Okla. Admin. Code § 55:10-13-5 - Certificate of Authority or Certificate of Title required

The Board may grant a Certificate of Authority to practice architecture or landscape architecture or a Certificate of Title to offer services under a Registered Commercial Interior Designer to those Entities meeting the following criteria:

(1) An application for any entity, including branch offices, is filed and approved by the Secretary-Treasurer or the Board.

(2) At least one general partner, or director, officer, shareholder, manager, member or principal is a licensed Architect or Landscape Architect and designated as being responsible for the practice of the profession in the State of Oklahoma or is registered as a Registered Commercial Interior Designer and responsible for the Entity. If a firm is offering multiple professions, the firm shall have at least one general partner, director, officer, shareholder, principal or for a limited liability company, a manager or member who is licensed or registered in each profession and is designated as being responsible for the activities of each profession, as the Architect, Landscape Architect, or Registered Commercial Interior Designer of Record.

(3) All technical submissions, original drawings, original cover sheet and the page identifying all specification pages covered, all addenda and field changes shall be signed, sealed and dated by an Architect of Record defined in 55:10-1-3. Prototypical technical submissions refer to 55:10-11-7(i), 55:10-11-8(e), and 55:10-11-8(f)(4).

(4) Compliance with the Board's Rules in this Chapter and the Act shall not alleviate other members, officers, shareholders, managers, principals, directors, partners or employees from direct responsibility and liability by reason of employment or relationship with the Entity to the Board.

(5) The Certificate of Authority or Certificate of Title issued by the Board is subject to powers of renewal, suspension, revocation, denial, refusal to renew, levying criminal or civil penalties, vested in the Board by the Act and does not preclude the Board from using any other legal procedures necessary to carry out its powers and duties.

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Okla. Admin. Code § 55:10-13-5

Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1333, eff 5-27-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2555, eff 7-15-02; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 815, eff 5-11-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 771, eff 4-27-09; Amended at 29 Ok Reg 921, eff 7-1-12

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014 Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/11/2020 Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/15/2022