California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 3 - Architecture

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5500. - 5500. As used in this chapter, architect means a person...

Section 5500.1. - 5500.1. (a) The practice of architecture within the meaning and...

Section 5501. - 5501. This chapter constitutes the chapter on professional architects. It...

Section 5502. - 5502. As used in this chapter, board refers to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 5510. - 5510. There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a...

Section 5510.1. - 5510.1. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the...

Section 5510.15. - 5510.15. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 5514. - 5514. The membership of the board shall be composed of...

Section 5515. - 5515. Every person appointed shall serve for four years and...

Section 5515.5. - 5515.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 130 or 5515, the following provisions...

Section 5516. - 5516. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 5517. - 5517. The board may appoint a person exempt from civil...

Section 5518. - 5518. The board shall elect from its members a president,...

Section 5520. - 5520. The board shall adopt a seal for its own...

Section 5521. - 5521. The executive officer shall keep an accurate record of...

Section 5522. - 5522. The board shall meet at least once each calendar...

Section 5523. - 5523. Special meetings of the board shall be called by...

Section 5524. - 5524. Six of the members of the board constitute a...

Section 5525. - 5525. The board may prosecute all persons guilty of violating...

Section 5526. - 5526. (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing...

Section 5526.5. - 5526.5. (a) In addition to requesting an administrative hearing as...

Section 5527. - 5527. Whenever any person has engaged in or is about...

Section 5528. - 5528. (a) The board may select and contract with necessary...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 5535. - 5535. As used in this chapter, the word “person” includes...

Section 5535.1. - 5535.1. The phrase “responsible control” means that amount of control...

Section 5535.2. - 5535.2. (a) This chapter does not prevent an architect from...

Section 5535.25. - 5535.25. As used in this chapter, the terms “business entity”...

Section 5535.3. - 5535.3. This chapter does not prevent a corporation from furnishing...

Section 5536. - 5536. (a) It is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine...

Section 5536.1. - 5536.1. (a) All persons preparing or being in responsible control...

Section 5536.2. - 5536.2. Each county or city which requires the issuance of...

Section 5536.22. - 5536.22. (a) An architect shall use a written contract when...

Section 5536.25. - 5536.25. (a) A licensed architect who signs and stamps plans,...

Section 5536.26. - 5536.26. The use of the words “certify” or “certification” by...

Section 5536.27. - 5536.27. (a) An architect who voluntarily, without compensation or expectation...

Section 5536.3. - 5536.3. (a) In the event of damage to residential real...

Section 5536.4. - 5536.4. (a) No person may use an architect’s instruments of...

Section 5536.5. - 5536.5. Any person who violates subdivision (a) of Section 5536...

Section 5537. - 5537. (a) This chapter does not prohibit any person from...

Section 5537.1. - 5537.1. A structural engineer, defined as a registered civil engineer...

Section 5537.2. - 5537.2. This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing a...

Section 5537.4. - 5537.4. A professional engineer registered to practice engineering under the...

Section 5537.5. - 5537.5. A civil engineer authorized to use that title under...

Section 5537.6. - 5537.6. A landscape architect registered under the provisions of Chapter...

Section 5537.7. - 5537.7. A land surveyor licensed under the provisions of Chapter...

Section 5538. - 5538. This chapter does not prohibit any person from furnishing...

ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Certificates

Section 5550. - 5550. Subject to the rules and regulations governing examinations, any...

Section 5550.1. - 5550.1. An applicant for a license to practice architecture shall...

Section 5550.2. - 5550.2. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 5552, the board may...

Section 5550.3. - 5550.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 111, the board may adopt guidelines...

Section 5550.5. - 5550.5. Notwithstanding Section 30 of this code or Section 17520...

Section 5551. - 5551. If the applicant’s examination is satisfactory, and if no...

Section 5552. - 5552. The applicant for a license to practice architecture shall:...

Section 5552.1. - 5552.1. (a) Pursuant to Section 144, beginning January 1, 2021,...

Section 5552.5. - 5552.5. The board may, by regulation, implement an architectural education...

Section 5553. - 5553. Issuance of a license may be denied if evidence...

Section 5554. - 5554. The certificate shall contain the name of the person...

Section 5555. - 5555. Licenses to practice architecture remain in full force until...

Section 5557. - 5557. A duplicate license to practice architecture, replacing one which...

Section 5558. - 5558. Each person holding a license to practice architecture under...

ARTICLE 5 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 5560. - 5560. The board may upon its own motion, and shall...

Section 5561. - 5561. All accusations against licensees charging the holder of a...

Section 5561.5. - 5561.5. The proceedings for the suspension or revocation of licenses...

Section 5565. - 5565. The decision may: (a) Provide for the immediate complete...

Section 5570. - 5570. In any proceeding for review by a court, the...

Section 5571. - 5571. A judgment of suspension or cancellation of a certificate...

Section 5573. - 5573. After suspension of a license upon any of the...

Section 5577. - 5577. The conviction of a crime substantially related to the...

Section 5578. - 5578. The fact that the holder of a license is...

Section 5579. - 5579. The fact that the holder of a license has...

Section 5580. - 5580. The fact that the holder of a license is...

Section 5582. - 5582. The fact that the holder of a license has...

Section 5582.1. - 5582.1. (a) The fact that the holder of a license...

Section 5583. - 5583. The fact that, in the practice of architecture, the...

Section 5584. - 5584. The fact that, in the practice of architecture, the...

Section 5585. - 5585. The fact that in the practice of architecture the...

Section 5586. - 5586. The fact that the holder of a license has...

Section 5588. - 5588. (a) A licensee shall report to the board in...

Section 5588.1. - 5588.1. (a) Within 30 days of payment of all or...

Section 5588.2. - 5588.2. The requirements of Section 5588 and 5588.1 shall apply...

Section 5588.3. - 5588.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a licensee shall...

Section 5588.4. - 5588.4. The board may adopt regulations to further define the...

Section 5590. - 5590. Within 10 days after a judgment by a court...

ARTICLE 6 - Revenue

Section 5600. - 5600. (a) All licenses issued or renewed under this chapter...

Section 5600.05. - 5600.05. (a) (1) As a condition of license renewal, a...

Section 5600.1. - 5600.1. The board shall give written notice to a licensee...

Section 5600.2. - 5600.2. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license...

Section 5600.3. - 5600.3. A license which is not renewed within five years...

Section 5600.4. - 5600.4. (a) The board shall issue, upon application and payment...

Section 5601. - 5601. Within 10 days after the beginning of every month,...

Section 5602. - 5602. The money paid into the California Architects Board Fund,...

Section 5603. - 5603. The board shall make available to local building departments,...

Section 5604. - 5604. The fees prescribed by this chapter for architect applicants...

ARTICLE 7 - Architectural Corporations

Section 5610. - 5610. A professional architectural corporation is a corporation which is...

Section 5610.2. - 5610.2. It is unprofessional conduct and a violation of this...

Section 5610.3. - 5610.3. The name of a professional architectural corporation and any...

Section 5610.4. - 5610.4. Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations...

Section 5610.5. - 5610.5. The income of a professional architectural corporation attributable to...

Section 5610.6. - 5610.6. A professional architectural corporation shall not do or fail...

Section 5610.7. - 5610.7. The board may formulate and enforce rules and regulations...