12 AAC 36.210. Professional conduct

(a) A registrant

(1) must at all times recognize that a registrant's primary obligation is to protect the safety, health, property, and welfare of the public in the performance of his or her professional duties;

(2) must, if the registrant's professional judgment is overruled creating circumstances in which the safety, health, property, and welfare of the public are endangered, notify his or her employer, client, and other proper authority of the situation and possible consequences as may be appropriate;

(3) may perform assignments only if the registrant's associates, consultants, and employees are qualified by education, training, or experience and, if required, registered in the specific technical branches or fields involved;

(4) shall be completely truthful in all professional reports, statements, or testimony, and shall include in them all relevant and pertinent information known to the registrant;

(5) may not knowingly associate with, or permit the use of his or her name or firm name in a business venture by a person or firm that the registrant knows or has reason to believe is engaging in business or professional practices in a fraudulent or dishonest manner;

(6) shall inform the board if he or she has knowledge or reason to believe that another person or firm might be in violation of AS 08.48, or a regulation adopted under it, and shall cooperate with the board by furnishing all further information or assistance required;

(7) may not offer or make a payment or gift to a government official, whether elected or appointed, with the intent of influencing the official's judgment in connection with a prospective or existing project in which the registrant is interested;

(8) may not knowingly design, lay out, certify, approve, or otherwise imply or certify as suitable or fit for use a project in violation of applicable federal, state, or local laws relating to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture;

(9) may not deliberately make a materially false statement or deliberately fail to disclose a material fact requested in connection with an application for registration or renewal of a registration issued under AS 08.48;

(10) shall make every reasonable effort to provide professional services in a complete and efficient manner so as not to unduly delay a project.

(b) If, in the course of a registrant's work on a project, the registrant becomes aware of a decision made by his or her employer or client, against the registrant's advice, which violates applicable state or municipal building laws and as a result of which the finished project will, in the registrant's judgment, materially and adversely affect the safety of the public, the registrant shall

(1) report the decision to the local building inspector or other public official charged with the enforcement of the applicable state or municipal building laws; and

(2) refuse to consent to the decision.

History: Eff. 5/23/74, Register 50; am 9/30/78, Register 67; am 8/29/87, Register 103; am 10/10/96, Register 140; am 11/13/99, Register 152

Authority: AS 08.48.101

AS 08.48.111

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