Oklahoma § 59-46.9 - See the following versions:

§ 59-46.9. See the following versions:

OS 59-46.9v1 (HB 3253, Laws 2024, c. 147, § 4).

OS 59-46.9v2 (HB 1793, Laws 2024, c. 138, § 6).

§59-46.9v1. Practice through partnership, firm, association,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership - Certificates of authority or title - Foreign entities

- Registration of trade name or service mark.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

A. The practice of architecture or landscape architecture or

offering to practice these professions for others by persons

licensed under this act through a partnership, corporation, limited

liability company or limited liability partnership as directors,

partners, officers, shareholders, managers, members or principals is

permitted, subject to the provisions of the State Architectural and

Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act, provided:

1. One or more of the directors, partners, officers,

shareholders, managers, members or principals of said partnership,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership is legally responsible for the entity of said

partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership;

2. Such director, partner, officer, shareholder, manager,

member or principal is duly licensed under the State Architectural

and Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act; and

3. Said partnership, corporation, limited liability company or

limited liability partnership has been issued a certificate of

authority by the Board.

B. The Board shall have the power to issue, revoke, deny, or

refuse to renew a certificate of authority for a partnership,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership as provided for in the State Architectural and

Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act.

C. A partnership, corporation, limited liability company or

limited liability partnership desiring to practice architecture or

landscape architecture shall file with the Board an application for

a certificate of authority, and pay all fees, for each office

location performing work on Oklahoma projects on a form approved by

the Board which shall include the names, addresses, state of

licensure and license number of all partners, directors, officers,

members, managers or principals of the partnership, corporation,

limited liability company or limited liability partnership legally

responsible for the entity's practice. The form shall name an

individual having the practice of architecture in such person's

charge who is a director, partner, officer, member, manager or

principal. The person shall be duly licensed as an architect to

practice architecture or licensed as a landscape architect to

practice landscape architecture in this state through said

partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership legally responsible for the entity's practice

or services offered and other information required by the Board. In

the event there shall be a change in any of these persons during the

term of the certification, such change shall be filed with the Board

within thirty (30) days after the effective date of said change. If

all of the requirements of this section and the Board's current

rules have been met, the Board shall issue a certificate of

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authority to such partnership, corporation, limited liability

company or limited liability partnership.

D. Any other person licensed pursuant to the State

Architectural and Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act, not

practicing these professions as a partnership, corporation, limited

liability company or limited liability partnership, shall practice

as an individual.

E. No such partnership, corporation, limited liability company

or limited liability partnership shall be relieved of responsibility

for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees, partners,

directors, officers, managers, members or principals by reason of

its compliance with the provisions of this section, or shall any

individual practicing these professions be relieved of

responsibility for professional services performed as an individual

by reason of such person's employment or relationship with such

partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership.

F. The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of

incorporation or register a foreign corporation or any other entity

which includes among the objectives for which it is established any

of the words "Architect", "Architectural", "Architecture",

"Landscape Architect", "Landscape Architecture" or any modification

or derivation of these words, unless the Board has issued for said

applicant either a certificate of authority for an entity, or a

letter indicating eligibility for an exemption pursuant to the State

Architectural and Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act. The

entity applying shall supply such certificate or letter from the

Board with its application for incorporation or registration.

G. The Secretary of State shall not register any trade name or

service mark which includes such words, as set forth in subsection F

of this section, or modifications or derivatives thereof in its firm

name or logotype except those entities or individuals holding

certificates of authority issued under the provisions of this

section or letters of eligibility issued by the Board.

H. The use of the title "Registered Commercial Interior

Designer" by a partnership, corporation, limited liability company

or limited liability partnership is allowed to those entities

listed, provided:

1. One or more of the directors, partners, officers,

shareholders, members, managers or principals is registered with the

Board as a registered commercial interior designer and is in good

standing with the Board; and

2. The partnership, corporation, limited liability company or

limited liability partnership has been issued a certificate of title

by the Board.

I. The Board shall have the power to issue, revoke, deny or

refuse to renew a certificate of title for a partnership,

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corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership as provided for in the State Architectural and

Registered Commercial Interior Designers Act.

J. A partnership, corporation, limited liability company or

limited liability partnership shall file with the Board an

application for a certificate of title on a form approved by the

Board which shall include the names, addresses, state of

registration and registration number of all directors, partners,

officers, shareholders, members, managers, or principals of the

partnership, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership. In the event there shall be a replacement of

any of these persons during the term of certification, the change

shall be filed with the Board within thirty (30) days after the

effective date of the change. If all the requirements of this

section, this act and the current rules of the Board have been met,

the Board shall issue a certificate of title to such partnership,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership.

K. The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of

incorporation or register a foreign corporation or any other entity

which includes among the objectives for which it is established any

of the words "Registered Commercial Interior Designer" or any

modification or derivation of these words, unless the Board has

issued for the applicant either a certificate of title for an

entity, or a letter indicating the eligibility for an exemption

pursuant to the State Architectural and Registered Commercial

Interior Designers Act. The firm applying shall supply such

certificate of title or letter from the Board with its application

for incorporation or registration.

L. The Secretary of State shall not register any trade name or

service mark which includes such words as set forth in subsection K

of this section, or modification or derivatives thereof in its firm

name or logotype except those entities or individuals holding

certificates of title issued under the provisions of this section or

letters of eligibility issued by the Board.

M. Upon application for renewal and upon compliance with the

provisions of the State Architectural and Registered Commercial

Interior Designers Act and the rules of the Board, a certificate of

title shall be renewed as provided in this act.

N. Upon application for renewal and upon compliance with the

provisions of the State Architectural and Registered Commercial

Interior Designers Act and the rules of the Board, a certificate of

authority shall be renewed as provided in this act.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 351, § 12, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947.

Amended by Laws 1963, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws

1981, c. 320, § 4; Laws 1983, c. 21, § 2, operative July 1, 1983;

Laws 1986, c. 154, § 6, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 287, § 13,

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 45.12 of this title by

Laws 1986, c. 287, § 30, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws

1998, c. 220, § 7, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2006, c. 163, § 8, eff.

July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 7, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014,

c. 234, § 7, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2021, c. 443, § 6, eff. July 1,

2021; Laws 2024, c. 147, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.

§59-46.9v2. Practice through partnership, firm, association,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership - Certificates of authority or title - Foreign entities

- Registration of trade name or service mark.

A. The practice of architecture, landscape architecture, or

licensed interior design or offering to practice these professions

for others by persons licensed under this act through a partnership,

firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership as directors, partners, officers,

shareholders, employees, managers, members or principals is

permitted, subject to the provisions of the State Architectural and

Licensed Interior Designers Act, provided:

1. One or more of the directors, partners, officers,

shareholders, managers, members or principals of said partnership,

firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership is designated as being responsible for the

entity's activities and decisions of said partnership, firm,

association, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership;

2. Such director, partner, officer, shareholder, manager,

member or principal is duly licensed under the State Architectural

and Licensed Interior Designers Act;

3. All personnel of said partnership, firm, association,

corporation, limited liability company or limited liability

partnership who act on behalf of the entity for these professions in

the state are licensed under the State Architectural and Licensed

Interior Designers Act; and

4. Said partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited

liability company or limited liability partnership has been issued a

certificate of authority by the Board.

B. The Board shall have the power to issue, revoke, deny, or

refuse to renew a certificate of authority for a partnership, firm,

association, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership as provided for in the State Architectural and

Licensed Interior Designers Act.

C. A partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited

liability company or limited liability partnership desiring to

practice architecture, landscape architecture, or licensed interior

design shall file with the Board an application for a certificate of

authority for each office location performing work on Oklahoma

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projects on a form approved by the Board which shall include the

names, addresses, state of licensure and license number of all

partners, directors, officers, members, managers or principals of

the partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability

company or limited liability partnership legally responsible for the

entity's practice. The form shall name an individual having the

practice of architecture in such person's charge who is a director,

partner, officer, member, manager or principal. The person shall be

duly licensed as an architect to practice architecture or licensed

as a landscape architect to practice landscape architecture, or as a

licensed interior designer to practice licensed interior design in

this state through said partnership, firm, association, corporation,

limited liability company or limited liability partnership legally

responsible for the entity's practice or services offered and other

information required by the Board. In the event there shall be a

change in any of these persons during the term of the certification,

such change shall be filed with the Board within thirty (30) days

after the effective date of said change. If all of the requirements

of this section and the Board's current rules have been met, the

Board shall issue a certificate of authority to such partnership,

firm, association, corporation, limited liability company or limited

liability partnership.

D. Any other person licensed pursuant to the State

Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act, not practicing

these professions as a partnership, firm, association, corporation,

limited liability company or limited liability partnership, shall

practice as an individual.

E. No such partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited

liability company or limited liability partnership shall be relieved

of responsibility for the conduct or acts of its agents, employees,

partners, directors, officers, managers, members or principals by

reason of its compliance with the provisions of this section, or

shall any individual practicing these professions be relieved of

responsibility for professional services performed as an individual

by reason of such person's employment or relationship with such

partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability

company or limited liability partnership.

F. The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of

incorporation or register a foreign corporation or any other entity

which includes among the objectives for which it is established any

of the words "Architect", "Architectural", "Architecture",

"Landscape Architect", "Landscape Architecture", "Licensed Interior

Designer", or "Licensed Interior Design", or any modification or

derivation of these words, unless the Board has issued for said

applicant either a certificate of authority for an entity, or a

letter indicating eligibility for an exemption pursuant to the State

Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act. The entity

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applying shall supply such certificate or letter from the Board with

its application for incorporation or registration.

G. The Secretary of State shall not register any trade name or

service mark which includes such words, as set forth in subsection F

of this section, or modifications or derivatives thereof in its firm

name or logotype except those entities or individuals holding

certificates of authority issued under the provisions of this

section or letters of eligibility issued by the Board.

H. Upon application for renewal and upon compliance with the

provisions of the State Architectural and Licensed Interior

Designers Act and the rules of the Board, a certificate of authority

shall be renewed as provided in this act.

Added by Laws 1947, p. 351, § 12, emerg. eff. April 16, 1947.

Amended by Laws 1963, c. 178, § 1, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws

1981, c. 320, § 4; Laws 1983, c. 21, § 2, operative July 1, 1983;

Laws 1986, c. 154, § 6, eff. July 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 287, § 13,

operative July 1, 1986. Renumbered from § 45.12 of this title by

Laws 1986, c. 287, § 30, operative July 1, 1986. Amended by Laws

1998, c. 220, § 7, eff. July 1, 1998; Laws 2006, c. 163, § 8, eff.

July 1, 2006; Laws 2009, c. 184, § 7, eff. July 1, 2009; Laws 2014,

c. 234, § 7, eff. July 1, 2014; Laws 2021, c. 443, § 6, eff. July 1,

2021; Laws 2024, c. 138, § 6.