(a) When engaging in the practice of architecture or landscape architecture, or utilizing the title “registered interior designer,” a registered architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall:
- (1) Act with reasonable care and competence; and
- (2) Apply the knowledge and skills that are ordinarily applied by registered architects, landscape architects, and registered interior designers of good standing, practicing in the same locality.
(b)
- (1) In designing a project, a registered architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall endeavor to take into account all applicable state and municipal building laws and regulations.
- (2) While a registered architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer may rely on the advice of other professionals (e.g., attorneys, engineers, and other qualified persons) as to the intent and meaning of such regulations, once having obtained such advice, a registered architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall not knowingly design a project in violation of such laws and regulations.
(c)
- (1) A registered architect, landscape architect, and registered interior designer shall undertake to perform professional services only when qualified to do so by education, training, and experience in the specific technical areas.
- (2) This provision also includes those whom the registered architect, landscape architect, and registered interior designer may engage as consultants.
- (d) No individual shall be permitted to engage in the practice of architecture or landscape architecture or utilize the title “registered interior designer” if, in the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers’ judgment, such individual’s professional competence is substantially impaired by physical or mental disabilities.