ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: COM DP 9-1-0-0

HB 2200: professional registration; reciprocity; endorsement

Sponsor: Representative Wilmeth, LD 2

Caucus & COW

Overview

Outlines the qualifications for professional registration through reciprocity or endorsement.

History

The State Board of Technical Registration (BTR) provides for safety, health and welfare of the public through the promulgation and enforcement of standards of qualification for those individuals who are registered or certified and seeking registration or certification (A.R.S. § 32-101).

The BTR serves as a regulatory agency and regulates the professions of the alarm industry (alarm agents and alarm businesses), architects, engineers, geologists, home inspectors, landscape architects and land surveyors. The BTR reviews applications for these professions and additionally accepts complaints from the public, alleging violations of the standards of practice for these fields and creates policy statements for public guidance on welfare issues related to the practice of these professions.

Individuals desiring to practice any board-regulated profession or occupation must apply for such registration or certification with the BTR. Applicants for a professional registration as an architect, engineer, geologist or landscape architect or land surveyor must pass the in-training and professional examinations in the profession in which registration is sought. An applicant for registration as an architect, engineer, geologist or landscape architect must be actively engaged in education or experience, or both, in the profession for which registration is sought for at least eight years while an applicant for land surveyor registration must be actively engaged in education or experience in the profession for which registration is sought for at least six years (A.R.S. § 32-122.01).

A reciprocal license means that a professional license obtained in one state can be recognized and accepted in another state, allowing the holder to practice their profession in that new state without having to retake a licensing exam or go through the full licensing process again.

Provisions

1. Declares a person who meets the outlined qualifications for registration is eligible for registration. (Sec. 1)

2. Requires an applicant for professional registration as an engineer, architect, land surveyor or landscape architect in this state through reciprocity or endorsement must hold both:

a) a valid license, registration or certification issued by specified authorities; and

b) a certification or model law designation from the applicable profession's national council. (Sec. 1)

3. Adds, as an additional requirement for an applicant for a professional engineer registration, that the person holds a record from the profession's national council verifying that the person meets at least one of the outlined criteria in the branch of engineering in which registration is sought. (Sec. 1)

4. Adds, as an additional requirement for an applicant for a land surveyor registration, that the person passes the examination relating to surveying methods and legal principles in this state as prescribed by the BTR. (Sec. 1)

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