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323.120 Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension -- Civil penalty.
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The board may refuse to issue, reissue, or renew a license, or may issue a private or
public reprimand or may probate, suspend, or revoke the license of any architect to
practice architecture in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or may impose any
combination of these sanctions for any of the following reasons:
(a) Gross incompetence or gross negligence in the planning or construction of
buildings, as determined by the board;
(b) Unprofessional conduct, or conduct tending to bring the profession into
disrepute, as determined by the board;
(c) Conviction of a felony;
(d) Fraudulent or dishonest architectural practice;
(e) Use of false evidence or misrepresentations in an application for licensing or
an application for a renewal certificate;
(f) Signing or affixing his seal to any plans, prints, specifications of buildings, or
reports, which have not been prepared by him personally or by his employees
under his supervision;
(g) Violating any provision of this chapter or administrative regulations
promulgated under the chapter;
(h) Failing to comply with an order issued by the board;
(i) Aiding or abetting someone in the unlicensed practice of architecture; or
(j) Having a license or registration certificate to practice as an architect denied,
limited, suspended, probated, or revoked in another jurisdiction on grounds
sufficient to cause licensure to be denied, limited, suspended, probated, or
revoked in this state.
The board shall revoke the license of an architect who practices architecture while
his license is suspended.
The board may, in lieu of or in addition to other penalties, impose a civil penalty not
to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), which shall be paid to the benefit of the
board's trust and agency account.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended
2006 Ky. Acts ch. 53, sec. 4, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch.
111, sec. 5, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 6,
effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 190, sec. 7, effective July 13,
1990. -- Amended 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 10. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch.
208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 73-12.
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