Ariz. Admin. Code § 4-30-201

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R4-30-201 - Registration as an Architect, Engineer, Geologist, Landscape Architect, or Land Surveyor

A. An applicant for registration as an architect, engineer, geologist, landscape architect, or land surveyor shall submit a completed application package for professional registration that contains the following:

1. Evidence of successful completion of the current national professional examination or waiver of the examination pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-126 and R4-30-203 in the category, and branch if applicable, for which registration is sought. Applicants shall arrange to have their examination results sent directly to the Board from the applicable testing agency holding the examination results;

2. Name, residence address, mailing address if different from residence, email and telephone number, of the applicant;

3. Date of birth and social security number of the applicant;

4. Citizenship or legal residence of the applicant;

5. Category, and branch of engineering if applicable, for which the applicant is seeking registration;

6. A detailed explanatory statement and documentation, regarding;

a. Any disciplinary action, including suspension and revocation, taken by any state or jurisdiction on any professional or occupational registration, certification, or license held by the applicant in any state or jurisdiction, within five years before the date of application;

b. Refusal of any professional or occupational registration, certification, or license to the applicant by any state or jurisdiction, within five years before the date of application;

c. Any pending disciplinary action in any state or jurisdiction on any professional or occupational registration, certification, or license held by the applicant;

d. Any alias or other name used by the applicant; and

e. Any conviction of the applicant for a felony or misdemeanor, other than a minor traffic violation, within five years before the date of application.

7. State or jurisdiction in which the applicant holds any other professional or occupational registration, certification, or license, type of registration, certification or license number, year granted, how registration, certification, or license was granted (by examination, education, experience, or reciprocity);

8. State or jurisdiction in which the applicant has pending an application for any type of professional or occupational license, registration, or certification, type of license, registration or certification being sought, and the status of the application;

9. Name, mailing address, years attended, graduation date, major, and type of degree received from each college, university, or educational institution the applicant attended;

10. Certified transcripts sent directly to the Board from the registrar of each college, university, or educational institution the applicant attended, unless previously provided to the Board pursuant to R4-30-204;

11. Name, current address, and telephone number of the applicant's current and former employers (the names of companies within the last ten-year period) in the category for which registration is sought; dates of employment; applicant's title; description of the work performed; and number of hours worked per week, unless previously provided to the Board pursuant to R4-30-204;

12. Names and addresses of immediate supervisors in past and present employment in the category for which registration is sought. An applicant who has been working in the category for which registration is sought for 10 or more years shall provide the names and address of all immediate supervisors during the most recent ten-year period. If an applicant cannot supply the names and addresses of supervisors for at least three engagements, the applicant shall provide to the Board a written, sworn statement explaining the inability to provide this information, and the names and addresses of three professional references, unrelated to the applicant, at least two of whom are registered in the category for which registration is sought, unless previously provided to the Board pursuant to R4-30-204;

13. A release authorizing the Board to investigate the applicant's education, experience, moral character, and repute;

14. Certificate of Experience Report from the applicant's present and past immediate supervisors. The applicant shall also provide Certificate of Experience Record from additional professional references as required by the Board. The applicant shall provide the name, address, and telephone numbers of all references. The applicant shall ensure that completed reference forms are provided to the Board, but the Board must receive them directly from the reference;

15. Evidence of successful completion, or waiver by the Board, of the applicable fundamentals examination. An applicant for registration who has successfully completed a fundamentals examination in another jurisdiction in the category for which registration is sought equivalent to the examination for that category administered in Arizona shall submit proof of examination directly from the authority that administered the original examination. An applicant seeking professional registration as an engineer, geologist or land surveyor shall pass the applicable fundamentals examination before admission to the professional examination. An applicant seeking professional registration as a geologist may take the fundamentals examination on the same day;

16. Certification that the information provided to the Board is accurate, true and complete; and

17. The applicable fee.

B. If an applicant does not have the required education and experience for registration, the Board may, upon request of the applicant, hold the application for a period of time that does not exceed one year from the date the application is filed with the Board. All timeframes adopted pursuant to Title 41, Chapter 6, Article 7.1 are suspended during the above-referenced time.

C. An applicant holding a certificate of qualification issued by one of the national examination councils recognized in R4-30-203(B) shall arrange to have the record forwarded to the Board by the national registration body. If the forms provided by the national examination council contain all the information described in A.R.S. § 32-122.01 and subsection (A), the Board may accept the forms in lieu of requiring the applicant to furnish the information directly to the Board.

D. The Board staff shall review all applications and, if necessary, refer completed applications to an evaluator deemed qualified by the board and chosen from the pool of enforcement advisory committee members for evaluation. If the application for registration is complete and in the proper form and the Board staff or the evaluator is satisfied that all statements on the application are true and that the applicant is eligible in all other aspects to be registered in the field for which the application was filed, the Board staff or evaluator shall recommend that the Board certify the applicant as eligible for registration. If for any reason the Board staff or the evaluator is not satisfied that all of the statements on the application are true or that the applicant is eligible in all respects for registration, the Board staff shall make a further investigation of the applicant. The Board staff and evaluator shall submit recommendations to the Board for approval. The Board may also require an applicant to submit additional oral or written information if the applicant has not furnished satisfactory evidence of qualifications for registration.

E. The Board may accept documentation that an applicant has passed a written national examination in the area for which registration is sought from a national council of which the Board is a member.

F. The Board shall not accept an application for registration renewal unless the applicant has responded to the questions on the application relating to good moral character and other misconduct and signed the application for renewal. The Board shall return an incomplete application to the applicant which may result in assessment of a delinquent renewal fee.

G. An applicant may withdraw an application for registration by written request to the Board. Any fee paid by the applicant is non-refundable. If an applicant withdraws an application, the Board shall close the file. An applicant whose file has been closed and who later wishes to apply for professional registration shall submit a new application package to the Board pursuant to R4-30-201 and R4-30-202.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-30-201

Adopted effective August 3, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Amended effective December 18, 1991 (Supp. 91-4). Amended effective November 10, 1998 (Supp. 98-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 791, effective February 12, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2798, effective August 7, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 11 A.A.R. 3294, effective October 1, 2005 (05-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 1785, effective 8/5/2018. Amended by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 768, effective 5/25/2024.