Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 36 - State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors
Article 2 - Code of Professional Conduct
12 AAC 36.210 - Professional conduct
Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 36.210
Current through February 24, 2025
(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.
Authority:AS 08.48.101
AS 08.48.111
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