As Reported by the Senate Insurance, Commerce            1            

                       and Labor Committee                         2            

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-DAMSCHRODER-MAIER-      10           

   CAREY-OGG-O'BRIEN-JAMES-EVANS-OLMAN-HOLLISTER-CORE-AUSTRIA-     11           

                  SCHULER-BENDER-BARNES-SALERNO                    12           


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To amend section 4703.08 of the Revised Code to       15           

                permit reciprocity of licensure in this state for  17           

                architects who are registered in another           18           

                jurisdiction if that jurisdiction offers similar   19           

                reciprocity for architects registered in this      21           

                state and the applicant meets specified criteria.               




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        23           

      Section 1.  That section 4703.08 of the Revised Code be      25           

amended to read as follows:                                        26           

      Sec. 4703.08.  The state board of examiners of architects    35           

shall certify and register an applicant who provides satisfactory  36           

evidence that he is THE APPLICANT MEETS ALL OF THE FOLLOWING       38           

REQUIREMENTS:                                                                   

      (A)  IS a LICENSED OR registered architect in another state  41           

OR JURISDICTION where the qualifications required are FOR          42           

LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION WERE equal, in the opinion of the        44           

board, to those required in sections 4703.01 to 4703.19 of the     45           

Revised Code, who holds a certificate AT THE TIME OF THE           46           

APPLICANT'S ORIGINAL LICENSURE OR REGISTRATION IN THAT STATE OR    47           

JURISDICTION;                                                                   

      (B)  HOLDS A CURRENT RECORD in good standing issued by the   49           

national council of architectural registration boards;             50           

      (C)  IS A LICENSED OR REGISTERED ARCHITECT IN ANOTHER STATE  52           

OR JURISDICTION THAT EXTENDS RECIPROCITY SIMILAR TO THAT OFFERED   53           

UNDER THIS SECTION, TO ARCHITECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED IN THIS       54           

STATE.                                                                          

      Section 2.  That existing section 4703.08 of the Revised     56           

Code is hereby repealed.                                           57