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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 776

SUBTITLE by individual architects registered under this
article SUBTITLE through a corporation as officers,
employees or agents, or through a partnership as partners,
officers, employees, or agents, or the offering or rendering
of architectural services by a corporation or partnership
through individual architects registered under this: article
SUBTITLE is permitted, subject to the provisions of this
article SUBTITLE; provided that (i) one or more of the
corporate officers in the case of a corporation, or one or
more of the partners in the case of a partnership, is
designated as being responsible for the professional
services described in § 516 (e) of this article § 464(E) OF
THIS SUBTITLE of the corporation or partnership and is an
architect under this article SUBTITLE; (ii) all personnel of
the corporation or partnership, who act in its behalf as
architects, are registered under this article SUBTITLE; and
(iii) the corporation or partnership has been issued a
certificate of authorization by the Board, as hereinafter
provided. The requirements of this article SUBTITLE shall
not prevent a corporation and its employees from performing
architectural services for the corporation or subsidiary or
affiliated corporations.

(2)  Any corporation or partnership which has
obtained a certificate of authorization prior to July 1,
1975 may retain the certificate, upon proper [annual]
BIENNIAL renewal and payment of renewal fees. After July 1,
1975, any corporation or partnership desiring to obtain a
certificate of authorization shall comply with all
requirements of this section. Corporations shall have two
thirds of the directors, and partnerships shall have two
thirds of the partners registered or licensed under the laws
of any state to practice any one of the design professions
— architecture, engineering,- or landscape architecture. One
or more of the corporate directors, or one or more of the
partners shall be designated as being responsible for the
professional services of the corporation or partnership . and
shall be a licensed architect pursuant to this subtitle. All
personnel of the corporation or partnership who act on its
behalf as architects in this State shall be registered under
this subtitle.

(3)  A corporation or partnership desiring a
certificate of authorization shall file with the Board an
application, using a form provided by the Board, listing
relevant information, including the names and addresses of
all officers and directors of the corporation, or partners
of the partnership, and also of an individual or individuals
duly registered to practice architecture in this State who
shall be responsible for the practice of architecture in
this State by the corporation or partnership, and other
information required by the Board accompanied by an original
authorization fee to be determined by the Board. A form,
giving the same information, shall accompany the [annual]
BIENNIAL renewal fee to be determined by the Board. If there