Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 671 § 671.030 — Activities not considered as “practice of architecture”; rules

Activities not considered as “practice of architecture”; rules. (1) ORS 671.010 to 671.220 do not apply to the practice of marine, naval or landscape architecture. (2) ORS 671.010 to 671.220 do not prohibit: (a) An employee of a registered architect from acting under the registered architect’s instruction, control or supervision. An employee who is not a registered architect may not use the designation “architect,” “registered architect” or “foreign architect” or the words “architecture” or “architectural” to describe the employee’s work unless a rule of the State Board of Architect Examiners provides otherwise. (b) A person that is not an architect from preparing technical submissions or providing construction phase services related to erecting, enlarging or altering a building or an appurtenance to a building if the building or the appurtenance: (A) Is a single family residential dwelling or farm building; (B) Is a structure used in connection with or auxiliary to a single family residential dwelling or farm building, including but not limited to a three-car garage, barn or shed or a shelter used for the housing of domestic animals or livestock; or (C) Has a ground area of 4,000 square feet or less and is not more than 20 feet in height from the top surface of lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish. (c) A person from planning, designing, specifying or observing the alterations or repairs to a building if: (A) The structural part of the building, including but not limited to the foundation walls, floors, roof, footings, bearing partitions, beams, columns and joists, is not involved; (B) The building code classification by use or occupancy of the building is not changed; and (C) The building code classification by type of construction of the building is not changed. (d) A contractor from directing the work of erecting, enlarging or altering a building, or an appurtenance to a building, under the observation of a registered architect. (e) A person practicing marine, naval or landscape architecture from purporting to be a marine, naval or landscape architect if the work is confined and limited to those classifications. (f) A construction contractor licensed under ORS chapter 701 from offering services constituting the practice of architecture if: (A) The construction contractor’s offer discloses in writing that the construction contractor is not an architect and identifies the registered architect or registered architectural firm that will provide the architectural services; (B) The services are ancillary to construction services the construction contractor will provide; and (C) A registered architect or registered architectural firm provides the services constituting the practice of architecture. [Amended by 1955 c.407 §2; 1957 c.408 §3; 1987 c.158 §134; 1991 c.910 §2; 2001 c.362 §1; 2003 c.763 §3; 2013 c.196 §4; 2023 c.70 §4]