(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an individual or business entity that does not have a valid certificate of registration from the State Board of Architect Examiners may not:

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(a) Engage in the practice of architecture within this state;

(b) Assume or use a title, form of address or other designation within this state that indicates or reasonably could be understood to indicate that the individual is an architect or that the individual or business entity engages in the practice of architecture; or

(c) State, declare, represent or otherwise purport in any title, sign, card, device, advertisement or other indication of the individual’s or the business entity’s business or occupation that the individual is an architect or that the individual or business entity engages in the practice of architecture within this state.

(2) An individual who does not have the certificate of registration under subsection (1) of this section may engage in the practice of architecture within this state and use a designation that indicates that the individual is an architect or engages in the practice of architecture if the individual:

(a) Is a foreign architect;

(b) Has a written agreement of affiliation with a registered architect or registered architectural firm under which the registered architect or registered architectural firm has responsible control over all aspects of the architectural services the individual provides; and

(c) Uses the designation ‘foreign architect, in consultation with’ followed by the name of a registered architect and the registered architect’s registered architectural firm, if any, on all technical submissions, advertisements or other communications that purport to identify the foreign architect’s profession, occupation or business within this state.

(3) Upon receiving a certificate of registration from the board, a registered architect shall obtain a stamp that conforms with a design that the board specifies by rule. The stamp, when accompanied by the registered architect’s signature on any technical submission, constitutes the registered architect’s attestation that the registered architect has responsible control over the content of the technical submission. The registered architect is responsible for controlling the custody and use of the stamp.

(4) A registered architect may engage in the practice of architecture only under the registered architect’s own name, as that name appears on the certificate of registration, except that the registered architect may practice under the name or assumed business name of a registered architectural firm, as provided in ORS § 671.041. [Amended by 1955 c.407 § 1; 1957 c.408 § 2; 1961 c.585 § 4; 1971 c.587 § 1; 1977 c.803 § 2; 1979 c.354 § 1; 2003 c.763 § 2; 2013 c.196 § 2; 2023 c.70 § 2]