Evaluation—Comity Applications—Architects

PURPOSE: This rule requires all individuals applying for licensure as an architect under section 327.381, RSMo to first obtain an NCARB certificate and file. (1) Any person who was licensed in another state, territory, or possession of the United States or in another country may apply for licensure as an architect under section 327.381, RSMo after first obtaining a National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB) certificate and file. (2) Unless it grants an applicant waiver of educational and experience requirements under section (3), the board shall only consider comity licensure applications when accompanied by an NCARB certificate and file. (3) Within six (6) months of an application for licensure by comity from a person, or within thirty (30) days of an application for licensure by comity from a nonresident or resident military spouse, who meets the following criteria, the board shall waive the requirement of an NCARB certificate and file if it finds that the applicant: (A) Holds a current license as an architect in another state, possession, or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, and has held such license for a period of one (1) year; (B) Has not had a license as an architect revoked by any oversight body; (C) Is not currently under investigation, is not the subject of any complaint pending, or is not currently under disciplinary action with any oversight body outside this state; (D) Holds a license in good standing with an oversight body outside the state; (E) Does not have a criminal record that would disqualify him or her for licensure in Missouri; and (F) Holds a valid current license in the jurisdiction upon which the comity application is based on the date the board receives his or her application under this section. (4) The board may require an applicant relying on section (3) to disclose any disciplinary action taken against the applicant by any oversight body in any jurisdiction in the United States, and may deny waiver and defer action or deny an application until such disciplinary action is resolved. (5) No waiver of education or examination requirements granted under section (3) shall relieve any applicant of the requirement to take the Missouri-specific examination mandated by 20 CSR 2030-5.160. Nonresident and resident military spouses applying pursuant to section 324.009.3.(2), RSMo, shall not be required to take the Missouri specific examination mandated by 20 CSR 20305.160. AUTHORITY: section 327.041, RSMo 2016, and sections 327.131 and 327.381, RSMo Supp. 2020.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 30-4.060. Original rule filed Dec. 8, 1981, effective March 11, 1982. Amended: Filed Dec. 9, 2002, effective June 30, 2003. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Sept. 8, 2003, effective March 30, 2004. Moved to 20 CSR 2030-4.060, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Non-substantive change filed Oct. 21, 2015, published Dec. 31, 2015. Amended: Filed March 30, 2018, effective Sept. 30, 2018. Amended: Filed Oct. 6, 2020, effective April 30, 2021. *Original authority: 327.041, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2010, 2014; 327.131, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2020; and 327.381, RSMo 1969, amended 1981, 1999, 2001, 2014, 2020.