INTRODUCED
HB 513 -- Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
Sponsor: Treadway
This bill:
(1) Creates the title of professional land surveyor and changes
the name of the State Board for Architects, Professional
Engineers, and Land Surveyors to include this title;
(2) Changes the Missouri Council of Architects to the American
Institute of Architects/Missouri;
(3) Changes the definition of the practice of architecture to
indicate that landscape architects are not covered under this
definition;
(4) Allows any person or corporation licensed to practice
architecture to offer architectural services;
(5) Requires applicants for reexamination to wait for a period
of at least 6 months before taking another exam;
(6) Authorizes the board to require continuing education for
licensed architects and professional engineers, not to exceed 30
hours within a licensing period;
(7) Expands the practice of a professional engineer to include
the coordination of services furnished by structural, civil,
mechanical, and electrical engineers;
(8) Allows any person or corporation licensed to practice
professional engineering to offer professional engineering
services;
(9) Gives the board authority to issue inactive licenses for
professional engineers;
(10) Redefines "practice as a land surveyor" and the
"unauthorized practice as a land surveyor" and revises the
renewal procedure for annual certificates;
(11) Redefines reciprocation for architects, engineers, and
land surveyors, stating that their qualifications must meet or
exceed the requirements necessary to be licensed in Missouri; and
(12) Revises the personal right to practice as an architect,
engineer, or land surveyor; the use of personal seals of
registration; and charges of improper conduct.
The bill contains penalty provisions.
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