HB 513 -- Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors

Sponsor:  Treadway

This bill:

(1)  Creates the title of professional land surveyor and changes
the name of the State Board for Architects, Professional
Engineers, and Land Surveyors to include this title;

(2)  Changes the Missouri Council of Architects to the American
Institute of Architects/Missouri;

(3)  Changes the definition of the practice of architecture to
indicate that landscape architects are not covered under this
definition;

(4)  Allows any person or corporation licensed to practice
architecture to offer architectural services;

(5)  Requires applicants for reexamination to wait for a period
of at least 6 months before taking another exam;

(6)  Authorizes the board to require continuing education for
licensed architects and professional engineers, not to exceed 30
hours within a licensing period;

(7)  Expands the practice of a professional engineer to include
the coordination of services furnished by structural, civil,
mechanical, and electrical engineers;

(8)  Allows any person or corporation licensed to practice
professional engineering to offer professional engineering
services;

(9)  Gives the board authority to issue inactive licenses for
professional engineers;

(10)  Redefines "practice as a land surveyor" and the
"unauthorized practice as a land surveyor" and revises the
renewal procedure for annual certificates;

(11)  Redefines reciprocation for architects, engineers, and
land surveyors, stating that their qualifications must meet or
exceed the requirements necessary to be licensed in Missouri; and

(12)  Revises the personal right to practice as an architect,
engineer, or land surveyor; the use of personal seals of
registration; and charges of improper conduct.

The bill contains penalty provisions.