(a)
- (1) A registered architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall not accept compensation for services from more than one (1) party on a project unless the circumstances are fully disclosed and agreed to by all interested parties.
- (2) The disclosure and agreement shall be in writing.
(b)
- (1) The architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall fully disclose in writing to the architect’s, landscape architect’s, or registered interior designer’s employer or client any business association or direct or indirect financial interest that could influence the architect’s, landscape architect’s, or registered interior designer’s judgment or decisions in connection with his or her services.
- (2) Should the employer or client object to such association or financial interests, the architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall either terminate such association or interests or offer to give up the commission or employment.
- (c) An architect, landscape architect, or registered interior designer shall not solicit or accept compensation in return for specifying or endorsing products and materials.
- (d) When acting as the interpreter of building contract documents or the judge of contract performance, a registered architect shall render decisions impartially, favoring neither party in the contract.