Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 55 - The Board of Governors of the Licensed Architects, Landscape Architects and Registered Commercial Interior Designers of Oklahoma
Chapter 10 - Licensure and Practice of Architects, Landscape Architects and Registration of Commercial Interior Designers
Subchapter 15 - Violations
Section 55:10-15-5 - Gross incompetence
Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
The Board expects each Licensee, Registrant, or Entity to undertake only those professional assignments they are qualified, competent, and lawfully authorized to perform. The following practices, among others, may be deemed gross incompetence:
(1) Failure to use due diligence and proper restraint in planning and observation procedures, thus endangering the safety and welfare of the public.
(2) Failure to engage other licensed design professionals, competent and authorized through this or other Oklahoma statutes to practice in related planning disciplines, when the Architect, Landscape Architect, or Registered Commercial Interior Designer is otherwise responsible for obvious technical or tactical error jeopardizing the success or safety of the project, the public, the client and/or contractor.
(3) Failure to clearly, accurately and completely develop plans, drawings, specifications and other instruments of service in practice that properly qualify the requirements intended and insure against misunderstandings jeopardizing the client and/or contractor.
(4) Failure to use diligence and available counsel in preparing documents for the protection of a client in construction agreements involving the Licensee's or Registrant's responsibility.
(5) Practicing architecture or landscape architecture while mentally impaired.
Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1333, eff 5-27-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2555, eff 7-15-02; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 815, eff 5-11-07
