Section 415-RICR-00-00-1.4 - DefinitionsA. Terms that are not listed in § 1.4 of this Part shall have the meanings provided by R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-1-1et seq. and/or the meanings set forth in the remaining sections of this Regulation.1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-1-1et seq.2. "ARE®" means the Architect Registration Exam® developed and administered by NCARB.3. "Board" means the Board of Examination and Registration of Architects and/or, when the context permits, to the relevant administrative personnel or authorized agents thereof. Within the Department, the Board is organized under the "Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals."4. "COA" means Certificate of Authorization.5. "Continuing education hour" or "CEH" means one (1) continuous instructional hour (fifty (50) to sixty (60) minutes of contact) spent in Structured Educational Activities intended to increase or update the architect's knowledge and competence in Health, Safety, and Welfare Subjects.6. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation.7. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation or his/her designee.8. "Division of Building, Design and Fire Professionals" means the State Building Office of the Department of Business Regulation comprised of the Board of Examination and Registration of Architects, the Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, and the Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors, the Office of the State Building Commissioner, and the Contractor's Registration and Licensing Board in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-84-1et seq.9. "Experience" and "Training" are interchangeable and mean satisfactory architecturally-related employment as required by NCARB.10. "IPAL" means NCARB's Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure.11. "NAAB" means the National Architectural Accrediting Board.12. "NCARB" means the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards.13. "Principal" means an architect who: a. Is in responsible control of the organization's architectural practice either alone or in concert with other architect(s);b. Is responsible for the profits and losses of the firm;c. Is legally liable for the acts of the firm; andd. Who holds one (1) of the following positions: sole proprietor if the practice is through a sole proprietorship, director or officer (or shareholder if there are no directors or officers) if the practice is through a corporation, general partner if the practice is through a partnership or through a limited liability partnership, manager (or member if there are no managers) if the practice is through a limited liability company.14. "Responsible control" means that amount of control over and detailed professional knowledge of the content of technical submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by registered architects applying the required professional standard of care, including but not limited to an architect's integration of information from manufacturers, suppliers, installers, the architect's consultants, owners, contractors, or other sources the architect reasonably trusts that is incidental to and intended to be incorporated into the architect's technical submissions if the architect has coordinated and reviewed such information. Other review, or review and correction, of technical submissions after they have been prepared by others does not constitute the exercise of responsible control because the reviewer has neither control over nor detailed professional knowledge of the content of such submissions throughout their preparation.15. "Seal" means the symbol meeting the specifications set forth herein that evidences registration as an architect under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-1.16. "Stamp" means the instrument to manually apply a seal evidencing registration of an architect under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-1.17. "State," as used in R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-1-9, means any jurisdiction recognized by NCARB, including any foreign jurisdictions in which Rhode Island is a signatory to a Mutual Recognition Agreement or similar agreement with NCARB.415 R.I. Code R. 415-RICR-00-00-1.4
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