Nebraska Statutes 81-3420. Practice of architecture, defined
(1) Practice of architecture means providing or offering to provide design services in connection with the construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building or group of buildings and the space within and surrounding the buildings. The services may include, but not be limited to, planning, providing studies, designs, drawings, specifications, and other technical submissions, and administering construction contracts. The practice of architecture does not include the practice of engineering.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-3420
- Architect: means a person who is licensed by the board to practice architecture. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3404
- Building: means any structure used, or intended to be used, to support, shelter, or enclose any use or occupancy. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3405.02
- Design: means the preparation of schematics, layouts, plans, drawings, specifications, calculations, and other diagnostic documents which show the features of an architectural or engineering project. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3409
- person: shall be construed to practice architecture, within the meaning and intent of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act, if he or she:
(a) Practices the profession of architecture or holds himself or herself out as able and entitled to practice architecture. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3420
- Practice of architecture: means providing or offering to provide design services in connection with the construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building or group of buildings and the space within and surrounding the buildings. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3420
- Practice of engineering: means any service or creative work that requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3421
- Technical submissions: means designs, drawings, specifications, studies, and other technical reports that constitute, or may be prepared in conjunction with, a project. See Nebraska Statutes 81-3427
(2) A person shall be construed to practice architecture, within the meaning and intent of the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act, if he or she:
(a) Practices the profession of architecture or holds himself or herself out as able and entitled to practice architecture;
(b) By verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, or card or in any other way, represents himself or herself to be an architect; or
(c) Through the use of some other title, implies that he or she is an architect or licensed under the Engineers and Architects Regulation Act.