# Title 8 — Architecture, Board of

## Article 8-07 — Rules of Professional Conduct

## Chapter 8-07-03 — Full Disclosure

### § 8-07-03-01. Disclosure of compensation for public statements.

A registered architect or landscape architect, making public statements on architectural or
landscape architectural questions, shall disclose when the person is being compensated for making
such statements.
History: Effective February 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
### § 8-07-03-02. Accurate representation of qualifications and responsibility.

A registered architect or landscape architect shall accurately represent to a prospective or existing
client or employer the person's qualifications and the scope of the person's responsibility in connection
with work for which the person is claiming credit.
History: Effective February 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
### § 8-07-03-03. Duties regarding known code violations.

If, in the course of work on a project, a registered architect or landscape architect becomes aware
of a decision taken by the person's employer or client, against such registered architect's or landscape
architect's advice, which violates applicable state or municipal building laws and regulations and which
will, in the registered architect's or landscape architect's judgment, materially and adversely affect the
safety to the public of the finished project, the registered architect or landscape architect 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 regulations;
2. Refuse to consent to the decision; and
3. When the registered architect or landscape architect reasonably believes that other such
decisions will be taken, notwithstanding the person's objection, terminate the person's
services with respect to the project.
History: Effective February 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
### § 8-07-03-04. Deliberate false statements prohibited.

A registered architect or landscape architect shall not deliberately make a materially false
statement or fail deliberately to disclose a material fact requested in connection with the person's
application for a registration or renewal thereof.

History: Effective February 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
### § 8-07-03-05. Assistance to unqualified applicant prohibited.

A registered architect or landscape architect shall not assist the application for registration of an
individual known by the registered architect or landscape architect to be unqualified in respect to
education, experience, or character.
History: Effective February 1, 2005; amended effective January 1, 2014.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
### § 8-07-03-06. Duty to report violations.

A registered architect or landscape architect possessing knowledge of a violation of the rules of
professional conduct shall report such knowledge to the board.
History: Effective February 1, 2005.
General Authority: NDCC 43-03-08
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-03-08
