Occupations and Professions

OPINION 47-190 October 25, 1947 (OPINION) OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS RE: Architects - Employees Your letter of October 18, 1947, regarding "associates" of licensed architects, has been received and sent to my desk. As you say, the law relating to architects, chapter 43-03 of the 1943 Revised Code, makes no mention of associates. However, section 43-0302 (5) provides that an employee of an architect under his employer's instruction, control, and supervision in preparing plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement, or alteration of buildings, is exempt from the regulations provided by this chapter. If the "associates" you mention are in fact employees of a licensed architect it would be my opinion that they are not required to be licensed. If, however, they are in fact partners of a licensed architect, they must, of course, be licensed as such under the provisions of section 43-0310 of the 1943 Revised Code. NELS G. JOHNSON Attorney General