WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

"Permit" § 3-101
3-407. SCOPE OF PERMIT.

(A)  IN GENERAL.

SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION AND WHILE A PERMIT
IS IN EFFECT, IT AUTHORIZES THE HOLDER TO:

(1)  OPERATE A BUSINESS THROUGH WHICH A LICENSED
ARCHITECT PRACTICES ARCHITECTURE; AND

(2)  REPRESENT TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE BUSINESS
PROVIDES THE SERVICES OF A LICENSED ARCHITECT.

(B)  PRACTICE LIMITED TO AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS.

A PERMIT AUTHORIZES THE HOLDER TO PROVIDE A SERVICE THAT
CONSTITUTES PRACTICING ARCHITECTURE ONLY IF THE SERVICE IS
PERFORMED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LICENSED OR OTHERWISE
AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS TITLE TO PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the second sentence of
former Art. 56, § 470(a) and the first clause and
items (ii) and (iii) of the second clause of the first
sentence of (c)(1) and the fifth sentence of (2).

In subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the
defined term "permit" is substituted for the former
reference to a "certificate of authorization", to
provide a term that describes the authority granted a
partnership or corporation and is consistent with the
language used to describe similar grants of authority
in connection with other business occupations that are
regulated under this article. See the General
Revisor's Note to this article.

Subsection (a)(2) of this section restates, without
substantive change, the former requirement for
approval of the use of the title "architect" in a
corporate or partnership name in standard language to
conform to similar provisions elsewhere in this
article and to clarify that a corporation or
partnership that obtains a permit may represent to the
public that it provides the services of a licensed
architect. The former provision was potentially
misleading since it erroneously suggested that, in
addition to meeting the requirements for obtaining a
permit, a permit holder must obtain specific approval
from the Board before using the title "architect".

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