Section A-E 8.04 - Offers to perform services shall be truthful When offering to perform professional services, an architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer, professional land surveyor, or registered interior designer:
(1) Shall accurately and truthfully represent to a prospective client or employer the capabilities and qualifications which the registrant or licensee has to perform the services to be rendered.(2) Shall represent the costs and completion times of a proposed project to a client or prospective client as accurately and truthfully as is reasonably possible.(3) May not offer to perform, nor perform, services which the registrant or licensee is not qualified to perform by education or experience without retaining the services of another who is qualified.(4) May not use advertising or publicity which is fraudulent or deceptive.(5) May not misrepresent the extent to which the performance of services will involve a partnership or association with another registrant or licensee or misrepresent the identity of a registrant or licensee with whom a partnership or association will be engaged in for the performance of services.(6) May not collect a fee for recommending the services of another unless written notice is first given to all parties concerned.(7) May not practice under a firm name that misrepresents the identity of those practicing in the firm or misrepresents the type of services which the individuals, firm or partnership is authorized and qualified to perform.Wis. Admin. Code Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers A-E 8.04
Cr. Register, February, 1987, No. 374, eff. 3-1-87; am. (intro.), Register, June, 1995, No. 474, eff. 7-1-95; am. (1) to (6), Register, January, 1999, No. 517, eff. 2-1-99; am. (intro.), Register, February, 2000, No. 530, eff. 3-1-00.Amended by, CR 15-036: am. (intro.), (1), (3) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff.2/1/2016Amended by, CR 21-019: am (5) Register November 2022 No. 803, eff. 12/1/2022Amended by, CR 24-001: am. (intro.) Register July 29 No. 823, eff. 8/1/2024