Report Title:

Architects; Licensure

Description:

Conforms architect licensure requirements to administrative rules and current practice. Updates degree requirements to include advanced degrees. (SD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

589

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO ARCHITECTS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 464-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) No person shall be eligible for licensure as a professional architect unless:

(1) The person [is the holder of]:

(A) Holds an unexpired license in architecture issued [to the person] by any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign[, in which the requirements for licensure at the time the person was first licensed are of a standard satisfactory to the board; provided that if the board is in doubt as to whether the standards are satisfactory, or as to whether the holder was required to fully comply with them, it shall require that the holder successfully pass a written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the holder's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture]; and

(B) Meets the requirements of this chapter and the rules of the board;

[(2) The person is the holder of a masters degree in architecture from an institution of higher education approved by the board; is a graduate of a school or college approved by the board as of satisfactory standing and has completed an architectural curriculum of five years or more; has had two years of full-time lawful experience in architecture work of a character satisfactory to the board, or part-time experience which the board finds to be the equivalent thereof; and has successfully passed a professional written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the person's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture;

(3)] (2) The person [is a graduate of]:

(A) Holds a bachelor's, master's, or higher degree in architecture from a school or college approved by the board [as of satisfactory standing, and has completed an architectural curriculum of five years; has];

(B) Has had three years of full-time lawful experience in architecture work of a character satisfactory to the board, or part-time experience which the board finds to be the equivalent thereof; and [has]

(C) Has successfully passed a professional written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the person's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture;

[(4)] (3) The person [is]:

(A) Is a graduate of a school or college approved by the board [as of satisfactory standing] and has completed an architectural curriculum of four years or a pre-architecture or arts and science curriculum of four years or more; [has]

(B) Has had five years of full-time lawful experience in architecture work of a character satisfactory to the board, or part-time experience which the board finds to be the equivalent thereof; and [has]

(C) Has successfully passed a professional written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the person's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture;

[(5)] (4) The person [is]:

(A) Is a graduate of a community college or other technical training school approved by the board [as of satisfactory standing,] and has completed an architectural technology curriculum of two years or more; [has]

(B) Has had eight years of full-time lawful experience in architecture work of a character satisfactory to the board, or part-time experience which the board finds to be the equivalent thereof; and [has]

(C) Has successfully passed a professional written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the person's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture; or

[(6)] (5) The person [has]:

(A) Has had eleven years of full-time lawful experience in architecture work of a character satisfactory to the board, or part-time experience which the board finds to be the equivalent thereof; and [has]

(B) Has successfully passed a professional written examination, prescribed by the board and designed to test the person's knowledge, skill, and competency in the profession of architecture;

provided that those persons who qualify under paragraphs (2) through [(6),] (5), as of June 30, 2000, shall be required to fulfill the requirements of the [Intern Development Program] intern development program of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards or of any similar program satisfactory to the board[.], and as approved by the board. For [paragraphs] paragraph (2) [and (3)], the intern development program shall fulfill the experience requirement. For paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), [and (6),] time [participating] spent in the intern development program shall be credited toward the experience requirement."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.