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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 1TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS
CHAPTER 1ARCHITECTS
SUBCHAPTER GCOMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
RULE §1.123Titles

(a) Architects duly registered in Texas are authorized to use any form of the word "architect" or the word "architecture" to describe themselves and to describe services they offer and perform in Texas.

(b) A firm, partnership, corporation, or other business association may use any form of the word "architect" or the word "architecture" in its name or to describe services it offers or performs in Texas only under the following conditions:

  (1) The business employs at least one Architect on a full-time basis or associates with at least one Architect pursuant to the provisions of section 1.122; and

  (2) The Architect(s) employed by or associated with the business pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section exercise Supervision and Control over all architectural services performed by nonregistrants on behalf of the business, or in the case of services rendered pursuant to section 1.122(e), exercise, at a minimum, Responsible Charge over all such services.

(c) No entity other than those qualified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section may use any form of the word "architect" or "architecture" in its name or to describe services it offers or performs in Texas.

(d) A person enrolled in the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) may use the title "architectural intern."


Source Note: The provisions of this §1.123 adopted to be effective February 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 1710; amended to be effective June 21, 2018, 43 TexReg 3884

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