PURPOSE: This rule defines what shall be considered immediate personal supervision for architects, professional engineers and landscape architects.

1. (1) Specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents will be deemed to have been prepared under the immediate personal supervision of an individual licensed with the board only when the following circumstances exist:

   1. (A) The client requesting preparation of specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents makes the request directly to the individual licensed with the board or an employee of the individual licensed with the board so long as the employee works in the licensed individual’s place of business and not a separate location;
   2. (B) The individual licensed with the board shall supervise each step of the preparation of the specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents and has input into their preparation prior to their completion;
   3. (C) The individual licensed with the board reviews the final specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents and is able to, and does make, necessary and appropriate changes to them; and
   4. (D) In circumstances where a licensee in responsible charge of the work is unavailable to complete the work, or the work is a site adaptation of a standard design drawing, or the work is a design drawing signed and sealed by an out-of-jurisdiction licensee, a successor licensee may take responsible charge by performing all professional services to include developing a complete design file with work or design criteria, calculations, code research, and any necessary and appropriate changes to the work. The non-professional services, such as drafting, need not be redone by the successor licensee but must clearly and accurately reflect the successor licensee’s work. The burden is on the successor licensee to show such compliance. The successor licensee shall have control of and responsibility for the work product and the signed and sealed originals of all documents.
2. (2) The specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents shall be signed and sealed per the provisions of section 327.411, RSMo.
3. (3) The individual licensed with the board shall supervise each step of the preparation of the specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents and has input into their preparation prior to their completion.
4. (4) The individual licensed with the board reviews the final specifications, drawings, reports, engineering surveys or other documents and is able to, and does make, necessary and appropriate changes to them. AUTHORITY: section 327.041, RSMo Supp. 2005.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-13.010. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Dec. 16, 1988, effective Feb. 24, 1989. Amended: Filed Oct. 30, 2002, effective June 30, 2003. Amended: Filed Dec. 1, 2005, effective June 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-13.010, effective Aug. 28, 2006. *Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001.