its sole discretion,
				  issue a license or registration.
"Building types"
means the types of buildings
				  found in O.S. 59, Section 46.21b of the Act.
"Candidate"
means an individual who has been
				  approved to sit for the examinations given by the Board, or who has passed said
				  examinations, but has not been issued a License or Certificate of
				  Registration.
"CE"
means continuing education.
"Certificate of Authority"
means the
				  authorization granted by the Board for individuals to practice or offer to
				  practice architecture or landscape architecture in the State through an
				  Entity.
"Certificate of Title"
means the authorization
				  granted by the Board to an Entity to use the title and offer services under a
				  Registered Commercial Interior Designer.
"CEU"
means a continuing education unit of one
				  Contact Hour.
"CIDA"
means Council of Interior Design
				  Accreditation or its successor.
"CIDQ"
means Council for Interior Designers
				  Qualification, the organization administering examinations and setting model
				  practice standards for the Registration of Interior Designers, or its
				  successor.
"CLARB"
means Council of Landscape Architectural
				  Registration Boards or its successor.
"Contact Hour"
means one unit of continuing
				  education of not less than 50 minutes.
"Entity"
means any group of individuals joined
				  together to offer or contract for services to practice architecture, landscape
				  architecture or under a Registered Commercial Interior Designer. Entity shall
				  include individuals, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, limited
				  liability companies and limited liability partnership and any other business or
				  professional group recognized under the Act and approved by the Board.
"Examination"
means the current licensing and
				  registration examinations administered by this Board, or its designee, for
				  Architects, Landscape Architects or Registered Commercial Interior
				  Designers.
"Fiscal Year"
means July 1 through June
				  30.
"IDEP"
means the Interior Design Experience
				  Program, as defined by CIDQ.
"Intern Architect"
or
"Architectural
				  Intern"
means an individual in the process of obtaining training
				  acceptable to the Board in order to complete requirements and/or is currently
				  testing to pursuing licensure.
"Intern Landscape Architect"
or
"Landscape
				  Architectural Intern"
means an individual in the process of obtaining
				  credits acceptable to the Board in order to complete requirements and is
				  currently testing to pursue licensing as a Landscape Architect.
"Issuing jurisdiction"
means the state where the
				  license record of an Applicant, Candidate, or Licensee is kept.
"LAAB"
means Landscape Architectural Accrediting
				  Board or its successor.
"LARE"
means the current Landscape Architect
				  Registration Examination prepared by CLARB or its successor and adopted by the
				  Board as the licensing examination to be used in determining a Candidate's
				  qualifications to practice landscape architecture.
"Landscape Architect"
means an individual
				  licensed to practice landscape architecture in Oklahoma.
"Landscape Architect of Record"
means a Licensee
				  currently licensed as a Landscape Architect and in good standing with this
				  Board, that has met statutory and OAC 55:10 requirements, who is directly
				  responsible to the Board for the firm practice, filings, paying all fees and
				  penalties, and submitting all documents.
"License"
means License to practice architecture
				  or landscape architecture issued by the Board and permission to use the title
				  Architect or Landscape Architect.
"Licensee"
means a licensed Architect or
				  Landscape Architect that practices architecture or landscape
				  architecture.
"NAAB"
means the National Architectural
				  Accrediting Board or its successor.
"NASAD"
means the National Association of the
				  Schools of Art and Design or its successor.
"NCARB"
means National Council of Architectural
				  Registration Boards or its successor.
"NCIDQ"
means the current National Council of
				  Interior Design Qualification exam, prepared by CIDQ or its successor and
				  adopted by this Board used in determining a Candidate's qualifications to
				  register as an interior designer.
"Professional Consultant"
means an individual or
				  firm, exhibiting subject matter expertise in the applicable field, retained by
				  an Architect, Landscape Architect, or Registered Commercial Interior Designer
				  who prepares or assists in the preparation of technical design documents issued
				  by the Licensee or Registrant for use in connection with their technical
				  submissions.
"Prototypical Building"
means any commercial
				  building or space within a commercial building that is intended to be
				  constructed in multiple locations and which conveys an owner's intended uniform
				  business program, plan or image.
"Prototypical Plans"
are technical submissions
				  for prototypical buildings that are prepared by and under the responsible
				  control of an architect licensed in any jurisdiction in the United States for
				  use in the State of Oklahoma.
"Reciprocal License"
means a License granted by
				  the Board to an individual to practice architecture or landscape architecture
				  and granting use of the term Architect or Landscape Architect or any derivation
				  of the word based on a current License in good standing in another jurisdiction
				  meeting the requirements for licensing in this State.
"Reciprocal Registration"
means a registration
				  granted by the Board to an individual to use the title Registered Commercial
				  Interior Designer or any derivation of the word based on the License or
				  Registration in good standing in another jurisdiction meeting the requirements
				  for Registration in this State.
"Registered Commercial Interior Designer"
means
				  an individual registered by the Board to use the title.
"Registered Commercial Interior Designer Intern"
means an individual in the process of obtaining training acceptable to the
				  Board in order to complete requirements and/or is currently testing to pursue
				  Registration as a Registered Commercial Interior Designer.
"Registered Commercial Interior Designer of
				  Record"
means a Registered Commercial Interior Designer in good standing
				  with this Board, that has met statutory and OAC 55:10 requirements, and who is
				  directly responsible to the Board for the activities, filings, paying all fees,
				  penalties and submitting all documents for the Entity having been issued the
				  Certificate of Title.
"Registrant"
means an individual registered by
				  the Board to use the title Registered Commercial Interior Designer, as a
				  designation of the individual's profession.
"Registration"
means the authority granted by
				  this Board to a qualified individual to use the term Registered Commercial
				  Interior Designer unless exempt by the Act from Registration.
"Responsible Control"
shall have the meaning set
				  forth in the Act.
"Rules"
means this Oklahoma Administrative Code,
				  Title 55, Chapter 10 Rules.
"Sole proprietorship"
means the only owner of a
				  firm, licensed or registered as an individual by the Board.
"Sponsor"
means an individual, organization,
				  association, institution or other entity that provides an educational activity
				  for the purpose of fulfilling the continuing educational requirements of the
				  Board.
"Technical submissions"
has the same meaning as
				  in the Act.
"UNE"
means the former Landscape Architect
				  licensing examination, prepared by CLARB and adopted by the Board as the
				  licensing examination.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg
				  1333, eff 5-27-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2555, eff 7-15-02; Amended at 24 Ok Reg
				  815, eff 5-11-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 771, eff 4-27-09; Amended at 29 Ok Reg
				  921, eff 7-1-12