WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 625

(1989 Volume and 1993 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

3-103.

(A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, ALL
ARCHITECTURAL DOCUMENTS PREPARED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ALTERATION,
CONSTRUCTION, OR DESIGN, CHANGE OF USE, OR REPAIR OF A BUILDING
INTENDED FOR PUBLIC USE SHALL BE SIGNED AND SEALED BY A LICENSED
ARCHITECT.

[(a)](B) This title does not require a person to employ a licensed architect in
connection with any alteration, construction, design, or repair of a building or other
structure that:

(1)     is for the personal use of the person or a member of the immediate
family of that person; and

(2)     is not intended for any use, including assembly, employment, or
occupancy, by the public.

[(b)](C) This title does not limit the right of:

(1)     an individual to perform architectural services that are incidental to
practicing engineering and are not in conflict with the basic definition of practicing
architecture, if the individual is licensed or otherwise authorized under Title 14 of this
article to practice engineering;

(2)     an individual to perform architectural services that are incidental to
practicing landscape architecture and are not in conflict with the basic definition of
practicing architecture, if the individual is licensed or otherwise authorized under Title 9
of this article to practice landscape architecture;

(3)     a real estate broker, associate real estate broker, or real estate
salesperson to appraise property or to choose sites;

(4)     a construction contractor to administer construction contracts;

(5)     a developer, builder, or contractor to provide design services related to
the developer's, builder's, or contractor's own construction of new or existing
single-family or two-family dwellings, or structures ancillary to them, or farm buildings;
or

(6)     an interior designer [[certified under Title 8.5]] to provide INTERIOR
DESIGN SERVICES AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN TITLE 8.5 OF THIS ARTICLE services
related to the location or removal of nonload bearing interior construction which is not
constructed as an integral part of the mechanical, electrical or structural systems.

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