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1994 SESSION

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CHAPTER 784 An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-406 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensure requirements for architects, engineers and land surveyors. [H 467] Approved April 11, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-406 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-406. License required.

A. Unless exempted by §§ 54.1-401, 54.1-402, or § 54.1-402.1, a person shall hold a valid license prior to engaging in the practice of architecture or engineering which includes design, consultation, evaluation or analysis and involves proposed or existing improvements to real property.

Unless exempted by § 54.1-401 or § 54.1-402.1, a person shall hold a valid license prior to engaging in the practice of land surveying.

B. Except as authorized in Unless exempted by § 54.1-402, any person, partnership, corporation or other entity offering to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying without being registered or licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of § 54.1-111 of this title.

C. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity which is not authorized licensed or registered to practice in accordance with this chapter and which uses advertises or promotes through the use of the words "architecture," "engineering" or "land surveying" or any modification or derivative thereof in its name or description of its business activity in a manner that indicates or implies that it practices or offers to practice architecture, engineering or land surveying as defined in this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of § 54.1-111.

D. Notwithstanding these provisions, any state agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth unable to employ a qualified licensed engineer, architect, or land surveyor to fill a responsible charge position, after reasonable and unsuccessful search, may fill the position with an unlicensed person upon the determination by the chief administrative officer of the agency or political subdivision that the person, by virtue of education, experience, and expertise, can perform the work required of the position.

E. Through June 30, 2002, any full-time, salaried employee of the Commonwealth or any political subdivision of the Commonwealth on June 30, 1992, who has graduated from an engineering, engineering technology, or related science curriculum of four years or more, and who has acquired a specific record of thirty years or more of approved progressive professional experience on engineering projects of a grade and character which the Board judges to be pertinent to acquiring professional skills, demonstrating that the individual is eminently qualified to practice engineering, shall qualify for an oral examination for licensure in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board as adopted May 17, 1990.