As Reported by House Commerce & Labor Committee           1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                   H.B. No. 167  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES HEALY-MOTTLEY-WILLAMOWSKI-VAN VYVEN-OPFER-      8            

   HAINES-BOYD-BRITTON-SCHUCK-D.MILLER-HARTNETT-VESPER-JONES-      9            

             VERICH-PATTON-JOLIVETTE-WINKLER-BUEHRER               10           


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To amend section 4703.08 of the Revised Code to       13           

                permit reciprocity of licensure in this state for  15           

                architects who are registered in another           16           

                jurisdiction if that jurisdiction offers similar   17           

                reciprocity for architects registered in this      19           

                state and the applicant meets specified criteria.               




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        21           

      Section 1.  That section 4703.08 of the Revised Code be      23           

amended to read as follows:                                        24           

      Sec. 4703.08.  The state board of examiners of architects    33           

shall certify and register an applicant who provides satisfactory  34           

evidence that he is THE APPLICANT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING       36           

REQUIREMENTS:                                                                   

      (A)  IS a LICENSED OR registered architect in another state  39           

OR JURISDICTION where the qualifications required are FOR          40           

LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION WERE equal, in the opinion of the        42           

board, to those required in sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the     43           

Revised Code, who holds a certificate AT THE TIME OF THE           44           

APPLICANT'S ORIGINAL LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION IN THAT STATE OR    45           

JURISDICTION;                                                                   

      (B)  HOLDS A CURRENT RECORD in good standing issued by the   47           

national council of architectural registration boards;             48           

      (C)  IS A LICENSED OR REGISTERED ARCHITECT IN ANOTHER STATE  50           

OR JURISDICTION THAT EXTENDS RECIPROCITY SIMILAR TO THAT OFFERED   51           

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UNDER THIS SECTION, TO ARCHITECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED IN THIS       52           

STATE.                                                                          

      Section 2.  That existing section 4703.08 of the Revised     54           

Code is hereby repealed.                                           55