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443.07
(3) Permits shall be granted, designated
, and limited to the fields and
5subfields of technology as are determined by the
examining board designer section 6and recognized in engineering design practice. Any person holding a permit may
7prepare plans and specifications and perform consultation, investigation
, and
8evaluation in connection with the making of plans and specifications, within the
9scope of the permit, notwithstanding that such activity constitutes the practice of
10architecture or professional engineering under this chapter.
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443.07
(5) The permit shall, on its face, restrict the holder thereof to the specific
13field and subfields of designing in which the permittee acquired his or her experience
14in designing. If qualified in more than one type of designing, persons may receive
15permits for more than one field or subfield of designing as may be determined by the
16examining board designer section.
SB453-SSA1, s. 188
17Section
188. 443.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (1) (a) and
18amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,55,219
443.08
(1) (a) The practice of architecture
or professional engineering 20pertaining to the internal operations of a firm, partnership
, or corporation may be
21performed by employees if the architectural
or professional engineering services are
22performed by or under the direct supervision of architects
or professional engineers 23registered under this chapter, or persons exempt from registration under s. 443.14.
24Registered or exempt architectural
or professional engineering employees may
25provide architectural
or professional engineering data with respect to the
1manufacture, sale
, and utilization of the products of the firm, partnership
, or
2corporation to other registered or exempt architects
or professional engineers.
SB453-SSA1,55,114
443.08
(1) (b) The practice of professional engineering pertaining to the
5internal operations of a firm, partnership, or corporation may be performed by
6employees if the professional engineering services are performed by or under the
7direct supervision of professional engineers registered under this chapter, or persons
8exempt from registration under s. 443.14. Registered or exempt professional
9engineering employees may provide professional engineering data with respect to
10the manufacture, sale, and utilization of the products of the firm, partnership, or
11corporation to other registered or exempt professional engineers.
SB453-SSA1, s. 190
12Section
190. 443.08 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (2) (a) (intro.) and
13amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,55,2014
443.08
(2) (a) (intro.)
The No individual architect registered under this chapter
15may practice
of or
the offer to practice architecture,
professional engineering or
16designing by individual architects, professional engineers or designers registered or
17granted a permit under this chapter, through a firm, partnership or corporation as
18principals, officers, employees or agents, is permitted subject to this chapter, if a
19principal, officer, employee, or agent of a firm, partnership, or corporation unless all
20of the following are satisfied:
SB453-SSA1,55,23
211. All personnel who practice or offer to practice in its behalf as architects
,
22professional engineers or designers are registered
or granted a permit under this
23chapter
and if the.
SB453-SSA1,55,25
242. The firm, partnership
, or corporation has been issued a certificate of
25authorization under sub. (3)
(a) 1.
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443.08
(2) (b) No individual professional engineer registered under this
3chapter may practice or offer to practice professional engineering as a principal,
4officer, employee, or agent of a firm, partnership, or corporation unless all of the
5following are satisfied:
SB453-SSA1,56,76
1. All personnel who practice or offer to practice in its behalf as professional
7engineers are registered under this chapter.
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2. The firm, partnership, or corporation has been issued a certificate of
9authorization under sub. (3) (a) 2.
SB453-SSA1,56,1311
443.08
(2) (c) No individual designer granted a permit under this chapter may
12practice or offer to practice designing as a principal, officer, employee, or agent of a
13firm, partnership, or corporation unless all of the following are satisfied:
SB453-SSA1,56,1514
1. All personnel who practice or offer to practice in its behalf as designers are
15granted a permit under this chapter.
SB453-SSA1,56,1716
2. The firm, partnership, or corporation has been issued a certificate of
17authorization under sub. (3) (a) 3.
SB453-SSA1, s. 193
18Section
193. 443.08 (3) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (3) (a) 1. and
19amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,57,1020
443.08
(3) (a) 1. A firm, partnership
, or corporation desiring a certificate of
21authorization shall submit an application to the department on forms provided by
22the department, listing the names and addresses of all officers and directors, and all
23individuals in its employment registered
or granted a permit to practice
24architecture
, professional engineering or designing in this state who will be in
25responsible charge of architecture
, professional engineering or designing being
1practiced in this state through the firm, partnership
, or corporation and other
2relevant information required by the
architect section of the examining board. A
3similar type of form shall also accompany the renewal fee. If there is a change in any
4of these persons, the change shall be reported on the same type of form, and filed with
5the department within 30 days after the effective date of the change. The
examining
6board architect section shall grant a certificate of authorization to a firm,
7partnership
, or corporation complying with this subsection upon payment of the
8initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). This
9subsection does not apply to firms, partnerships
, or corporations exempt under s.
10443.14 (3) or (5).
SB453-SSA1,58,212
443.08
(3) (a) 2. A firm, partnership, or corporation desiring a certificate of
13authorization shall submit an application to the department on forms provided by
14the department, listing the names and addresses of all officers and directors, and all
15individuals in its employment registered to practice professional engineering in this
16state who will be in responsible charge of professional engineering being practiced
17in this state through the firm, partnership, or corporation and other relevant
18information required by the professional engineer section of the examining board.
19A similar type of form shall also accompany the renewal fee. If there is a change in
20any of these persons, the change shall be reported on the same type of form, and filed
21with the department within 30 days after the effective date of the change. The
22professional engineer section shall grant a certificate of authorization to a firm,
23partnership, or corporation complying with this subsection upon payment of the
24initial credential fee determined by the department under s. 440.03 (9) (a). This
1subsection does not apply to firms, partnerships, or corporations exempt under s.
2443.14 (3) or (5).
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443.08
(3) (a) 3. A firm, partnership, or corporation desiring a certificate of
5authorization shall submit an application to the department on forms provided by
6the department, listing the names and addresses of all officers and directors, and all
7individuals in its employment granted a permit to practice designing in this state
8who will be in responsible charge of designing being practiced in this state through
9the firm, partnership, or corporation and other relevant information required by the
10designer section of the examining board. A similar type of form shall also accompany
11the renewal fee. If there is a change in any of these persons, the change shall be
12reported on the same type of form, and filed with the department within 30 days after
13the effective date of the change. The designer section shall grant a certificate of
14authorization to a firm, partnership, or corporation complying with this subsection
15upon payment of the initial credential fee determined by the department under s.
16440.03 (9) (a). This subsection does not apply to firms, partnerships, or corporations
17exempt under s. 443.14 (3) or (5).
SB453-SSA1, s. 196
18Section
196. 443.08 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (4) (a) 1. and
19amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,59,220
443.08
(4) (a) 1. No firm, partnership
, or corporation may be relieved of
21responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees
, or officers by reason
22of its compliance with this chapter, nor may any individual practicing architecture
,
23landscape architecture, professional engineering or designing be relieved of
24responsibility for architectural
, landscape architectural, professional engineering or
1designing services performed by reason of his or her employment or relationship with
2the firm, partnership
, or corporation.
SB453-SSA1,59,94
443.08
(4) (a) 2. No firm, partnership, or corporation may be relieved of
5responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, or officers by reason
6of its compliance with this chapter, nor may any individual practicing landscape
7architecture be relieved of responsibility for landscape architectural services
8performed by reason of his or her employment or relationship with the firm,
9partnership, or corporation.
SB453-SSA1,59,1611
443.08
(4) (a) 3. No firm, partnership, or corporation may be relieved of
12responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, or officers by reason
13of its compliance with this chapter, nor may any individual practicing professional
14engineering be relieved of responsibility for professional engineering services
15performed by reason of his or her employment or relationship with the firm,
16partnership, or corporation.
SB453-SSA1,59,2218
443.08
(4) (a) 4. No firm, partnership, or corporation may be relieved of
19responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, or officers by reason
20of its compliance with this chapter, nor may any individual practicing designing be
21relieved of responsibility for designing services performed by reason of his or her
22employment or relationship with the firm, partnership, or corporation.
SB453-SSA1, s. 200
23Section
200. 443.08 (4) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (4) (b) 1. and
24amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,60,9
1443.08
(4) (b) 1. All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports
, or other
2architectural
, engineering or designing papers or documents involving the practice
3of architecture
, professional engineering or designing, or landscape architectural
4papers or documents prepared by a landscape architect registered under this
5chapter, prepared for the use of a firm, partnership
, or corporation, for delivery by
6it to any person
, or for public record within the state shall be dated and bear the
7signature and seal of the architect
, landscape architect, professional engineer or
8designer who was in responsible charge of their preparation. This paragraph does
9not apply to persons exempt under s. 443.14 (3), (4)
, or (5).
SB453-SSA1,60,1711
443.08
(4) (b) 2. All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, or other
12landscape architectural papers or documents prepared by a landscape architect
13registered under this chapter, prepared for the use of a firm, partnership, or
14corporation, for delivery by it to any person, or for public record within the state shall
15be dated and bear the signature and seal of the landscape architect who was in
16responsible charge of their preparation. This paragraph does not apply to persons
17exempt under s. 443.14 (3), (4), or (5).
SB453-SSA1,60,2419
443.08
(4) (b) 3. All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, or other
20engineering papers or documents involving the practice of professional engineering,
21prepared for the use of a firm, partnership, or corporation, for delivery by it to any
22person, or for public record within the state shall be dated and bear the signature and
23seal of the professional engineer who was in responsible charge of their preparation.
24This paragraph does not apply to persons exempt under s. 443.14 (3), (4), or (5).
SB453-SSA1,61,6
1443.08
(4) (b) 4. All final drawings, specifications, plans, reports, or other
2designing papers or documents involving the practice of designing, prepared for the
3use of a firm, partnership, or corporation, for delivery by it to any person, or for public
4record within the state shall be dated and bear the signature and seal of the designer
5who was in responsible charge of their preparation. This paragraph does not apply
6to persons exempt under s. 443.14 (3), (4), or (5).
SB453-SSA1, s. 204
7Section
204. 443.08 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 443.08 (5) (a) and
8amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,61,159
443.08
(5) (a) No firm, partnership
, or corporation may engage in the practice
10of or offer to practice architecture
, professional engineering or designing in this state,
11or use in connection with its name
, or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title
12or description tending to convey the impression that it is engaged in the practice of
13architecture
, professional engineering or designing, nor may it advertise or offer to
14furnish an architectural
, professional engineering or designing service, unless the
15firm, partnership
, or corporation has complied with this chapter.
SB453-SSA1,61,2217
443.08
(5) (b) No firm, partnership, or corporation may engage in the practice
18of or offer to practice professional engineering in this state, or use in connection with
19its name, or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to
20convey the impression that it is engaged in the practice of professional engineering,
21nor may it advertise or offer to furnish a professional engineering service, unless the
22firm, partnership, or corporation has complied with this chapter.
SB453-SSA1,62,424
443.08
(5) (c) No firm, partnership, or corporation may engage in the practice
25of or offer to practice designing in this state, or use in connection with its name, or
1otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the
2impression that it is engaged in the practice of designing, nor may it advertise or offer
3to furnish a designing service, unless the firm, partnership, or corporation has
4complied with this chapter.
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443.09
(4m) No person may be registered as a landscape architect under this
7chapter unless he or she passes a written examination or written and oral
8examinations conducted or approved by the
landscape architect section of the 9examining board under sub. (5).
SB453-SSA1,62,2211
443.09
(5) Written or written and oral examinations shall be held at such time
12and place as the
landscape architect section of the examining board determines. The
13scope of the examinations and the methods of procedure shall be prescribed by the
14examining board landscape architect section with special reference to the applicant's
15ability to design and supervise architectural, landscape architectural, or
16engineering work, which shall promote the public welfare and ensure the safety of
17life, health, and property. A candidate failing an examination may, upon application
18and payment of the required reexamination fee, be examined again by the
examining
19board landscape architect section. No restrictions may be placed on the number of
20times an unsuccessful candidate may be reexamined, except that after failure of 3
21reexaminations, the
examining board landscape architect section may require a
22one-year waiting period before further reexamination.
SB453-SSA1, s. 209
23Section
209. 443.10 (1) (a) to (d) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,63,624
443.10
(1) (a) The
appropriate section of the examining board may, upon
25application and the payment of the required fee, grant a certificate of registration as
1an architect, as a landscape architect
, or as a professional engineer to any person who
2holds an unexpired certificate of similar registration issued to the person by the
3proper authority in any state or territory or possession of the United States or in any
4country in which the requirements for the registration of architects, landscape
5architects
, or professional engineers are of a standard not lower than specified in this
6chapter.
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(b) The
appropriate section of the examining board may, upon application and
8payment of the required fee, grant a certificate of registration as an architect, as a
9landscape architect
, or as a professional engineer to any person who holds an
10unrevoked card or certificate of national reciprocal registration, issued by any state,
11territory
, or possession of the United States or by any country, which is in conformity
12with the regulations of the national council of state board of architectural, or
13engineering examiners, or council of landscape architectural registration boards,
14and who complies with the regulations of the
examining board appropriate section,
15except as to qualifications and registration fee.
SB453-SSA1,63,2216
(c) The
professional engineer section of the examining board may, upon
17application therefor, and the payment of the required fee, grant a
18certificate-of-record as engineer-in-training to any person who holds an unexpired
19certificate of similar certification issued to the person by the proper authority in any
20state or territory or possession of the United States or in any country in which the
21requirements for the certification of engineers-in-training are of a standard not
22lower than specified in this chapter.
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(d) The
appropriate section of the examining board may, upon application and
24payment of the required fee, grant a permit to practice or to offer to practice
25architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering to a person who is
1not a resident of and has no established place of business in this state, or who has
2recently become a resident of this state, if the person holds an unexpired certificate
3of similar registration issued to the person by the proper authority in any state or
4territory or possession of the United States or in any country in which the
5requirements for the registration of architects, landscape architects
, or professional
6engineers are of a standard not lower than specified in this chapter.
SB453-SSA1,64,138
443.10
(2) (c) The
appropriate section of the examining board shall grant a
9certificate of registration upon payment of the registration fee to any applicant who,
10in the opinion of the
examining board appropriate section, has satisfactorily met all
11the applicable requirements of this chapter. The certificate shall authorize the
12practice of architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering, as
13appropriate.
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443.10
(2) (d) The granting of a certificate of registration by the
appropriate
16section of the examining board shall be evidence that the person named in the
17certificate is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a registered architect, a
18registered landscape architect
, or a registered professional engineer under the
19classification stated on the certificate, while the certificate remains unrevoked or
20unexpired.
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443.10
(2) (f) The
professional engineer section of the examining board shall
23grant a certificate of record as engineer-in-training to any applicant who, in the
24opinion of the
examining board professional engineer section, has satisfactorily met
25all the requirements of this section pertaining to engineers-in-training.
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443.10
(2) (h) Certificates of record as engineers-in-training shall expire on
3July 31st of the 10th year after their issuance unless extended by the
professional
4engineer section of the examining board. An application for extension shall contain
5evidence satisfactory to the
examining board professional engineer section that the
6applicant's professional experience has been delayed.
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443.10
(3) Emergency rules; limitation. The No section of the examining board
9may
not adopt or change, by emergency rule, any requirement for the registration
10of or issuance of a permit to any applicant under this chapter.
SB453-SSA1, s. 215
11Section
215. 443.10 (4) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,65,1612
443.10
(4) (a) A list, showing the names and addresses of all
13engineers-in-training certified by the
professional engineer section of the 14examining board during the period from July 1 to June 30, shall be prepared each
15year by the
examining board professional engineer section. The list shall be
16obtainable by purchase at cost.
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(b)
The Each section of the examining board shall keep a record of its
18proceedings together with a record of all other information pertaining to its
19proceedings as may be deemed necessary by
that section of the
examining board. The
20records of
the each section of the examining board shall be prima facie evidence of
21the proceedings of
that section of the examining board set forth in the records, and
22a transcript thereof, duly certified by the secretary of
that section of the examining
23board under seal, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as if the
24original were produced.
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1443.11
(1) (intro.) The
appropriate section of the examining board may
2reprimand an architect, landscape architect, or professional engineer or limit,
3suspend, or revoke the certificate of registration of any registrant, and the certificate
4of record of any engineer-in-training, who is found guilty of:
SB453-SSA1,66,76
443.11
(1) (e) Any violation of the rules of professional conduct adopted and
7promulgated by
that section of the examining board.
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443.11
(2) The
appropriate section of the examining board may reprimand a
10firm, partnership
, or corporation holding a certificate of authorization issued under
11this chapter or may limit, suspend
, or revoke such a certificate if any of the agents,
12employees
, or officers of the firm, partnership
, or corporation has committed any act
13or has been guilty of any conduct which would authorize a reprimand or a limitation,
14suspension
, or revocation of the certificate of registration of a registrant or the
15certificate of record of an engineer-in-training under this chapter, unless the firm,
16partnership
, or corporation submits evidence satisfactory to the
appropriate section
17of the examining board that the agent, employee
, or officer is not now practicing or
18offering to practice architecture
, landscape architecture, or professional engineering
19in its behalf.
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443.11
(3) Any person may make charges that any registrant, holder of a
22certificate of record as engineer-in-training or corporate holder of a certificate of
23authorization has committed an act for which a reprimand or limitation, suspension
, 24or revocation of registration is authorized under sub. (1). Such charges shall be in
25writing, shall be sworn to by the person making them and shall be submitted to the
1appropriate section of the examining board. The
appropriate section of the 2examining board may, on its own motion, make such charges. All charges, unless
3dismissed by the
appropriate section of the examining board as unfounded or trivial,
4shall be heard by the appropriate section of the examining board, subject to the rules
5promulgated under s. 440.03 (1).
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443.11
(4) If after a hearing under sub. (3), 3 members of a section of the
8examining board vote in favor of sustaining charges specified in sub. (3), the
9appropriate section of the examining board shall reprimand or limit, suspend
, or
10revoke the certificate of registration of the registered architect, registered landscape
11architect
, or registered professional engineer, the certificate of record of the holder
12of a certificate as engineer-in-training, or the certificate of authorization of a firm,
13partnership
, or corporation.
SB453-SSA1,67,1615
443.11
(5) The
action actions of
each section of the examining board
under this
16section shall be subject to review in the manner provided in ch. 227.
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443.11
(6) The
appropriate section of the examining board, for reasons
the
19appropriate section of the examining board it considers sufficient, may reissue a
20certificate of registration or a certificate of record to any person, or a certificate of
21authorization to any firm, partnership
, or corporation, whose certificate has been
22revoked
, except for a certificate revoked under
s. 440.12, this section if 3 members
23of the section
of the examining board vote in favor of such reissuance. Subject to the
24rules of the examining board, the
appropriate section of the examining board may,
25upon payment of the required fee, issue a new certificate of registration, certificate
1of record or certificate of authorization, to replace any certificate that is revoked, lost,
2destroyed or mutilated.
SB453-SSA1, s. 223
3Section
223. 443.13 of the statutes is renumbered 443.13 (1) (intro.) and
4amended to read:
SB453-SSA1,68,75
443.13
(1) (intro.) The
designers' section of the examining board may limit,
6suspend
, or revoke a permit or reprimand the permittee if the permittee is guilty of
7fraud any of the following:
SB453-SSA1,68,8
8(a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining the permit
, gross.
SB453-SSA1,68,9
9(b) Gross negligence, incompetency
, or misconduct in practice
, signing.
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10(c) Signing documents not prepared by the permittee or under the permittee's
11control
, knowingly.
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12(d) Knowingly aiding or abetting unauthorized designing of engineering
13systems as stated in s. 443.07 (3) by persons not granted permits under this chapter
14or conviction.