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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63798</law_id><section_number>54.1-411</section_number><catch_line>Organization for practice; registration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-404</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Professions and Occupations Regulated by the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation and Boards Within the Department</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Architects, Engineers, Surveyors and Landscape Architects</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Nothing contained in this chapter or in the regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall prohibit the <span class="dictionary">practice of architecture</span>, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture or the offering of the title of <span class="dictionary">certified interior designer</span> by any corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, or other entity provided such practice or certification is rendered through its officers, principals or employees who are correspondingly licensed or certified. No individual practicing architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, or offering the title of <span class="dictionary">certified interior designer</span> under the provisions of this section shall be relieved of responsibility that may exist for services performed by reason of his employment or other relationship with such entity. No such corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, or other entity, or any affiliate thereof, shall, on its behalf or on behalf of any such licensee or certificate holder, nor any licensee or certificate holder, be prohibited from (i) purchasing or maintaining insurance against any such liability; (ii) entering into any indemnification agreement with respect to any such liability; (iii) receiving indemnification as a result of any such liability; or (iv) limiting liability through <span class="dictionary">contract</span>. <a id="paragraph-232463" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except for professional corporations holding a certificate of authority issued in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Qualifications of shareholders; special provisions for corporations rendering services of architects, professional engineers, landscape architects and land surveyors, and using the title of certified interior designers" href="/13.1-549/">13.1-549</a>, professional limited liability companies holding a certificate of authority issued in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Qualifications of members and managers; special provisions for limited liability companies rendering service of architects, professional engineers, land surveyors and landscape architects, and using the title of certified interior designers" href="/13.1-1111/">13.1-1111</a>, and sole proprietorships that do not employ other individuals for which licensing is required, any person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity offering or rendering the <span class="dictionary">practice of architecture</span>, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture or offering the title of <span class="dictionary">certified interior designer</span> shall register with the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. As a condition of registration, the entity shall name at least one licensed architect, <span class="dictionary">professional engineer</span>, <span class="dictionary">land surveyor</span>, <span class="dictionary">landscape architect</span> or <span class="dictionary">certified interior designer</span> for such profession offered or rendered. The person or persons named shall be responsible and have control of the regulated services rendered by the entity. <a id="paragraph-232464" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall adopt regulations governing the registration of persons, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, sole proprietors and other entities as required in subsections A and B which: <a id="paragraph-232465" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Provide for procedural requirements to obtain and renew registration on a periodic basis; <a id="paragraph-232466" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Establish fees for the application and renewal of registration sufficient to cover costs; <a id="paragraph-232467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Assure that regulated services are rendered and controlled by persons authorized to do so; and <a id="paragraph-232468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Ensure that conflicts of interests are disclosed. <a id="paragraph-232469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/54.1-411/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1982, c. 590, &#xA7; 54-37.3; 1983, c. 28; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 574; 2000, c. 763; 2009, c. 309; 2010, cc. 99, 206.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
