N.M. Admin. Code § 16.30.4.10 - FULL DISCLOSURE

A. An architect, making public statements on architectural questions, shall disclose whether the architect is being compensated for making such a statement.

B. An architect shall accurately represent to a prospective or existing client or employer the architect's qualifications and the scope of the architect's responsibility in connection with work for which he or she is claiming credit.

C. If, in the course of an architect's work on a project, the architect becomes aware of a decision taken by the architect's employer or client, against the architect's advice, which violates applicable state or municipal building laws, codes and regulations and which will, in the architect's judgment, materially affect adversely the safety to the public of the finished project, the architect shall:

(1) notify the employer or client in writing;

(2) report the decision to the local building inspector or other public official charged with the enforcement of the applicable state or municipal building laws, codes and regulations;

(3) refuse to consent to the decision; or

(4) in circumstances where the architect reasonably believes that such decisions will be taken notwithstanding the architect's objection, terminate the architect's services with reference to the project and have no liability to the architect's client or employer on account of the termination.

D. An architect shall not deliberately make a materially false statement or fail deliberately to disclose a material fact requested in connection with the architect's application for registration or renewal.

E. An architect shall not assist the application for registration of a person known by the architect to be unqualified in respect to education, training, experience or character.

F. An architect possessing knowledge of a violation of these rules by another architect or an applicant for registration shall report such knowledge to the board.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 16.30.4.10

16.30.4.10 NMAC - Rp 16 NMAC 30.4.8.3, 9/6/2001, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 17, September 15, 2016, eff. 9/15/2016