North Dakota § 43-03-20 - Revocation, denial, or suspension of registration

§ 43-03-20. Revocation, denial, or suspension of registration

If the board revokes, denies, or suspends the certificate of registration or application of a certificate holder or applicant for certificate, the certificate holder or applicant has a right to a hearing before the board on such contemplated disciplinary action and has a right to appeal to the courts from the decision of the board on the hearing. All of the provisions of chapter 28-32 relating to proceedings before an administrative agency are applicable to and govern the notice of hearing, the hearing, and the right of appeal from the board's decision. The board may revoke, deny, or suspend any certificate of registration of or application to be an architect or a landscape architect upon proof: 1. The certificate was obtained or attempted to be obtained by fraud, deceit, or material misrepresentation of fact in applying for a certificate or renewal of a certificate or in passage of the examination under this chapter; 2. The holder of the certificate has been guilty of malfeasance, deceit, fraud, gross incompetency, or negligence in connection with the holder's practice of architecture or landscape architecture; 3. The holder of the certificate has exhibited mental incompetency, untrustworthiness, incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of architecture or landscape architecture as evidenced by conduct that endangers life, health, property, or the public welfare. 4. The holder of the certificate allowed a nonregistered person to practice as an architect by the device of permitting the certificate holder's name or stamp to be placed upon drawings, or other contract documents, not prepared by the holder or under the holder's direct supervision; 5. The holder of the certificate or applicant had an architecture or a landscape architecture license of another state suspended or revoked or was otherwise disciplined by another state; 6. The holder of the certificate or applicant was convicted of an offense determined by the board to have a direct bearing upon the certificate holder's or applicant's ability to serve the public as an architect or landscape architect; or that, following conviction of an offense, the holder or applicant is not sufficiently rehabilitated under section 12.1-33-02.1; or 7. The holder of the certificate or applicant violated this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. If a certificate holder or applicant is convicted of a crime in another state which would constitute a violation of this chapter had the criminal action taken place in this state, a copy of the judgment of conviction certified by the rendering court is presumptive evidence of the conviction in any hearing under this section. For purposes of this subsection, a conviction includes a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent.