Title 62, Professions, Businesses and Trades

(a) (1) A person shall not:(A) Present or attempt to file as the person's own the certificate of registration of another;(B) Give forged or willfully false evidence of any kind to the state board of examiners for architects, engineers, and land surveyors or any member of the boar…

(a) The state board of examiners for architects, engineers, and land surveyors shall inquire into the identity of a person claiming to be an architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect or registered interior designer and to prosecute any person violating this chapter.…

(a) Neither the state, nor any county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of the state, shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any public work involving architecture, engineering or landscape architecture for which the plans, specifications and estim…

The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, governs all matters and procedures respecting the hearing and judicial review of any contested case arising under this chapter.

(a) An architect or engineer who voluntarily, without compensation or expectation of compensation, provides structural or building systems inspection services at the scene of a declared national, state or local natural or man-made emergency at the request of a public safety offic…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person in business in Tennessee in 1998 for the sole purpose of manufacturing and distributing federal aviation administration-approved avionic equipment is exempt from this part.

(a) (1) There is created a state board of examiners for architects, engineers, and land surveyors called the board in this part, parts 1 and 3-8 of this chapter, and chapter 18, part 1 of this title, and composed of fifteen (15) members.(2) (A) The governor shall appoint eleven (…

(a) Each of the members of the board appointed under § 62-2-201(a) must possess at least ten (10) years' experience in their respective practices as either a registered architect, a registered engineer, a registered interior designer, a registered land surveyor, or a registered l…

(a) Each member appointed under § 62-2-201(a) must receive a letter of appointment from the governor, and a person is not eligible for appointment who does not, at such the time, hold an unexpired certificate to practice architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape arc…

(a) The board shall hold at least two (2) regular meetings each year. Special meetings shall be held at times that the bylaws of the board may provide. Notice of all meetings shall be given in the manner that the bylaws of the board may provide, consistent with all existing state…

The board shall have an executive director who shall perform all administrative functions for the board.

The board may authorize, subject to the approval of the department of commerce and insurance, one (1) administrative person and four (4) board members to attend state, regional and national registration meetings and to perform other necessary functions. These personnel shall be r…

(a) The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a register of all applicants for registration showing, for each, the date of application, name, age, educational and other qualifications, place of business and place of residence, whether or not an examination was required…

(a) All moneys collected pursuant to this chapter and chapter 18, part 1 of this title must be deposited in the state treasury in a separate account for the board and for the administration of this chapter and chapter 18, part 1, which is governed by § 56-1-310. (b) Notwithstandi…

(a) The board shall consider an application for a certificate of registration that is submitted on a form prescribed by the board and accompanied by the fee prescribed by the board. The board shall issue a certificate of registration as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, regi…

(a) (1) In determining the qualifications of applicants for registration as architects, the executive director of the board may assign the application to two (2) or more of the architect members to review individually. If two (2) reviewing members approve the application and full…

Applicants for registration in cases where the evidence originally presented in the application does not appear to the board conclusive or as warranting the issuance of a certificate may be required to present other evidence as required by the board.

(a) The board may, upon proper application for a certificate of registration, issue a certificate of registration as an architect, engineer, land surveyor, registered interior designer, or landscape architect to any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of qualification o…

A new certificate of registration to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the board.

(a) The issuance of a certificate of registration by this board shall be evidence that the person named in the certificate is entitled to all the rights and privileges of an architect, engineer or landscape architect while the certificate remains unrevoked or unexpired. (b) Each …

(a) Certificates of registration expire two (2) years following the date of issuance or renewal and are invalid on that date unless renewed. (b) The board shall notify every person registered under this chapter of the date of the expiration of that person's certificate and the am…

(a) (1) The board may refuse to issue or renew, and may revoke or suspend, the certificate of registration of any architect, engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, or registered interior designer registered under this chapter who is convicted, placed on pretrial probation,…

(a) The following is considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as an engineer:(1) Graduation from Approved Engineering Curriculum, Experience, and Examination. A graduate of an engineering curriculum of four (4) year…

The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is qualified for registration as an engineer intern: a graduate in a curriculum of four (4) years or more leading to a baccalaureate degree in engineering or the completion of post-…

Engineering teaching with full-time faculty status in a college or university offering an approved engineering curriculum of four (4) years or more may be considered, at the discretion of the board, as engineering experience.

(a) Application for registration as a professional engineer or certification as an engineer intern shall be on a form prescribed and furnished by the board, shall contain statements made under oath showing the applicant's education and a detailed summary of the applicant's techni…

(a) The examinations will be held at times and places that the board directs. The board shall determine the acceptable grade on examinations. (b) Written examinations will be given in two (2) sections as follows:(1) Engineering Fundamentals. Consists of a National Council of Exam…

Any continuing education requirements established pursuant to this chapter shall provide that engineers who were born prior to January 1, 1928, shall be exempt from complying with continuing education standards and requirements.

(1) In addition to the successful completion of examination acceptable to the board, the following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that an applicant is qualified for registration as an architect:(1) An applicant who is a graduate of a school of a…

(a) An accredited degree in architecture shall be one that was accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (N.A.A.B.) at the time of graduation, or graduation was not more than two (2) academic years prior to accreditation. For the purposes of this chapter, a state…

(a) (1) For the purpose of evaluating “practical experience in architectural work,” the board may utilize criteria and standards published by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (N.C.A.R.B.).(2) Every applicant shall have not less than two (2) years of pract…

(a) The written examination for candidates who are eligible for registration under § 62-2-501 may be the current architect registration examination prepared by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (N.C.A.R.B.), as accepted by the board. (b) The board shall be…

(a) Upon proper application, the board may administer any part of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards' examinations for candidates who have commenced the series of examinations in another state. Each such application shall be accompanied by an administration…

(a) When requested to do so, the board may allow candidates who have commenced examinations in Tennessee as outlined under § 62-2-504(a), to finish taking parts of these examinations in any other state; provided, that the other state approved this procedure and has established a …

(a) Whether conducted in this state or another state, all records of the examinations shall be returned to the state board of registration of architects where the series of examinations were commenced for recording and licensure when successfully completed. (b) After the written …

Any continuing education requirements established pursuant to this chapter shall provide that architects who were born prior to January 1, 1928, shall be exempt from complying with continuing education standards and requirements.

(a) A corporation, partnership or firm offering architectural, engineering or landscape architectural service to the public may engage in the practice of architecture, engineering or landscape architecture in this state; provided, that at least one (1) of the principals or office…

Corporations, partnerships, and firms maintaining any place of business in this state for the purpose of providing or offering to provide architectural, engineering or landscape architectural design to the public shall have, in responsible charge of the service at any and each pl…

In addition to the successful completion of examination acceptable to the board, the following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the board that an applicant is qualified for registration as a landscape architect: an applicant who is a graduate of a school of…

(a) An accredited degree in landscape architecture shall be one that was accredited by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board (L.A.A.B.) at the time of graduation, or graduation was not more than two (2) academic years prior to accreditation. (b) If an applicant does not…

(a) (1) For the purpose of evaluating “practical experience in landscape architectural work,” the board may utilize criteria and standards published by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (C.L.A.R.B.).(2) However, every applicant shall have not less than tw…

(a) The written examination for candidates who are eligible for registration under § 62-2-801 may be the current landscape architecture registration examination prepared by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (C.L.A.R.B.), as accepted by the board. (b) The …

(a) Upon proper application, the board may administer any part of the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Board's examinations for candidates who have commenced the series of examinations in another state. Each such application shall be accompanied by an administratio…

(a) When requested to do so, the board may allow candidates who have commenced examinations in Tennessee as outlined under § 62-2-804(a) to finish taking parts of these examinations in any other state; provided, that the other state approved this procedure and has established a m…

(a) Whether conducted in this state or another state, all records of the examinations shall be returned to the state board of registration of landscape architects where the series of examinations were commenced, for recording and licensure when successfully completed. (b) After t…

This part is known and may be cited as the “Interior Designers Title Registration Act.”