Rules of the Tennessee Board of Architectural, and Engineering Examiners — Introduction

RULES OF THE STATE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING EXAMINERS 3rd Floor, Davy Crockett Tower 500 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37243-1142 Chapters Title

0120-01 .............................................................................. Registration Requirements and Procedures

0120-02 .................................................................................................. .Rules of Professional Conduct

0120-03 . .................................................................... Rules of Procedure for Hearing Contested Cases

0120-04 ....................................................................................................................... Interior Designers

0120-05 ................................................................................................................. Continuing Education

0120-06 ....................................................................................... Corporations, Partnerships and Firms

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Original chapters 0120-01 through 0120-02 were certified on May 3, 1974, under Chapter 491 of the “Public Acts of 1974” as rules in effect when Chapter 491 became effective. The Administrative History following each Rule gives the date on which the rule was certified, i.e. May 3, 1974, or the date on which the rule was filed and its effective date, if promulgated after March 11, 1974. The Administrative History after each rule also shows the date of any amendments or repeals. Amendments to rules 0120-02-.03, 0120-02-.04 and 0120-02-.06 filed July 27, 1977; effective August 26, 1977. Repeal of chapter 0120-01 and new chapter filed October 2, 1978; effective January 29, 1979. Original chapter 0120-03 filed November 22, 1978; effective January 9, 1979. Repeal of chapters 0120-01 and 0120-02 and new chapters 0120-01 and 0120-02 filed January 14, 1980; effective February 28, 1980. Amendments to rules 0120-02-.01, 0120-02-.03 and 0120-02-.07 filed April 15, 1980; effective May 30, 1980. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.06, 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.20, 0120-01-.21, 0120-02-.08 filed June 9, 1981; effective July 24, 1981. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.04 and 0120-01-.25 filed June 10, 1982; effective July 26, 1982. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.06, 0120-01-.07, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.12, 0120-01-.14, 0120-01-.20,

0120-01-.21, 0120-01-.22, 0120-01-.24 and 0120-02-.07 filed November 18, 1983; effective December 18, 1983. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.07, 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.20 and 0120-01-.23 filed November 28, 1984; effective February 12, 1985. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.03, 0120-01-.06, 0120-01-.07, 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.22,

0120-01-.23 and 0120-01-.25 filed October 15, 1986; effective November 29, 1986. Original rule 0120-02-.09 and amendments to rules 0120-01-.05, 0120-01-.14, 0120-01-.20, 0120-01-.21,

0120-02-.02, 0120-02-.03, 0120-02-.05, 0120-02-.07 through 0120-02-.09 filed January 29, 1987; effective March 15, 1987. Original rule 0120-01-.26 and amendments to rules 0120-01-.10, 0120-01-.12 and 0120-01-.25 filed November 20, 1989; effective January 4, 1990. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.01, 0120-01-.10, 0120-01-.14, 0120-01-.20, 0120-01-.21, 0120-01-.23,

0120-02-.01,and 0120-02-.09 filed December 9, 1991; effective January 23, 1992. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.05 through 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.17, 0120-01-.21 and 0120-01-.25 filed October 21, 1992; effective December 5, 1992. Original chapter 0120-04 filed May 18, 1993; effective July 2, 1993. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.01, 0120-01-.04 through 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.13, 0120-01-.14, 0120-01- .17, 0120-01-.21, 0120-01-.24, 0120-01-.25, 0120-02-.08, 0120-04-.03 and 0120-04-.08 filed January 19, 1995; effective April 4, 1995. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.02 through 0120-01-.25, 0120-04-.03, 0120-04-.06 and 0120-01-.27 filed March 13, 1997; effective May 27, 1997. Original chapter 0120-05 filed April 25, 1997; effective July 9, 1997. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.05, 0120-01-.07, 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.13, 0120-01-.14,

0120-01-.17, 0120-01-.22, 0120-02-.03, 0120-02-.07 through 0120-02-.09 and 0120-04-.03 filed February 26, 1999; effective May 12, 1999. Original rule 0120-05-.13 filed February 26, 1999; effective May 12, 1999. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.10, 0120-01-.11, 0120-02-.02, 0120-04-.02 through 0120-04-.05, 0120-04- .08, 0120-04-.09, 0120-04-.10, 0120-05-.10, and 0120-05-.12 filed July 19, 2002; effective October 2, 2002. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.05, 0120-01-.14, 0120-01-.25, 0120-05-.04, 0120-05-.08, and 0120-05-.10 filed May 20, 2004; effective August 3, 2004. Amendment to rule 0120-05-.06 filed May 20, 2004; effective August 3, 2004. However; stay of effective date to subparagraph (c) of paragraph (2) of 0120-05-.06 filed by the House and Senate Government Operations Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly on July 30, 2004; new effective date October 2, 2004. Repeal and new rules 0120-01-.11 and 0120-05-.04; and amendments to rules 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.10, and 0120-01-.23, filed March 14, 2005; effective May 28, 2005. Amendment to rules 0120-01-.05, .09, .10, .11, .13, .14, .20, .21, .25; 0120-02-.07, .09; and 0120-04-.08 filed March 9, 2007; effective May 23, 2007. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.10 and 0120-01-.11 filed December 18, 2007; effective March 1, 2008. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.09, .10, and .17; 0120-02-.05; and 0120-04-.10 filed September 16, 2008; effective November 30, 2008. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.10 and .12; 0120-02-.02 and .08; 0120-04-.04, and .10; and 0120-05-.02, .06, .07, and .08 filed September 11, 2009; effective December 10, 2009. New rules 0120-04-.11 and 0120-06-.01 through .04 and amendments to rules 0120-01-.10, 0120-02-.08,

0120-02-.09, 0120-04-.02, 0120-04-.10, 0120-05-.06, 0120-05-.07, 0120-05-.10, and 0120-05-.13 filed March 9, 2011; effective June 7, 2011. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.08, .13, .23, and .25 filed December 11, 2012; effective March 11, 2013. Original rule 0120-02-.10 and amendments to rules 0120-02-.02, .07, and .08, filed December 11, 2012; effective March 11, 2013. Original rule 0120-04-.12 and amendments to rules 0120-04-.08 and .10 filed December 11, 2012; effective March 11, 2013. Amendments to rule 0120-05-.06 and .07 filed December 11, 2012; effective March 11, 2013. Repeals of rules 0120-01-.03 and .26, amendments to rules 0120-01-.04, .05, .08, .09, .10, .11, and .14, repeal and new rule 0120-01-.06 and .27 filed November 17, 2014; effective February 15, 2015. Stay of the effective date was filed January 27, 2015; new effective date May 1, 2015. Amendments to rules 0120-02-.02, .05, .07, and .08 filed November 17, 2014; effective February 15, 2015. Stay of the effective date was filed January 27, 2015; new effective date May 1, 2015. Amendments to rules 0120-04-.05 and .10, original rule 0120-04-.13 filed November 17, 2014; effective February 15, 2015. Stay of the effective date was filed January 27, 2015; new effective date May 1, 2015. Original rule 0120-05-.14 filed November 17, 2014; effective February 15, 2015. Stay of the effective date of the rule filed January 27, 2015; new effective date May 1, 2015. Amendment to 0120-01-.06 filed November 17, 2014; effective February 15, 2015. On January 27, 2015 the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance’s Division of Regulatory Boards filed a 75-day stay of the effective date; new effective date May 1, 2015. Emergency rule filed April 30, 2015; effective through October 27, 2015. Original rule 0120-01-.28 filed May 21, 2015; effective August 19, 2015. Emergency filed April 30, 2015 that created 0120-01-.29 expired October 27, 2015. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.06, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.12, 0120-01-.13, 0120-01-.21, 0120-01-.25,

0120-01-.29, 0120-02-.02, 0120-02-.03, 0120-02-.04, 0120-02-.06, 0120-02-.07, 0120-04-.03, 0120-04- .05, 0120-04-.08, 0120-04-.10, 0120-05-.08, 0120-05-.13, and 0120-06-.03 filed September 15, 2015; effective December 14, 2015. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.03, 0120-01-.04, 0120-01-.09, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.25, 0120-02-.07 through 0120-02-.10, 0120-04-.10 through 0120-04-.12, 0120-05-.06, 0120-05-.07, and 0120-05-.11 and repeal of rule 0120-04-.09 filed October 28, 2016; effective January 26, 2017. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.04, 0120-01-.06, 0120-01-.10, 0120-01-.11, 0120-01-.15, 0120-01-.16, and 0120-04-.03 filed April 25, 2018; effective July 24, 2018. Amendments to rule 0120-01-.03, filed April 25, 2018; to have been effective July 24, 2018. However, the GOC filed a 45-day stay of the effective date of the rule; new effective date September 7, 2018. Amendment to rule 0120-02-.08 filed July 25, 2018; effective October 23, 2018. Amendments to rule 0120-01-.10 filed August 9, 2018; effective November 7, 2018. Amendments to rule 0120-01-.03 filed August 1, 2019; effective October 30, 2019. Amendments to rules 0120-05-.04, 0120-05-.06, 0120-05-.07, and 0120-05-.08 and repeal of rule 0120- 05-.14 filed October 29, 2020; effective January 27, 2021. Amendments to rule 0120-01-.10 filed May 14, 2021; effective August 12, 2021. Amendments to rules 0120-01-.01, 0120-01-.04, 0120-01-.08, 0120-01-.10, 0120-01-.24, 0120-01-.25,

0120-02-.09, 0120-04-.01, 0120-04-.08, 0120-04-.11, 0120-05-.04, 0120-05-.06, 0120-06-.01, and 0120- 06-.04 filed March 5, 2026; effective June 3, 2026.