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ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL 5545
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd
Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/93. Referred to Committee on Labor
& Commerce.
Modifying qualifications for registered
architects.
AN ACT Relating to registration of architects;
amending RCW 18.08.350 and 18.08.350; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1.
RCW 18.08.350 and 1985 c 37 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A certificate of registration shall be
granted by the director to all qualified applicants who are certified by the
board as having passed the required examination and as having given
satisfactory proof of completion of the required experience.
(2) Applications for examination shall be filed
as the board prescribes by rule. The application and examination fees shall be
determined by the director under RCW 43.24.086.
(3) An applicant for registration as an
architect shall be of a good moral character, at least eighteen years of age,
and shall possess any of the following qualifications:
(a) Have an accredited architectural degree and
three years' practical architectural work experience approved by the board,
which may include designing buildings as a principal activity. At least
two years' work experience must be ((under the direct supervision of)) supervised
by an architect with detailed professional knowledge of the work of the
applicant; ((or))
(b) Have eight years' practical architectural work
experience approved by the board. Each year spent in an accredited
architectural program approved by the board shall be considered one year of
practical experience. At least four years' practical work experience shall be
under the direct supervision of an architect; or
(c) Be a person who has been designing
buildings as a principal activity for eight years, or has an equivalent
combination of education and experience, but who was not registered under
chapter 323, Laws of 1959, as amended, as it existed before July 28, ((1985))
1992, provided that application is made within four years after July 28,
((1985)) 1992. Nothing in this chapter prevents such a person
from designing buildings for four years after July 28, ((1985)) 1992,
or the five-year period allowed for completion of the examination process,
after that person has applied for registration. A person who has been
designing buildings and is qualified under this subsection shall, upon
application to the board of registration for architects, be allowed to take the
examination for architect registration on an equal basis with other applicants.
Sec. 2.
RCW 18.08.350 and 1993 c ... s 1 (section 1 of this act) are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) A certificate of registration shall be
granted by the director to all qualified applicants who are certified by the
board as having passed the required examination and as having given
satisfactory proof of completion of the required experience.
(2) Applications for examination shall be filed
as the board prescribes by rule. The application and examination fees shall be
determined by the director under RCW 43.24.086.
(3) An applicant for registration as an
architect shall be of a good moral character, at least eighteen years of age,
and shall possess any of the following qualifications:
(a) Have an accredited architectural degree and
three years' practical architectural work experience approved by the board,
which may include designing buildings as a principal activity. At least two
years' work experience must be supervised by an architect with detailed
professional knowledge of the work of the applicant; or
(b) Have eight years' practical architectural
work experience approved by the board. Each year spent in an accredited
architectural program approved by the board shall be considered one year of
practical experience. At least four years' practical work experience shall be
under the direct supervision of an architect((; or
(c) Be a person who has been designing buildings
as a principal activity for eight years, or has an equivalent combination of
education and experience, but who was not registered under chapter 323, Laws of
1959, as amended, as it existed before July 28, 1992, provided that application
is made within four years after July 28, 1992. Nothing in this chapter
prevents such a person from designing buildings for four years after July 28,
1992, or the five-year period allowed for completion of the examination
process, after that person has applied for registration. A person who has been
designing buildings and is qualified under this subsection shall, upon
application to the board of registration for architects, be allowed to take the
examination for architect registration on an equal basis with other applicants)).
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.
Section 2 of this act shall take effect July 29, 2001.
