443.03 Registration requirements for architects.
443.035 Registration requirements for landscape architects.
443.04 Registration requirements for professional engineers.
443.05 Certification of engineers-in-training.
443.06 Registration requirements for land surveyors.
443.07 Permit requirements: designers of engineering systems.
443.08 Registration requirement: firms, partnerships and corporations.
443.09 Examinations and experience requirements for architect, landscape architect and engineer applicants.
443.10 Applications, certificates, rules and roster.
443.11 Disciplinary proceedings against architects, landscape architects and engineers.
443.12 Disciplinary proceedings against land surveyors.
443.13 Disciplinary proceedings against designers of engineering systems.
443.17 Seal or stamp; aiding unauthorized practice.
443.18 Penalties; law enforcement.
Ch. 443 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
440.01.
443.01
443.01
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context provides otherwise:
443.01(1)
(1) "Architect" means a person who is legally qualified to practice architecture.
443.01(2)
(2) "Engineer-in-training" means a person who is a graduate in an engineering curriculum of 4 years or more from a school or college approved by the professional engineer section of the examining board as of satisfactory standing, or a person who has had 4 years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section; and who, in addition, has successfully passed the examination in the fundamental engineering subjects prior to the completion of the requisite years in engineering work, as provided in
s. 443.05, and who has been granted a certificate of record by the professional engineer section stating that the person has successfully passed this portion of the professional examinations.
443.01(3)
(3) "Examining board" means the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers and land surveyors.
443.01(3g)
(3g) "Landscape architect" means a person who practices landscape architecture.
443.01(3r)
(3r) "Landscape architecture" means the performance of a professional service involving conceptual land planning and conceptual design for integrated land development based on the analysis of environmental characteristics, operational requirements, land use or commensurate land values. "Landscape architecture" includes the investigation, selection or allocation of land or water resources for appropriate uses; the formulation of graphic or written criteria for a land planning or land construction program; the preparation, review or analysis of a master plan for land use or development; the production of a graphic land area, grading, drainage, planting or land construction plan; and the planning of a road, bridge or other structure with respect to the aesthetic requirements of the area on which it will be constructed, except that "landscape architecture" does not include any of the following:
443.01(3r)(a)
(a) Professional services performed by a registered architect or by a person who has in effect a permit under
s. 443.10 (1) (d).
443.01(3r)(b)
(b) Professional services performed by a professional engineer or by a person who has in effect a permit under
s. 443.10 (1) (d).
443.01(3r)(c)
(c) Professional services performed by a registered land surveyor or by a person who has in effect a permit under
s. 443.06 (3).
443.01(3r)(d)
(d) The practice of planning as is customarily done by a regional, park, or urban planner, or by a person participating on a planning board or commission, within the scope of that practice.
443.01(3r)(e)
(e) The practice of a natural resource professional, including a biologist, professional geologist, as defined in
s. 470.01 (5), or professional soil scientist, as defined in
s. 470.01 (7).
443.01(3r)(f)
(f) The actions of a person who is under the supervision of a licensed landscape architect or an employee of a licensed landscape architect, unless the person assumes responsible charge, design, or supervision.
443.01(3r)(g)
(g) Work performed on property by an individual who owns or has control over the property, or work performed by a person hired by an individual who owns or has control of the property.
443.01(3r)(h)
(h) Making plans or drawings for the selection, placement, or use of plants or site features.
443.01(4)
(4) "Land surveying" means any service comprising the determination of the location of land boundaries and land boundary corners; the preparation of maps showing the shape and area of tracts of land and their subdivisions into smaller tracts; the preparation of maps showing the layout of roads, streets and rights-of-way of same to give access to smaller tracts; and the preparation of official plats, or maps, of land in this state.
443.01(5)
(5) "Practice of architecture" includes any professional service, such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, architectural and structural design, or responsible supervision of construction, in connection with the construction of any private or public buildings, structures, projects, or the equipment thereof, or addition to or alterations thereof, in which the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned or involved.
443.01(6)
(6) "Practice of professional engineering" includes any professional service requiring the application of engineering principles and data, in which the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned and involved, such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction, alteration, or operation, in connection with any public or private utilities, structures, projects, bridges, plants and buildings, machines, equipment, processes and works. A person offers to practice professional engineering if the person by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card or in any other way represents himself or herself to be a professional engineer; or who through the use of some other title implies that he or she is a professional engineer; or who holds himself or herself out as able to practice professional engineering.
443.01(7)
(7) "Professional engineer" means a person who by reason of his or her knowledge of mathematics, the physical sciences and the principles of engineering, acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in engineering practice as defined in
sub. (6).
443.01(8)
(8) "Responsible supervision of construction" means a professional service, as distinguished from superintending of construction, and means the performance, or the supervision thereof, of reasonable and ordinary on-site observations to determine that the construction is in substantial compliance with the approved drawings, plans and specifications.
443.01 History
History: 1971 c. 42,
215,
307;
1975 c. 9,
39,
199,
200,
334,
421;
1977 c. 29,
125,
418;
1979 c. 34,
98;
1979 c. 162 s.
38 (7);
1979 c. 167;
1979 c. 221 s.
780;
1979 c. 355;
1983 a. 189 ss.
274,
329 (18);
1993 a. 463,
465,
491;
1997 a. 300;
2009 a. 123;
2011 a. 146.
443.01 Annotation
The duties of county surveyors and other land surveyors and minimum standards for property surveys are discussed. 69 Atty. Gen. 160.
443.015
443.015
Examining board to establish continuing education requirements; promulgate rules. 443.015(1)
(1) Each section of the examining board may establish continuing education requirements for renewal of a credential issued by that section under this chapter.
443.015(2)
(2) Each section of the examining board may promulgate rules governing the professional conduct of individuals, firms, partnerships, and corporations registered, permitted, certified, or granted a certificate of authorization by that section.
443.015 History
History: 2007 a. 47;
2011 a. 146.
443.015 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
A-E 10,
13, Wis. adm. code.
443.02
443.02
Practice requirements and registration: general provisions. 443.02(1)(1) Any person practicing or offering to practice architecture or professional engineering in this state shall comply with this chapter.
443.02(2)
(2) No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering in this state unless the person has been duly registered, is exempt under
s. 443.14 or has in effect a permit under
s. 443.10 (1) (d).
443.02(3)
(3) No person may offer to practice architecture, landscape architecture, or professional engineering or use in connection with the person's name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is an architect, landscape architect, or professional engineer or advertise to furnish architectural, landscape architectural, or professional engineering services unless the person has been duly registered or has in effect a permit under
s. 443.10 (1) (d).
443.02(4)
(4) No person may practice land surveying in this state or use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that the person is a land surveyor unless the person has been issued a certificate of registration or granted a permit to practice under this chapter.
443.02 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also
A-E, Wis. adm. code.
443.03
443.03
Registration requirements for architects. 443.03(1)(1) An applicant for registration as an architect shall submit as satisfactory evidence to the architect section of the examining board all of the following:
443.03(1)(a)
(a) That he or she has acquired a thorough knowledge of sound construction, building hygiene, architectural design and mathematics.
443.03(1)(b)1m.
1m. A diploma of graduation, or a certificate, from an architectural school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing, together with at least 2 years' practical experience of a character satisfactory to the architect section in the design and construction of buildings.
443.03(1)(b)2.
2. A specific record of 7 or more years of experience in architectural work of a character satisfactory to the architect section in the design and construction of buildings.
443.03(2)
(2) Graduation in architecture from a school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to 5 years of experience, and the completion satisfactory to the architect section of each year of work in architecture in such school or college without graduation shall be considered equivalent to one year of experience. Graduation in a course other than architecture from a school or college approved by the architect section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to not more than 4 years of experience.
443.03 History
History: 1979 c. 167;
2011 a. 146.
443.03 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
A-E 3, Wis. adm. code.
443.035
443.035
Registration requirements for landscape architects. The landscape architect section of the examining board shall register as a landscape architect an individual who does all of the following:
443.035(1)
(1) Submits to the department evidence satisfactory to the landscape architect section of any of the following:
443.035(1)(a)
(a) That he or she has a bachelor's degree in landscape architecture, or a master's degree in landscape architecture, from a curriculum approved by the landscape architect section and has at least 2 years of practical experience in landscape architecture of a character satisfactory to the landscape architect section.
443.035(1)(b)
(b) That he or she has a specific record of at least 7 years of training and experience in the practice of landscape architecture including at least 2 years of courses in landscape architecture approved by the landscape architect section, and 4 years of practical experience in landscape architecture of a character satisfactory to the landscape architect section.
443.035 History
History: 1993 a. 465;
2011 a. 146.
443.035 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
A-E 9, Wis. adm. code.
443.04
443.04
Registration requirements for professional engineers. An applicant for registration as a professional engineer shall submit satisfactory evidence to the professional engineer section of the examining board of all of the following:
443.04(1m)
(1m) A diploma of graduation, or a certificate, from an engineering school or college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing in an engineering course of not less than 4 years or a diploma of graduation or degree from a technical college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing in an engineering-related course of study of not less than 2 years.
443.04(2m)(a)(a) For an applicant possessing a diploma or certificate from a course of study of not less than 4 years as specified in
sub. (1m), a specific record of 4 or more years of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work.
443.04(2m)(b)
(b) For an applicant possessing a diploma or degree from a course of study of not less than 2 years as specified in
sub. (1m), a specific record of 6 or more years of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section and indicating that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of engineering work.
443.04 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
A-E 4, Wis. adm. code.
443.04 Annotation
The authority of the examining board is discussed. 70 Atty. Gen. 156.
443.05
443.05
Certification of engineers-in-training. 443.05(1)
(1) An applicant for certification as an engineer-in-training shall submit as satisfactory evidence to the professional engineer section of the examining board one of the following:
443.05(1)(a)
(a) A diploma of graduation in engineering or a certificate in engineering from a school or college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing.
443.05(1)(b)
(b) A specific record of 4 years or more of experience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the professional engineer section.
443.05(2)
(2) Graduation in engineering from a school or college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to 4 years of experience and the completion satisfactory to the professional engineer section of each year of work in engineering in such school or college without graduation shall be considered as equivalent to one year of experience. Graduation in a course other than engineering from a school or college approved by the professional engineer section as of satisfactory standing shall be considered as equivalent to 2 years of experience. No applicant may receive credit for more than 4 years of experience under this subsection.
443.05 History
History: 1979 c. 167;
2011 a. 146.
443.05 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
A-E 4, Wis. adm. code.
443.06
443.06
Registration requirements for land surveyors. 443.06(1)(1)
Registration, application, qualifying experience. 443.06(1)(a)(a) Application for registration as a land surveyor or a permit to practice shall be made to the section under oath, on forms provided by the department, which shall require the applicant to submit such information as the land surveyor section of the examining board deems necessary. The land surveyor section may require applicants to pass written or oral examinations or both. Applicants who do not have an arrest or conviction record, subject to
ss. 111.321,
111.322, and
111.335, shall be entitled to be registered or issued a permit to practice as land surveyors when satisfactory evidence is submitted that the applicant has met one or more of the requirements of
sub. (2).
443.06(1)(b)
(b) Each year, but not more than 4 years, of work or training completed in a curriculum in land surveying approved by the land surveyor section, or responsible charge of land surveying teaching may be considered as equivalent to one year of qualifying experience in land surveying work, and each year, but not more than 4 years completed in a curriculum other than land surveying approved by the land surveyor section, may be considered as equivalent to one-half year of qualifying experience.
443.06(2)
(2) Requirements; certificate of registration. The land surveyor section may grant a certificate of registration as a land surveyor to any person who has submitted to it an application, the required fees, and one or more of the following:
443.06(2)(a)
(a) A record of completion of a course in land surveying of not less than 2 years' duration approved by the land surveyor section together with 2 years of practice in land surveying work of satisfactory character which indicates that the applicant is competent to be placed in responsible charge of such work, if the applicant has passed an oral and written or written examination administered by the land surveyor section. This paragraph applies to actions of the land surveyor section on applications for land surveyors' certificates that are submitted to the land surveyor section before July 1, 2000.
