LSBAE Laws and Rules Quiz

The Board may at any time dispose of any complaint or other matter informally. Such informal resolution may take the form of any informal disposition recognized in R.S. 49:955(D) or any other form of agreement or disposition which adequately addresses the complaint or the matter under investigation.

When the Board receives a complaint, report, or other information which, if established as being true, would constitute just cause under the law for revocation, suspension, denial of license, or other form of discipline or punishment specified in R.S. 37:153 or R.S. 37:154, the Board may:

Use of the word “architect” in the title of a firm is illegal unless the firm is licensed by the Board as an architecture firm, even if the firm does not provide architectural services.

Licensees who are granted “emeritus” status may still practice architecture but are not required to continue earning continuing education hours as long as their practice is limited to renovations of existing structures.

How many HSW Continuing Education Hours are required during each calendar year?

Renovations or alterations which exceed $125,000 are exempted from the Licensing Law only if the applicant documents to the satisfaction of the state fire marshal that the project does not affect structural integrity or life safety.

An architecture firm fails to renew its certificate of authority by the renewal deadline and its certificate of authority expires. Several months later, the firm’s designated supervising professional architect realizes what has happened, and the firm submits a reinstatement application to the Board. Even though the firm provided architectural services on sixteen architecture projects during the time its certificate of authority was expired, the supervising professional architect asserts on the firm’s reinstatement application that the firm did not practice architecture during that time. Because those architectural services were provided under the responsible charge of the supervising professional architect, the Board has no authority to take disciplinary action against the firm.

Which of the following dollar amounts is the maximum fine per violation that may be imposed on an individual architect under the Laws and Rules of the Board?

An intern architect is a person who:

A licensed architect is fired by his client prior to the completion of a project. The client refuses to return the licensee’s sealed drawings to him and, instead, gives them to another licensed architect hired to wrap up the project. Because the first architect was fired by the client, the second architect is not required to obtain approval from him before removing his seal and using the drawings to complete the project.

The Disciplinary Guidelines contained in the Board’s rules set forth the normal discipline which shall be imposed upon a licensee or certificate holder found to have violated the licensing law or rules. According to the Disciplinary Guidelines, for “plan stamping” an architect shall be assessed a $3,000 fine, probation and/or suspension of the architect’s license for one year, and a public reprimand absent aggravating or mitigating factors.

If an architect admits to, or is found by the Board to be guilty of, a violation of one or more provisions of the Louisiana Architect Licensing Law, which of the following aggravating circumstances may the Board consider when deciding the discipline to be imposed ?

When a hearing is scheduled, the Board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses to testify and to produce any relevant books, papers, or other documents in their possession before the Board.

In its audit of an architect’s continuing education activities, the Board may disallow credit claimed by the architect for purported continuing education hours (“CEH”) completed. If the Board disallows any CEH, how many days from notice of such disallowance does an architect have either to provide further evidence of having completed the CEH disallowed or to remedy the disallowance by completing the required number of CEH?

A licensed architect decides to allow the architect’s membership in the American Institute of Architects to expire. The architect forgets that “AIA” is listed with the architect’s credentials on the architect’s website, business cards, and title block. Under the laws and rules of the Board, the Board might consider this representation a deceptive or false statement and discipline the architect for such.

If an investigation discloses evidence of a violation of one or more provisions of the Louisiana Architect Licensing Law, and a formal hearing is deemed necessary, notice of that hearing must be served upon the person who was the subject of the investigation at least:

If, in the course of an architect’s work on a project, the architect becomes aware of a decision made by the architect’s employer or client, against the architect's advice, which violates applicable federal, state, or local building laws and regulations and which will, in the architect's judgment, materially and adversely affect adversely the health and safety of the public, the architect shall:

Licensed architects may allow others to use their Louisiana architect seal if no fees are assessed for such use.

The laws and rules of the Board require that an architect’s seal contain only the name of the architect and an image of the Louisiana state flag.

Which of the following is an architect’s primary duty?

A person designing a 3,500 sq. ft. office building must be licensed by the Board as an architect.

To qualify for examination, applicants who have been convicted of a felony must present satisfactory evidence that their debt to society has been paid.

To offer or provide architectural services in Louisiana, an architectural firm must:

When do licenses for individual architects expire?

The Board may take which of the following actions regarding non-licensees and non- certificate holders who allegedly violate the laws or rules of the Board: