Title 43, Occupations and Professions

1. The board shall hold regular meetings at least once each year, with the date and location set by the board. The board may meet as designated by a majority of the board. The board shall select from among its members a president and a secretary-treasurer. 2. The board may: a. Ad…

1. If the board appoints or contracts an executive director, the executive director is entitled to receive such salary as fixed by a resolution of the board adopted at a regular meeting, and is entitled to receive reimbursement for travel, lodging, and other expenses as are incur…

The board shall adopt rules: 1. To govern board proceedings. 2. For the examination of candidates for registration. 3. For the regulation of the practice of architecture and landscape architecture. 4. For education requirements of registration applicants. 5. For practical experie…

1. A person may not practice architecture in this state unless registered as an architect under this chapter or otherwise authorized by the board. A person may not practice landscape architecture in this state unless registered as a landscape architect under this chapter or other…

1. A person may not use the title or designation "architect", "registered architect", "licensed architect", any variation of those terms, or any other words, letters, or device to indicate that person is an architect authorized to practice architecture in this state unless that p…

Before an individual may take the examination for registration as an architect or a landscape architect, that individual shall make an application to the board submitting satisfactory evidence of having the required qualifications and shall pay an examination fee of not more than…

An applicant for registration as an architect or landscape architect: 1. Must be at least eighteen years of age; 2. Must be of good moral character, with rejection possible on the basis of: a. Conviction of an offense determined by the board to have a direct bearing upon an appli…

1. Before an applicant may be registered as an architect, the applicant shall pass satisfactorily an examination established by the board. 2. Before an applicant may be registered as a landscape architect, the applicant shall pass satisfactorily an examination established by the …

The board may admit a nonresident applicant seeking to register to practice architecture or landscape architecture in North Dakota without requiring the applicant to pass an examination if the applicant is licensed or registered to practice architecture or landscape architecture …

The result of every examination for registration as an architect or a landscape architect and the evidence of qualifications must be recorded by the secretary-treasurer of the board. The secretary-treasurer of the board shall maintain a list of architects and landscape architects…

An initial certificate of registration as an architect or a landscape architect expires on June thirtieth of the year following the date of issuance. A renewed certificate of registration is valid for two years.

1. The following fees apply to architects and landscape architects: a. Following examination, a registration fee of not more than three hundred dollars, as set by the board. b. When examination is not necessary under section 43-03-15, a registration fee of not more than three hun…

1. A holder of a certificate of registration as an architect or a landscape architect shall apply to renew the certificate and pay the associated renewal fee or a special fee when due. Application for renewal must be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board of compliance…

If the board revokes, denies, or suspends the certificate of registration or application of a certificate holder or applicant for certificate, the certificate holder or applicant has a right to a hearing before the board on such contemplated disciplinary action and has a right to…

Any person willfully violating this chapter is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

At the time of the issuance of the certificate of registration, the board shall require the certificate holder to acquire, at the certificate holder's expense, a stamp or indicia to be used by the certificate holder in the conduct of the certificate holder's practice and to be im…

An architect or a landscape architect is not liable for the safety of persons or property on or about a construction project site, or for the construction techniques, procedures, sequences and schedules or for the conduct, action, errors, or omissions of any construction contract…