New York Laws
Article 147 - Architecture
7306 - Exempt Persons.

ยง 7306. Exempt persons. 1. This article shall not be construed to
affect or prevent:

a. The preparation of details and shop drawings by persons, other than
architects, for use in connection with the execution of their work;

b. Employees of those lawfully practicing as architects under the
provisions of this article from acting under the instruction, control or
supervision of their employers;

c. Builders, or superintendents employed by such builders, from
supervising the construction or structural alteration of buildings or
structures; or

d. A holder of a valid certificate of the national council of
architectural registration boards, not licensed in this state, from
coming into the state for interview, but not to perform any
architectural services or enter into any contract until such time as he
is licensed as an architect in this state.

e. The practice of engineering or land surveying by an engineer or
land surveyor licensed in this state, or the practice of landscape
architecture by a landscape architect licensed in this state, provided
that no such engineer, land surveyor or landscape architect shall use
the designation "architect," or "architectural" or "architecture" unless
licensed as an architect in this state.

f. Employment of any person as a junior or assistant architect by the
City of New York in a position the title of which was approved and in
use as of July first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, provided such person
acts under the general direction of a licensed architect.

g. Contractors or builders from engaging in construction management
and administration of construction contracts.