2001-2002 Bill 591: Architects, Examination Administered to Accommodate Applicants With

BIL:591

TYP:General Bill GB

INB:Senate

IND:20010417

PSP:Jackson

SPO:Jackson

DDN:l:\council\bills\swb\5330djc01.doc

RBY:Senate

COM:Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 SLCI

SUB:Architects, examination administered to accommodate applicants with any physical disability; Handicapped, Architecture

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Senate20010417Introduced, read first time,12 SLCI

referred to Committee

Versions of This Bill

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 403240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS AN ARCHITECT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE ARCHITECT EXAMINATION BE ADMINISTERED IN A FORMAT AND MANNER TO ACCOMMODATE APPLICANTS WITH ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION1.Section 403240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

“Section 403240.(A)An application for licensure must be made on board application forms. A completed application signed and sworn to by the applicant must be filed with the board office and must be accompanied by all applicable fees. No application may be considered until the fees have been paid.

(B)TheExcept as provided in this section, the Architectural Registration Examination will be administered in a format and manner prescribed by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) to all applicants for initial licensure. Applicants must pass all subject areas. Scores for the individual subject areas cannot be averaged. Applicants not passing all subject areas of the examination retain credit for those subject areas passed for four years from the date of the examination, after which time those subject areas must be retaken.

(C)An applicant must satisfy the requirements of Section 403230(C)(1) and (2) in order to be approved by the board to take the Architectural Registration Examination. Once an applicant has been approved to take the examination, the applicant does not lose eligibility because of subsequent changes in the education or experience requirements.

(D)The board may accept transfer credits for individual subject areas of the examination passed by the applicant from another jurisdiction.

(E)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, applications for examination and the Architectural Registration Examination must be administered in a format and manner that will accommodate the disability of registrants with any kind of physical disability.”

SECTION2.This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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