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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5523
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5523
Special meetings of the board shall be called by the executive officer upon the written notice of four members by giving each member of the board 10 days’ written notice of the time and place of the meeting.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5524
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5524
Six of the members of the board constitute a quorum of the board for the transaction of business. The concurrence of five members of the board present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be necessary to constitute an act or decision of the board, except that
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5525
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5525
The board may prosecute all persons guilty of violating the provisions of this chapter. Except as provided in Section 159.5, the board may employ inspectors, special agents, investigators, and such clerical assistants as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions o
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5526
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5526
(a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the examination of applicants for licenses to practice architecture in this state. (b) The board may, by rule or regulation, adopt rules of professional conduct that are not inconsistent with state or federal law. Every pe
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5526.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5526.5
(a) In addition to requesting an administrative hearing as provided for in paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 125.9, the cited person may request an informal conference to review the acts shared in the citation. The cited person shall make the request for an informal con
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5527
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5527
Whenever any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or which will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of the county in which the offense has occurred or is about to occur, on application of the board, may is
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5528
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5528
(a) The board may select and contract with necessary architect consultants who are licensed architects to assist it in its enforcement program on an intermittent basis. The architect consultants shall perform only those services that are necessary to carry out and enforce this ch
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 553
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 553
All maternity homes, hospitals, and similar institutions wherein childbirths occur shall keep a record of all cases of ophthalmia neonatorum occurring or discovered therein. These records shall be in the form and contain the matters which the department prescribes.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535
As used in this chapter, the word “person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, general corporation, professional corporation, or limited liability partnership, as authorized by the Corporations Code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.1
The phrase “responsible control” means that amount of control over the content of all architectural instruments of service during their preparation that is ordinarily exercised by architects applying the required professional standard of care.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.2
(a) This chapter does not prevent an architect from forming a business entity or collaborating with persons who are not architects, provided that any architects’ professional services that are provided through that entity or collaboration are offered and provided under the respon
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.25
As used in this chapter, the terms “business entity” and “collaboration” include employer and employee relationships, joint ventures, partnerships, general corporations, and consulting relationships formed by written agreement in which the architect provides immediate and respons
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5535.3
This chapter does not prevent a corporation from furnishing or supplying by contract architectural services, as long as any architects’ professional services are offered and provided under the responsible control of a licensed architect or architects.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536
(a) It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment, for any person who is not licensed to practic
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.1
(a) All persons preparing or being in responsible control of plans, specifications, and instruments of service for others shall sign those plans, specifications, and instruments of service and all contracts therefor, and, if licensed under this chapter, shall affix a stamp, which
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.2
Each county or city which requires the issuance of any permit as a condition precedent to the construction, alteration, improvement, or repair of any building or structure shall also require as a condition precedent to the issuance of the permit a signed statement that the person
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.22
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.22
(a) An architect shall use a written contract when contracting to provide professional services to a client pursuant to this chapter. That written contract shall be executed by the architect and the client, or the client’s representative, prior to the architect commencing work, u
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.25
(a) A licensed architect who signs and stamps plans, specifications, reports, or documents shall not be responsible for damage caused by subsequent changes to or uses of those plans, specifications, reports, or documents, where the subsequent changes or uses, including changes or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.26
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.26
The use of the words “certify” or “certification” by a licensed architect in the practice of architecture constitutes an expression of professional opinion regarding those facts or findings that are the subject of the certification, and does not constitute a warranty or guarantee
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.27
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.27
(a) An architect who voluntarily, without compensation or expectation of compensation, provides structural inspection services at the scene of a declared national, state, or local emergency caused by a major earthquake, flood, riot, or fire at the request of a public official, pu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.3
(a) In the event of damage to residential real property caused by a natural disaster declared by the Governor, if the damage may be covered by one or more policies of insurance, any architect or other person who has prepared plans used for the construction or remodeling of the re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.4
(a) No person may use an architect’s instruments of service, as those professional services are described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 5500.1, without the consent of the architect in a written contract, written agreement, or written license specifically authoriz
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5536.5
Any person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5536 in connection with the offer or performance of architectural services for the repair of damage to a residential or nonresidential structure caused by a natural disaster for which a state of emergency is proclaimed by the Gov
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5537
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5537
(a) This chapter does not prohibit any person from preparing plans, drawings, or specifications for any of the following: (1) Single-family dwellings of woodframe construction not more than two stories and basement in height. (2) Multiple dwellings containing no more than four dw
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5537.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 5537.1
A structural engineer, defined as a registered civil engineer who has been authorized to use the title structural engineer under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he or she is registered, is exempt