2015 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 59. Professions and Occupations
§59-46.24. Issuance of architecture license - Qualifications - Examination - License certificate - Confidential records.

A. Except as otherwise provided in the State Architectural and Registered Interior Designers Act, no license shall be issued to any person to practice architecture in this state unless the person:

1. Is twenty-one (21) years of age or over and is of good moral character;

2. Is the holder of an accredited professional degree in architecture and shall have had such practical training as this act and the Board, by rule, shall deem appropriate. In lieu of the requirement of an accredited professional degree, the Board may license an applicant who demonstrates in accordance with such standards and requirements as determined by this act and/or the Board's rules that the person has such other educational experience as the Board deems equivalent to an accredited professional degree in architecture or in any case the Board decides the interest of the public will be served and the person is determined to be qualified and competent by equivalent standards for architects and in compliance with this act and rules or in compliance with the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act;

3. Has paid to the Board a fee as prescribed by the rules of the Board plus the actual cost of the examination given by the Board; and

4. Has passed the examinations prescribed by the Board for the issuance of a license.

B. Upon meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section and payment of an initial fee as may be prescribed by the rules of the Board, the Board shall issue to the applicant a license which shall authorize the applicant to engage in the practice of architecture in this state. The Board has the authority to issue temporary licenses while qualifying the applicant in compliance with the Post-Military Service Occupation, Education and Credentialing Act or with any declared state of emergency.

C. The examination for a license to practice architecture in this state shall be held not less than once each year, shall cover such subjects as may be prescribed by the Board and shall be graded on such basis as the Board shall prescribe by rule. The Board may adopt the examinations, requirements for admission to the examinations and the grading procedures of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards or its successor. Notice of the time and place for the holding of examinations shall be given in the manner and form prescribed by the Board and may be administered electronically.

D. The license certificate shall be in a form prescribed by the Board. The certificate shall be signed by the chair and by the secretary-treasurer of the Board and shall bear the impress of the seal of the Board. All papers received by the Board relating to an application for a license, to an examination and to the issuance of a license shall be electronically retained by the Board and originals destroyed. If it was incomplete, it shall only be retained for one (1) year from the date of submission and then destroyed.

E. The following Board records and papers are of a confidential nature and are not public records: Examination material for examinations before and after they are given, file records of examination problem solutions, letters of inquiry and reference concerning applicants, Board inquiry forms concerning applicants, and investigation files.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 350, § 11, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947. Amended by Laws 1980, c. 314, § 9, eff. July 1, 1980; Laws 1981, c. 320, § 3; Laws 1983, c. 21, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1986, c. 154, § 5, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 287, § 12, operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from Title 59, § 45.11 by Laws 1986, c. 287, § 32, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws 1998, c. 220, § 15, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2006, c. 163, § 18, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 16, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014, c. 234, § 14, eff. July 1, 2014.