                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OTHER BUILDING LAWS NOT AFFECTED; DUTIES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS (§ 54.1-410)

A. Nothing contained in this chapter or in the regulations of the Board shall be
construed to limit the authority of any public official authorized by law to
approve plans, specifications or calculations in connection with improvements to
real property. This shall include, but shall not be limited to, the authority of
officials of local building departments as defined in &#xA7; 36-97, to require
pursuant to the Uniform Statewide Building Code, state statutes, local
ordinances, or code requirements that such work be prepared by a person licensed
or certified pursuant to this chapter.

B. Any public body authorized by law to require that plans, specifications or
calculations be prepared in connection with improvements to real property shall
establish a procedure to ensure that such plans, specifications or calculations
be prepared by an architect, professional engineer, land surveyor or landscape
architect licensed or authorized pursuant to this chapter in any case in which
the exemptions contained in &#xA7;&#xA7; 54.1-401, 54.1-402 or &#xA7; 54.1-402.1
are not applicable.
			Drafting of permits, reviewing of plans or inspection of facilities for
compliance with an adopted code or standard by any public body or its designated
agent shall not require the services of an architect, professional engineer,
land surveyor or landscape architect licensed pursuant to this chapter.

HISTORY: 1982, c. 590, § 54-37.2; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 780, 783; 1993, c.
662; 2009, c. 309.