                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE REQUIRED (§ 54.1-406)

A. Unless exempted by &#xA7; 54.1-401, 54.1-402, or 54.1-402.1, a person shall
hold a valid license prior to engaging in the practice of architecture or
engineering which includes design, consultation, evaluation or analysis and
involves proposed or existing improvements to real property.
			Unless exempted by &#xA7; 54.1-401, 54.1-402, or 54.1-402.1, a person shall
hold a valid license prior to engaging in the practice of land surveying.

B. Unless exempted by &#xA7; 54.1-402, any person, partnership, corporation or
other entity offering to practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying
without being registered or licensed in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, shall be subject to the provisions of &#xA7; 54.1-111 of this title.

C. Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity which is not licensed or
registered to practice in accordance with this chapter and which advertises or
promotes through the use of the words &#8220;architecture,&#8221;
&#8220;engineering&#8221; or &#8220;land surveying&#8221; or any modification or
derivative thereof in its name or description of its business activity in a
manner that indicates or implies that it practices or offers to practice
architecture, engineering or land surveying as defined in this chapter shall be
subject to the provisions of &#xA7; 54.1-111.

D. Notwithstanding these provisions, any state agency or political subdivision
of the Commonwealth unable to employ a qualified licensed engineer, architect,
or land surveyor to fill a responsible charge position, after reasonable and
unsuccessful search, may fill the position with an unlicensed person upon the
determination by the chief administrative officer of the agency or political
subdivision that the person, by virtue of education, experience, and expertise,
can perform the work required of the position.

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a contractor who is licensed
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 11 (&#xA7; 54.1-1100 et seq.) of this
title shall not be required to be licensed or registered to practice in
accordance with this chapter when bidding upon or negotiating design-build
contracts or performing services other than architectural, engineering or land
surveying services under a design-build contract. The architectural, engineering
or land surveying services offered or rendered in connection with such contracts
shall only be rendered by an architect, professional engineer or land surveyor
licensed in accordance with this chapter.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 408, § 54-26.1; 1982, c. 590; 1984, c. 470; 1988, c. 765;
1992, cc. 780, 783; 1994, c. 784; 1996, c. 329; 2004, c. 191; 2005, cc. 359,
440; 2010, c. 91.