CHAPTER 77

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 54-85 and 54-87 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to the issuance of certificates of registration to certain
architects, professional engineers and land surveyors, and providing
certain exemptions to this chapter.

[H 131]

Approved February 28, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 54-35 and 54-87 of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 5 The Board may upon application therefor on prescribed
form and the payment of a fee of * thirty do'lars, issue a certificate of
registration as an architect or as a professional engineer, or as a land
surveyor, to any person who holds a like unexpired certificate of registra-
tion issued to him by proper authority in the District of Columbia, in any
state or territory of the United States, or in any * foreign country in which
the requirements for the registration of architects, professional engineers
or land surveyors are of a standard satisfactory to the Board; provided,
however, that reciprocal privileges be granted to citizens of this State.

. All applicants applying for certification in accordance with the provt-
sions of this section shall meet the requirements provided for in § 54-28
as to age, character, training and experience, and the provisions of the
Rules and Regulations of the Board. However, such applicant shall not be
required to be a citizen of the United States.

§ 54-37. The following shall be exempted from the provisions of
this chapter:

(1) Practice of professional engineering and land surveying by a
certified architect when such practice is incidental to what may be properly
considered an architectural undertaking.

(2) Practice of architecture and land surveying by a certified pro-
fessional engineer when such practice is incidental to an engineering
project.

* & &

(4) Practice as a professional engineer, architect or land surveyor
in this State by any person not a resident of and having no established
place of business in this State, or by any person resident in this State
whose arrival is recent; provided, however, that such person shall have
filed within fifteen days after commencement of such practice an applica-
tion for certification as a professional engineer, architect or land surveyor,
and that such person is legally qualified for such professional service in
his own state or country, and shall have paid the fee provided for in
§ 54-30. Such exemption shall continue for only such reasonable time as
the Board requires in which to consider and grant or deny the application
for certification.

(5) Engaging in the practice of professional engineering as an em-
ployee under a certified professional engineer, engaging in the practice of
architecture as an employee under a certified architect, or engaging in the
practice of land surveying as an employee under a * certified land surveyor;
provided, that such practice may not include responsible charge of design
or supervision.

(6) Practice of professional engineering, architecture or land sur-
veying solely * as an employee of the United States; provided, however,
that if such employee furnishes advisory service for compensation to the
public in connection with engineering, architectural or land surveying
matters, he shall not be exempt from other provisions of this chapter.

(7) Practice of professional engineering, architecture or land sur-
veying * as * a regular full-time, salaried employee of this State or any
political subdivision thereof; provided that such * person does not furnish
advisory service for compensation to the public or as an independent con-
tracting party in this State or any political subdivision thereof in con-
nection with engineering, architectural or land surveying matters *.

(8) Practice of architecture or professional engineering by an in-
dividual, firm or corporation on property owned or leased by such indi-
vidual, firm or corporation, unless the same involves the public health or
safety.

(9) Practice of engineering solely as an employee of a corporation
engaged in interstate commerce, or as an employee of a public service
corvoration, by rendering such corporation engineering service in con-
nection with its facilities which are subject to regulation by the State
Corporation Commission; provided, that such corporation employees as
furnish advisory service to the public in connection with engineering
matters other than in connection with such employment shall not be
exempt from the provisions of this chapter.