Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - Board of Technical Registration

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Alarm subscriber: means any person who:

  (a) Leases, rents or purchases any monitored alarm system or service from an alarm business. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Architect: means a person who, by reason of knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles of architecture and architectural engineering acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to engage in the practice of architecture and is registered as an architect pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Board: means the state board of technical registration. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Engineer: means a person who by reason of engineering education, training and experience may apply engineering principles and interpret engineering data. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Engineer-in-training: means a candidate for registration as a professional engineer who both:

  (a) Is a graduate in an approved engineering curriculum of four years or more of a school approved by the board or has four years or more of education or experience, or both, in engineering work that meets standards specified by the board in its rules. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Firm: means any individual or partnership, corporation or other type of association, including the association of a nonregistrant and a registrant who offers to the public professional services regulated by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Geological practice: means any professional service or work requiring geological education, training and experience, and the application of special knowledge of the earth sciences to such professional services as consultation, evaluation of mining properties, petroleum properties and groundwater resources, professional supervision of exploration for mineral natural resources including metallic and nonmetallic ores, petroleum and groundwater, and the geological phases of engineering investigations. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Geologist: means a person, who is not required to be a professional engineer, who by reason of special knowledge of the earth sciences and the principles and methods of search for and appraisal of mineral or other natural resources acquired by professional education and practical experience is qualified to practice geology as attested by registration as a professional geologist. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Geologist-in-training: means a candidate for registration as a professional geologist who both:

  (a) Is a graduate of a school approved by the board or has four years or more of education or experience, or both, in geological work that meets standards specified by the board in its rules. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Home inspection: means a visual analysis for the purposes of providing a professional opinion of the building, any reasonably accessible installed components and the operation of the building's systems, including the controls normally operated by the owner, for the following components of a residential building of four units or less:

  (a) Heating system. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Home inspector: means an individual who is certified pursuant to this chapter as a home inspector and who engages in the business of performing home inspections and writing home inspection reports. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Land surveying practice: means performing one or more of the following professional services:

  (a) Measuring land to determine the position of any monument or reference point that marks a property line, boundary or corner for the purpose of determining the area or description of the land. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Land surveyor: means a person who by reason of knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences, principles of land surveying and evidence gathering acquired by professional education or practical experience, or both, is qualified to practice land surveying as attested by registration as a land surveyor. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Land surveyor-in-training: means a candidate for registration as a professional land surveyor who both:

  (a) Is a graduate of a school and curriculum approved by the board or has four years or more of education or experience, or both, in land surveying work that meets standards specified by the board in its rules. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Landscape architect: means a person who, by reason of professional education or practical experience, or both, is qualified to engage in the practice of landscape architecture as attested by registration as a landscape architect. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Low-voltage electric fence: means a fence that meets all of the following requirements:

  (a) Has an electric fence energizer that is powered by a commercial storage battery with a rated voltage of not more than twelve volts and that produces an electric charge on contact with the fence. See Arizona Laws 32-101

• Monitored alarm: means a device that is designed to detect an entry on any premises and that if activated generates a notification signal. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Professional engineer: means a person who, by reason of special knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by professional education and practical experience, is qualified to practice engineering and is registered as a professional engineer pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Proprietor alarm: means any alarm or alarm system that is owned by an alarm subscriber who has not contracted with an alarm business. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Registrant: means a person who is registered or certified by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Registration: means a registration or certification that is issued by the board. See Arizona Laws 32-101
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215