California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 5535.2.
    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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 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...
  • Section 5537.2.
    This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing a licensed contractor to perform design services beyond those described in Section 5537 or in Chapter 9...
  • Section 5537.4.
    A professional engineer registered to practice engineering under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), insofar as he or she practices the profession...
  • Section 5537.5.
    A civil engineer authorized to use that title under the provisions of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700), insofar as he or she practices the...
  • Section 5537.6.
    A landscape architect registered under the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 5615), insofar as he or she practices the profession for which he...
  • Section 5537.7.
    A land surveyor licensed under the provisions of Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 8700) of Division 3, insofar as he or she practices the profession...
  • Section 5538.
    This chapter does not prohibit any person from furnishing either alone or with contractors, if required by Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division...

Last modified: October 22, 2018