AB419: Bill Text

AB419, s. 36 Section 36. 443.11 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,15,10 443.11 (6) The examining board, for reasons the interested section considers sufficient, may reissue a certificate of registration or a certificate of record to any person, or a certificate of authorization to any corporation, whose certificate has been revoked, providing 3 members of the architect section, 3 members of the landscape architect section, 3 members of the registered interior designer section, 3 members of the geologist section or 3 members of the engineer section of the examining board vote in favor of such reissuance. A new certificate of registration, certificate of record or certificate of authorization, to replace any certificate revoked, lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued, subject to the rules of the examining board and the payment of the required fee.

AB419, s. 37 Section 37. 443.13 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,15,25 443.13 Disciplinary proceedings against designers of engineering systems. The examining board may limit, suspend or revoke a permit or reprimand the permittee if the permittee is guilty of fraud or deceit in obtaining the permit, gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in practice, signing documents not prepared by the permittee or under the permittee's control, knowingly aiding or abetting unauthorized designing of engineering systems as stated in s. 443.07 (3) by persons not granted permits under this chapter or conviction of a felony, subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335, or adjudication of mental incompetency by a court of competent jurisdiction. If, after a hearing conducted under the rules promulgated under s. 440.03 (1) before the designers' designer of engineering systems section of the examining board, two-thirds of the members of the section vote in favor of sustaining the charges, the examining board shall reprimand the permittee or limit, suspend or revoke the permit. The action of the examining board is subject to review under ch. 227.

AB419, s. 38 Section 38. 443.16 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,16,12 443.16 Change of name. No person may practice architecture, professional geology or professional engineering in this state, and no person who is registered as a landscape architect under this chapter may practice landscape architecture in this state, and no person who is registered as a registered interior designer under this chapter may practice interior design in this state under any other given name or any other surname than that under which the person was originally licensed or registered to practice in this or any other state, in any instance in which if the examining board, after a hearing, finds that practicing under the changed name operates to unfairly compete with another practitioner or to mislead the public as to identity or to otherwise result in detriment to the profession or the public. This section does not apply to a change of name resulting from marriage or divorce.

AB419, s. 39 Section 39. 443.17 of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,16,22 443.17 Seal or stamp; aiding unauthorized practice. No person who is registered under this chapter to practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional geology or professional engineering may impress his or her seal or stamp upon documents which have not been prepared by the person or under his or her direction and control, knowingly permit his or her seal or stamp to be used by any other person or in any other manner knowingly aid or abet the unauthorized practice of architecture, professional geology or professional engineering or the unauthorized use of the title "landscape architect" or "registered interior designer" by persons not authorized under this chapter.

AB419, s. 40 Section 40. 443.18 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,17,15 443.18 (1) (a) Any person who practices or offers to practice architecture, professional geology or professional engineering in this state, or who uses the term "architect", "professional geologist" or "professional engineer" as part of the person's business name or title, except as provided in s. 443.08 (6), or in any way represents himself or herself as an architect, a professional geologist or a professional engineer unless the person is registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or unless the person is the holder of an unexpired permit issued under s. 443.10 (1) (d), or any individual who uses the title "landscape architect" or "registered interior designer" in this state unless the person is registered or exempted in accordance with this chapter, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his or her own the certificate of registration of another, or any person who gives any false or forged evidence of any kind to the examining board or to any member of the examining board in obtaining a certificate of registration, or any person who falsely impersonates any other registrant of like or different name, or any person who attempts to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration, or violates any of the provisions of this section, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 3 months or both.

AB419, s. 41 Section 41. 443.18 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,18,3 443.18 (2) (a) Injunction. If it appears upon complaint to the examining board by any person, or is known to the examining board that any person who is neither registered nor exempt under this chapter nor the holder of an unexpired permit under s. 443.10 (1) (d) is practicing or offering to practice, or is about to practice or to offer to practice, architecture, professional geology or professional engineering in this state, or is using the title "landscape architect" or "registered interior designer" in this state, the examining board or the attorney general or the district attorney of the proper county may investigate and may, in addition to any other remedies, bring action in the name and on behalf of this state against any such person to enjoin the person from practicing or offering to practice architecture, professional geology or professional engineering or from using the title "landscape architect" or "registered interior designer".

AB419, s. 42 Section 42. 703.11 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB419,18,10 703.11 (2) (b) A survey of the property described in the declaration complying with minimum standards for property surveys adopted by the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors and showing the location of any unit or building located or to be located on the property.

AB419, s. 43 Section 43 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB419,18,15 (1)  Examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors; initial appointments of additional members.

AB419,18,23 (a)  Notwithstanding section 15.405 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the initial registered interior designer members of the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors need not be registered as registered interior designers under chapter 443 of the statutes, as affected by this act, to be appointed to and serve as members of the examining board until the first day of the 13th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph.

AB419,19,4 (b)  Notwithstanding section 15.405 (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by this act, the additional members of the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors shall be initially appointed by the first day of the 4th month beginning after the effective date of this paragraph for the following terms:

AB419,19,6 1.  One registered interior designer member and one public member, for terms expiring July 1, 1997.

AB419,19,8 2.  One registered interior designer member, for a term expiring on July 1, 1998.

AB419,19,9 3.  One public member, for a term expiring on July 1, 1999.

AB419,19,11 4.  One registered interior designer member, for a term expiring on July 1, 2000.

AB419,19,18 (2)  Waiver of education and examination requirements. Notwithstanding sections 443.032 and 443.09 (4g) of the statutes, as created by this act, the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors shall register as a registered interior designer any individual who, not later than the first day of the 12th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, does all of the following:

AB419,19,22 (a)  Submits an application for registration as a registered interior designer to the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors.

AB419,19,23 (b)  Pays the fee specified under section 440.05 (1) of the statutes.

AB419,19,24 (c)  Satisfies section 443.09 (2) of the statutes, as affected by this act.

AB419,20,3 (d)  Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board that he or she has passed the building and barrier-free codes section of the examination administered by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.

AB419,20,7 (e)  Submits evidence satisfactory to the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors that he or she has done one of the following:

AB419,20,11 1.  Passed an examination administered by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification or an examination that the examining board determines is substantially equivalent to an examination administered by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.

AB419,20,22 2.  Used or been identified by the title "interior designer" and has had at least 6 years of combined interior design education and experience. The 6 years of combined interior design education and experience required under this subdivision shall include at least 2 years of practical experience or employment in the practice of interior design, as defined in section 443.01 (3d) of the statutes, as created by this act, and at least 2 years of interior design education, except that the examining board of architects, landscape architects, registered interior designers, professional geologists, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors may permit an applicant to substitute 2 years of appropriate practical experience or employment in the practice of interior design for each year of required interior design education.

AB419, s. 44 Section 44. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 7th month beginning after publication, except as follows:

AB419,21,2 (1)  The treatment of sections 15.405 (2) (intro.), (a) and (b) of the statutes and Section 43 of this act take effect on the day after publication.

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