30 Miss. Code. R. 201-1.1 - Applications for Examination

1.1.1 Applicants for admittance to the Architect Registration Examination (the ARE) must:

A. submit the Mississippi Application for Admittance to the ARE; and

B. pay the application fee prescribed in Rule 2.4; and

C. submit an official record from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) which sufficiently documents to the Board, in the Board's sole discretion, that the applicant:

1. has acquired a professional degree in architecture from a school or college of architecture on the list of accredited schools issued by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or that the applicant is a student actively participating in a NCARB-accepted Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) option within a NAAB-accredited professional degree program in architecture; and

2. is either actively enrolled in the Architect Experience Program (AXP) in accordance with NCARB guidelines and is regularly reporting experience through hours or has met the experience requirements of AXP as defined in Rule 1.2.

1.1.2 An examination candidate admitted to the ARE by another NCARB jurisdiction may apply to and transfer into Mississippi to complete the examination if:

A. the candidate meets the requirements of Rule 1.1.1 at the time the applicant submits the fee and Mississippi Application for Admittance to the ARE; and

B. the candidate has not successfully passed all sections of the ARE; and

C. any other jurisdiction which previously admitted the candidate to the ARE transfers a complete copy of the applicant's record to the Board.

1.1.3 An examination candidate who has completed the ARE after having been admitted by another jurisdiction, but who has not applied for initial licensure in another jurisdiction, may apply for Registration by Examination per the procedure outlined in Rule 2.1, with the additional requirement that any other jurisdiction which previously admitted the candidate to the ARE transfers a complete copy of the applicant's record to the Board.

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30 Miss. Code. R. 201-1.1

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-1-13 & 17

Amended 6/1/2016 Amended 6/10/2017