Approved April 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 25
(Senate Bill 54)

AN ACT concerning

Architects - Licenses

FOR the purpose of providing that a nonresident architect who wishes to practice
architecture in the State must obtain a license by reciprocity rather than a
waiver of examination; authorizing the State Board of Architects to deny a
license to practice architecture to an applicant, reprimand a licensee, or suspend
or revoke a license if an applicant or licensee has had a license to practice
architecture revoked or suspended by another state or country under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to the licensing of architects.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions
Section 3-302, 3-306, and 3-311(a)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 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

3-302.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed
by the Board before the individual may practice architecture in the State.

(b) (1) An architect who resides outside the State and meets the
requirements for [waiver of examination] A LICENSE BY RECIPROCITY under § 3-306
of this subtitle may:

(i) offer to practice architecture in the State; and

(ii) accept a commission to practice architecture in the State.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the architect shall
be licensed by the Board before the architect may practice architecture in the State.

3-306.

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may [waive any
examination requirement of this subtitle for] ISSUE A LICENSE BY RECIPROCITY TO
PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE IN THE STATE TO an individual who: