BILL NUMBER: SB 1132	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 5500 of, and to add Section 5500.2 to, the
Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and
vocations.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1132, as introduced, Galgiani. Architects:
architects-in-training.
   The Architects Practice Act provides for licensing and regulation
of persons engaged in the practice of architecture by the California
Architects Board, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs,
and defines the term "architect" for those purposes. That act
requires an applicant for licensure as an architect to, among other
things, take an examination. Existing regulations require an
applicant for licensure to take the Architect Registration
Examination.
   This bill would define the term "architect-in-training," for
purposes of that act, as a person who has received board confirmation
of eligibility for the Architect Registration Examination and is
employed under the direct supervision of a licensed architect, and
would authorize a person to use the title "architect-in-training" for
purposes of employment in the state if he or she meets the
definition of that term.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5500 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   5500.  As used in this  chapter,   chapter,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:  
architect 
    (a)     "Architect"  means a person
who is licensed to practice architecture in this state under the
authority of this chapter. 
   (b) "Architect-in-training" means a person who has received board
confirmation of eligibility for the Architect Registration
Examination and is employed under the direct supervision of an
architect licensed under this chapter. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 5500.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   5500.2.  A person may use the title "architect-in-training" for
purposes of employment in the state if he or she meets the definition
of architect-in-training in Section 5500.