- (a) The architect shall not accept any architectural employment or undertake any architectural assignment for which he/she is not qualified by education or experience to perform or carry out adequately and competently; providing and excepting, however, that an architect may accept an assignment requiring education and experience outside his/her field of competence to the extent only that his/her personal architectural services are restricted solely to those phases of the service or project in which he/she is qualified and competent, and that all other phases of such services or project shall be performed by legally qualified consultants, associates, or employees.
- (b) The architect shall not affix his/her signature or seal to any architectural plan or document dealing with subject matter on which he/she is not qualified by education or experience to form a dependable judgment.
(c) The architect shall not express an architectural opinion before a court, administrative agency, or other government forum on any subject:
- (1) in which he/she is not qualified by education or experience; or
- (2) which is contrary to generally accepted scientific and architectural principles without fully disclosing the basis and rationale for his/her conclusion.
- (d) The architect must develop contract documents that provide against reasonable misunderstandings that could jeopardize the client and/or builder.
- (e) The architect shall not fail to fully advise clients of the implications of results of decisions made by the architect.
Source Note:The provisions of this §1.144 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8662.