49 Pa. Code § 9.2

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 41, October 12, 2024
Section 9.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

ARE-Architect Registration Examination of the NCARB approved by the Board as the architecture licensure examination.

Accredited program-A program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board to provide courses in architecture and related subjects and empowered to grant professional and academic degrees in architecture.

Act-The Architects Licensure Law (63 P. S. §§ 34.1-34.22).

Administrative Code-The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §§ 51-732).

Board-The Architects Licensure Board as defined in section 4 of the act (63 P. S. § 34.4).

Board prosecutor-An attorney employed through the Office of General Counsel to act as the prosecutor for the Commonwealth before the Board.

Bureau-The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs.

Commissioner-The Commissioner of the Bureau.

Examination-The examination for architectural registration approved by the Board.

IDP-Intern Development Program of NCARB.

IDP council record-A detailed authenticated record of an individual's education, training and character maintained by NCARB.

NAAB-National Architectural Accrediting Boards, Inc.

NCARB-National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1735 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006.

Plans and models-Drawings, graphic representations or scaled models, or a combination of drawings, graphic representations or models, or reproduction thereof, prepared for the purpose of illustrating proposed or intended designs for the construction, enlargement or alteration of a building or project.

Sole proprietorship-A business form solely owned by an individual architect licensed in this Commonwealth.

Specifications-A written instruction or reproduction thereof describing a material or method of construction proposed or intended to be employed in the construction, enlargement or alteration of a building or project.

49 Pa. Code § 9.2

The provisions of this §9.2 amended October 22, 1976, effective 10/23/1976, 6 Pa.B. 2668; amended January 30, 1987, effective 1/31/1987, 17 Pa.B. 542; amended October 25, 1996, effective 10/26/1996, 26 Pa.B. 5101; amended July 10, 1998, effective 7/11/1998, 28 Pa.B. 3273; amended July 15, 2005, effective 7/16/2005, 35 Pa.B. 3923.

The provisions of this §9.2 amended under section 812.1 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 279.3a); and sections 5(a), 6(a)-(d), 8(b) and (c), 10(b), 11(a), 12(a) and (c), 13(h) and 14 of the Architects Licensure Law (63 P. S. §§ 34.5(a), 34.6(a)-(d), 34.8(b) and (c), 34.10(b), 34.11(a), 34.12(a) and (c), 34.13(h) and 34.14).