Professional
Conduct
Section 9.5.(A) Each office
in West Virginia maintained for the preparation
of drawings, specifications, reports or other
professional work shall have a registered architect
regularly employed and residing in that office
having direct supervision of such work.
(B) A registered architect
shall not sign or seal drawings, specifications,
reports or other professional work which was not
prepared under his or her direct supervision:
Provided, however, that the case of such portions
of such work prepared under the direct supervision
of persons consulting with or employed by the
architect and who are registered under this or
any other professional registration law of this
State, the architect may sign or seal those portions
of the professional work if the architect has
reviewed such portions and has coordinated their
preparation.
(C) A registered architect
shall neither offer nor make any gifts, other
than gifts of nominal value (including, for example,
reasonable entertainment and hospitality), with
the intent of influencing the judgment of an existing
or prospective client in connection with a project
in which the registered architect is interested.
(D) A registered architect shall not engage in
conduct involving fraud or wanton disregard of
the rights of others.
These rules are found in the State Code Book of
West Virginia that is mailed with each application
form and is expected to be read in its entirety
by the architect before signing his application
form.
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