Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 46.3
Definitions
Effective Jul 1, 1986Laws 1947, HB 149, p. 347, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947; Amended by Laws 1949, HB 49, p. 387, § 1; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1747, c. 191, § 1; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1642, c. 314, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 1986, SB 573, c. 154, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 45.3 by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 30, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986.
A. "Architect" means a person whose profession and occupation shall consist of:
- (1) Rendering services or creative work which requires architectural education, training and experience, including services and work such as consultation, evaluation, planning, providing preliminary studies, aesthetics and overall building design, coordination, design, the preparation of drawings, specifications and related documents, construction management and the coordination of services furnished by licensed professional engineers and other consultants as they relate to architectural work in connection with the construction or erection of any private or public building, building project or integral part or parts of buildings or of any additions or alterations thereto;
- (2) Representing clients in connection with contracts entered into between them and contractors and others; and
- (3) Observing the construction, alteration, and erection of buildings.
- B. The "practice of architecture" shall be defined as consisting of rendering or offering to render certain services, as provided for in subsection A of this section, in connection with the design and construction of a building; the utilization of space surrounding such buildings, the design and construction of items relating to building code requirements and other building related features affecting the public health, safety, and welfare.
- C. A "building" means a structure consisting of a foundation, walls, roof, with or without other parts; provided, however, nothing in The State Architectural Act shall be held or construed to have any application to any building, or to the repairing or remodeling of any building, to be used for one-family residential purposes, duplexes, or apartment houses not exceeding two stories in height, to any warehouse, maintenance building, garage or storage building not exceeding two stories in height, or to a hotel, lodge or fraternal building not exceeding two stories in height, or to any farm improvements, or industrial or commercial buildings not exceeding two stories in height, nor to any school building where the reasonably estimated total cost for the construction, where structural changes are being made in remodeling or repairing of such school building does not exceed the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00). A basement is not to be counted as a story for the purpose of counting stories of a building for height regulations. Provided, however, it shall be unlawful for any person other than an architect duly licensed as provided in The State Architectural Act to engage in the planning, designing and preparation of drawings and specifications for the alteration or construction of any building to be used as an armory, auditorium, assembly hall, convention hall, church, educational building, convent, dormitory, gymnasium, hospital, library, bonded warehouse, passenger station, power house, municipal building, county building, state building, federal building, radio or television station, stadium or theater where the reasonably estimated total cost for construction, remodeling or repairing of such building exceeds the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00).
- D. "Board" means The Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects and Landscape Architects of Oklahoma.
- E. "Landscape architect" means a person registered to practice landscape architecture as provided in The State Architectural Act.
F. "Landscape architecture" means the performance of professional services such as teaching, consultations, investigations, reconnaissance, research, planning, design, preparation of construction drawings and specifications, and construction observation in connection with the arranging of land and the elements thereon for public and private use and enjoyment, including the design and layout of roadways, service areas, parking areas, walkways, steps, ramps, pools, the location of buildings and other structures, and the grading of the land, surface and subsoil drainage, erosion control, planting, reforestation, and the preservation of the natural landscape, in accordance with accepted professional standards.
The practice of landscape architecture shall include the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are incidental and necessary to the purpose outlined for landscape architecture in The State Architectural Act, but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes for habitation or industry, or the design of public streets, highways, utilities, storm and sanitary sewers and sewage treatment facilities, such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture.
Laws 1947, HB 149, p. 347, § 3, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947; Amended by Laws 1949, HB 49, p. 387, § 1; Amended by Laws 1978, HB 1747, c. 191, § 1; Amended by Laws 1980, HB 1642, c. 314, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 1980; Amended by Laws 1986, SB 573, c. 154, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 3, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986; Renumbered from 59 O.S. § 45.3 by Laws 1986, HB 1879, c. 287, § 30, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986.