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JULY 2012 Introduction 2 About NCARB 2 NCARB Services 3 Registration (Licensure) 4 NCARB Certification 5 Steps to Certification 6 Establish NCARB Record 6 Documentation 7 Evaluation 7 Certification 8 Transmittal of Your NCARB Certificate 9 Certification Requirements 10 Requirements for Certification of an Architect Registered in a U.S. Jurisdiction 11 Alternatives for Certification of an Architect Registered in a U.S. Jurisdiction 12 Requirements for Certification of an Architect Registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction 13 Alternatives for Certification of an Architect Registered in a Canadian Jurisdiction 14 Requirements for Certification of an Architect Credentialed by a Foreign Registration Authority 15 Revocation and Reinstatement of an NCARB Certificate 16 Appendices 17 The BEFA Process 17 Architect Registration Examination 18 ARE 4.0 Exam Equivalents 19 © 2012 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) This document was revised July 2012 and supersedes all previous editions of the Handbook for Interns and Architects. This document defines the requirements for NCARB certification for architects registered in a U.S. jurisdiction, architects registered in a Canadian jurisdiction, and architects credentialed by a foreign authority. This document also includes guidelines on how to establish and maintain an NCARB Record. CERTIFICATION GUIDELINES

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JULY

201

2

Intr

oduc

tion

2

Abou

t NCA

RB

2N

CARB

Ser

vice

s 3

Regi

stra

tion

(Lic

ensu

re)

4N

CARB

Cer

tifica

tion

5

Step

s to

Cert

ifica

tion

6

Esta

blish

NCA

RB R

ecor

d 6

Docu

men

tatio

n

7Ev

alua

tion

7Ce

rtifi

catio

n 8

Tran

smitt

al o

f You

r NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

9

Cert

ifica

tion

Requ

irem

ents

10

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a U

.S.

Juris

dict

ion

11

Alte

rnat

ives

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arc

hite

ct R

egist

ered

in a

U

.S. J

urisd

ictio

n 12

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a C

anad

ian

Ju

risdi

ctio

n 13

Alte

rnat

ives

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Ar

chite

ct R

egist

ered

in a

Can

adia

n Ju

risdi

ctio

n 14

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Cre

dent

iale

d by

a F

orei

gn

Regi

stra

tion

Auth

ority

15

Revo

catio

n an

d Re

inst

atem

ent

of a

n N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te

16

Appe

ndic

es

17Th

e BE

FA P

roce

ss

17Ar

chite

ct R

egist

ratio

n Ex

amin

atio

n 18

ARE

4.0

Exam

Equ

ival

ents

19

© 20

12 N

atio

nal C

ounc

il of

Arc

hite

ctur

al R

egist

ratio

n Bo

ards

(NCA

RB)

This

docu

men

t was

revi

sed

July

201

2 an

d su

pers

edes

all

prev

ious

edi

tions

of t

he H

andb

ook

for I

nter

ns a

nd A

rchi

tect

s. Th

is do

cum

ent d

efine

s the

requ

irem

ents

for N

CARB

cer

tifica

tion

for a

rchi

tect

s reg

ister

ed in

a U

.S.

juris

dict

ion,

arc

hite

cts r

egist

ered

in a

Can

adia

n ju

risdi

ctio

n, a

nd a

rchi

tect

s cre

dent

iale

d by

a fo

reig

n au

thor

ity. T

his d

ocum

ent a

lso in

clud

es g

uide

lines

on

how

to e

stab

lish

and

mai

ntai

n an

NCA

RB R

ecor

d.

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APPE

ND

ICES

INTR

OD

UCT

ION

INTR

ODU

CTIO

N: A

BOU

T N

CARB

The

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of A

rchi

tect

ural

Reg

istra

tion

Boar

ds, a

non

-pr

ofit o

rgan

izatio

n, is

a fe

dera

tion

of th

e ar

chite

ctur

al li

cens

ing

boar

ds in

eac

h of

the

50 st

ates

, the

Dist

rict o

f Col

umbi

a, G

uam

, Pu

erto

Ric

o, a

nd th

e U

.S. V

irgin

Isla

nds.

Thes

e 54

boa

rds c

onst

i-tu

te N

CARB

’s m

embe

rshi

p.

NCA

RB se

rves

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic

hea

lth, s

afet

y, an

d w

el-

fare

by

lead

ing

the

regu

latio

n of

the

prac

tice

of a

rchi

tect

ure

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd a

pplic

atio

n of

stan

dard

s for

lic

ensu

re a

nd c

rede

ntia

ling

of a

rchi

tect

s. N

CARB

is re

spon

sible

fo

r est

ablis

hing

, int

erpr

etin

g, a

nd e

nfor

cing

nat

iona

l sta

ndar

ds

for a

rchi

tect

ural

lice

nsur

e.

The

U.S

. Con

stitu

tion

esta

blish

es th

at in

divi

dual

stat

es o

r ju

risdi

ctio

ns m

aint

ain

the

actu

al p

ower

to re

gulat

e th

e pr

actic

e of

arc

hite

ctur

e, in

clud

ing

the

regi

stra

tion

of a

rchi

tect

s. Ea

ch o

f N

CARB

’s 54

Mem

ber B

oard

s has

inst

itute

d a

set o

f reg

istra

tion

requ

irem

ents

that

, whe

n sa

tisfie

d, re

sults

in th

e gr

antin

g of

a

licen

se to

pra

ctic

e ar

chite

ctur

e w

ithin

thei

r jur

isdic

tion.

The

term

“lice

nsur

e” is

oft

en u

sed

to d

enot

e th

e ac

tual

issu

ance

an

d m

aint

enan

ce o

f an

arch

itect

ural

lice

nse.

Sin

ce li

cens

ure

is pa

rt o

f the

regi

stra

tion

proc

ess,

this

docu

men

t will

prim

arily

us

e th

e te

rms “

regi

stra

tion”

and

“reg

ister

ed” i

n lie

u of

“lice

nsur

e”

and

“lice

nsed

.”

NCA

RB M

issi

onTh

e N

atio

nal C

ounc

il of

Ar

chite

ctur

al R

egist

ratio

n Bo

ards

(NCA

RB) p

rote

cts

the

publ

ic h

ealth

, saf

ety,

and

wel

fare

by

lead

ing

the

regu

latio

n of

the

prac

tice

of a

rchi

tect

ure

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent a

nd a

pplic

atio

n of

stan

dard

s for

lice

nsur

e an

d cr

eden

tialin

g of

arc

hite

cts.

Core

Val

ues

The

Nat

iona

l Cou

ncil

of

Arch

itect

ural

Reg

istra

tion

Boar

ds b

elie

ves i

n:

Lead

ersh

ip –

Pro

activ

e,

crea

tive

thin

king

, and

de

cisiv

e ac

tions

. Ac

coun

tabi

lity

– Co

nsist

ent,

equi

tabl

e, a

nd

resp

onsib

le p

erfo

rman

ce.

Tran

spar

ency

– C

lear

and

ac

cess

ible

rule

s, po

licie

s, pr

oced

ures

, gov

erna

nce,

an

d co

mm

unic

atio

n.

Inte

grity

– H

ones

t, im

part

ial,

and

wel

l-re

ason

ed a

ctio

n.

Colla

bora

tion

– W

orki

ng

toge

ther

tow

ard

com

mon

go

als.

Exce

llenc

e –

Prof

essio

nal,

expe

rt, c

ourt

eous

, re

spec

tful

, and

resp

onsiv

e se

rvic

e.

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APPE

ND

ICES

INTR

OD

UCT

ION

INTR

ODU

CTIO

N: N

CARB

SER

VICE

S

NCA

RB se

rves

a v

arie

ty o

f rol

es in

the

licen

sure

pro

cess

, incl

udin

g th

e de

velo

pmen

t and

adm

inist

ratio

n of

the

Inte

rn D

evel

opm

ent P

rogr

am (I

DP),

the

Arch

itect

Reg

istra

tion

Exam

i-na

tion®

(ARE

®), a

nd N

CARB

cer

tifica

tion,

whi

ch fa

cilit

ates

reci

proc

al re

gist

ratio

n. W

ith m

illion

s of d

igita

l im

ages

in it

s hol

ding

s—o!

cial

tran

scrip

ts, v

erifi

ed e

mpl

oym

ent r

ecor

ds,

exam

inat

ion

scor

es, a

nd m

ore—

NCA

RB is

also

the

o!ci

al c

usto

dian

of s

ecur

e an

d co

nfide

ntia

l rec

ords

for t

hous

ands

of i

nter

ns, a

rchi

tect

s, an

d re

gist

ratio

n bo

ards

. The

se re

cord

s ar

e ho

used

, man

aged

, and

eva

luat

ed b

y N

CARB

and

then

, at v

ario

us p

oint

s in

the

licen

sure

pro

cess

, can

be

trans

mitt

ed to

the

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds o

f an

indi

vidu

al’s

choo

sing.

NCA

RB

Serv

ices

incl

ude:

For S

tude

nts

Supp

orts

edu

cato

rs in

pro

vidi

ng a

c-cu

rate

info

rmat

ion

on th

e lic

ensu

re

proc

ess.

Supp

orts

the

Amer

ican

Inst

itute

of A

r-ch

itect

ure

Stud

ents

(AIA

S) in

its m

issio

n to

pro

mot

e ex

celle

nce

in a

rchi

tect

ural

ed

ucat

ion,

trai

ning

, and

pra

ctic

e.Pr

ovid

es fu

ndin

g fo

r new

cur

ricul

um

initi

ativ

es th

at in

tegr

ate

prac

tice

and

educ

atio

n.

Enga

ges

AIAS

on

rele

vant

NCA

RB

com

mitt

ees

to c

ontr

ibut

e to

the

pr

oces

s of

cre

atin

g N

CARB

sta

ndar

ds

for r

egist

ratio

n.Su

ppor

ts th

e N

atio

nal A

rchi

tect

ural

Ac

cred

iting

Boa

rd (N

AAB)

in th

e de

-ve

lopm

ent o

f sta

ndar

ds fo

r acc

redi

ted

arch

itect

ural

edu

catio

n.Vi

sits s

choo

ls an

d AI

AS c

hapt

ers a

cros

s th

e co

untr

y to

pro

mot

e th

e va

lue

of

licen

sure

and

ben

efits

of N

CARB

ce

rtifi

catio

n.Su

ppor

ts th

e ID

P Co

ordi

nato

r Pro

gram

For I

nter

nsCo

mpi

les a

nd e

valu

ates

a c

ompr

ehen

-siv

e re

cord

of c

rede

ntia

ls.St

ores

secu

re, c

onfid

entia

l, an

d co

m-

preh

ensiv

e Re

cord

s to

assis

t the

ir pa

th

to li

cens

ure.

Deve

lops

and

adm

inist

ers t

he ID

P.De

velo

ps a

nd a

dmin

ister

s the

ARE

.Cr

eate

s too

ls to

ass

ist in

tern

s in

com

-pl

etin

g th

e in

tern

ship

and

exa

min

atio

n pr

oces

s.Co

mpi

les,

eval

uate

s, an

d tra

nsm

its a

n in

tern

’s Re

cord

in su

ppor

t of e

xam

ina-

tion

or in

itial

regi

stra

tion.

Visit

s AIA

cha

pter

s and

firm

s acr

oss

the

coun

try

to p

rom

ote

the

valu

es o

f lic

ensu

re a

nd th

e be

nefit

s of N

CARB

ce

rtifi

catio

n.En

gage

s int

erns

on

rele

vant

NCA

RB

com

mitt

ees t

o co

ntrib

ute

to th

e pr

o-ce

ss o

f cre

atin

g N

CARB

stan

dard

s for

re

gist

ratio

n.Su

ppor

ts th

e ID

P Co

ordi

nato

r Pro

gram

.

For A

rchi

tect

sCo

mpi

les a

nd e

valu

ates

a c

ompr

ehen

-siv

e re

cord

of c

rede

ntia

ls.St

ores

secu

re, c

onfid

entia

l, an

d co

m-

preh

ensiv

e Re

cord

s to

supp

ort t

heir

care

er p

ath.

Deve

lops

and

reco

mm

ends

nat

iona

l st

anda

rds f

or re

gist

ratio

n to

its M

embe

r Bo

ards

to fa

cilit

ate

reci

proc

ity b

etw

een

juris

dict

ions

. G

rant

s an

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

to a

rchi

-te

cts w

ho m

eet t

he n

atio

nal s

tand

ards

ou

tline

d in

this

guid

elin

e.M

aint

ains

an

arch

itect

’s Re

cord

in a

co

nditi

on su

itabl

e fo

r tra

nsm

ittal

to a

ju

risdi

ctio

n.Tr

ansm

its a

n ar

chite

ct’s

NCA

RB R

ecor

d or

Cer

tifica

te to

a ju

risdi

ctio

n in

sup-

port

of r

ecip

roca

l reg

istra

tion.

Visit

s AIA

cha

pter

s and

firm

s acr

oss t

he

coun

try

to p

rom

ote

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f lic

ensu

re a

nd th

e be

nefit

s of N

CARB

ce

rtifi

catio

n.

For R

egist

ratio

n Bo

ards

Stor

es se

cure

, con

fiden

tial, a

nd c

ompr

e-he

nsiv

e re

cord

s on

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

ho

lder

s and

NCA

RB R

ecor

d ho

lder

s.De

velo

ps a

nd re

com

men

ds M

odel

Law

an

d M

odel

Reg

ulat

ions

for r

egist

ratio

n bo

ards

to a

dopt

to fa

cilit

ate

reci

proc

al

regi

stra

tion

and

help

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds

prot

ect t

he h

ealth

, saf

ety,

and

wel

fare

of

the

publ

ic.

Deve

lops

, adm

inist

ers,

and

mai

ntai

ns

prog

ram

s to

satis

fy e

duca

tion,

exp

eri-

ence

, and

exa

min

atio

n re

quire

men

ts.

Repr

esen

ts th

e in

tere

sts o

f Mem

ber

Boar

ds b

efor

e pu

blic

and

priva

te ag

encie

s. Pr

oduc

es re

sour

ces f

or in

tern

s and

ar

chite

cts o

n th

e re

gist

ratio

n pr

oces

s. Pa

rtne

rs w

ith M

embe

r Boa

rds a

cros

s th

e co

untr

y to

pro

mot

e th

e im

por-

tanc

e of

lice

nsur

e an

d th

e be

nefit

s of

NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n.

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INTR

OD

UCT

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INTR

ODU

CTIO

N: R

EGIS

TRAT

ION

(LIC

ENSU

RE)

Arch

itect

s are

resp

onsib

le fo

r pro

tect

ing

the

heal

th, s

afet

y, an

d w

elfa

re o

f the

peo

ple

who

live

or w

ork

in th

e bu

ildin

gs a

nd e

nviro

n-m

ents

they

cre

ate.

You

are

not

an

arch

itect

with

out a

lice

nse.

You

mus

t be

licen

sed

by a

juris

dict

ion

in o

rder

to p

ract

ice

arch

itect

ure

with

in th

at ju

risdi

ctio

n. W

hile

it is

pos

sible

to w

ork

with

in th

e pr

ofes

sion

with

out h

avin

g a

licen

se, y

ou m

ay n

ot p

ract

ice

arch

itect

ure

or c

all y

ours

elf a

n ar

chite

ct w

ithou

t a li

cens

e. L

icen

sure

sign

ifies

to th

e pu

blic

that

you

hav

e co

mpl

eted

the

educ

atio

n, e

xper

ienc

e, a

nd

exam

inat

ion

nece

ssar

y to

pra

ctic

e ar

chite

ctur

e in

depe

nden

tly.

Educ

atio

nM

ost U

.S. ju

risdi

ctio

ns re

quire

a p

rofe

ssio

nal d

egre

e in

arc

hite

c-tu

re fr

om a

pro

gram

acc

redi

ted

by th

e N

atio

nal A

rchi

tect

ural

Ac

cred

iting

Boa

rd (N

AAB)

or a

pro

fess

iona

l deg

ree

in a

rchi

-te

ctur

e fro

m a

Can

adia

n pr

ogra

m a

ccre

dite

d by

the

Cana

dian

Ar

chite

ctur

al C

ertifi

catio

n Bo

ard

(CAC

B) to

satis

fy th

eir e

duca

-tio

n re

quire

men

t.

For a

list

of N

AAB-

accr

edite

d pr

ogra

ms,

go to

htt

p://

naab

.org

/ar

chite

ctur

e_pr

ogra

ms/

Som

e ju

risdi

ctio

ns m

ay a

ccep

t edu

catio

n al

tern

ativ

es. F

or a

gu

ide

to a

ltern

ativ

es to

the

educ

atio

n re

quire

men

t, re

fer t

o th

e N

CARB

Edu

catio

n St

anda

rd in

clud

ed in

the

Educ

atio

n G

uide

lines

a

t ww

w.n

carb

.org

.

Expe

rienc

eAl

l jur

isdic

tions

requ

ire a

stru

ctur

ed in

tern

ship

with

dire

ct

supe

rvisi

on b

y a

regi

ster

ed a

rchi

tect

for s

ome

perio

d of

tim

e.

Mos

t U.S

. juris

dict

ions

hav

e ad

opte

d th

e ID

P as

thei

r exp

erie

nce

requ

irem

ent f

or in

itial

regi

stra

tion.

Com

pare

the

IDP

with

any

ad

ditio

nal e

xper

ienc

e re

quire

men

t you

r reg

istra

tion

boar

d m

ay

requ

ire. W

here

di"

eren

ces e

xist

, you

mus

t firs

t com

ply

with

you

r ju

risdi

ctio

n’s re

quire

men

t; ho

wev

er, c

ompl

etio

n of

the

IDP

faci

li-ta

tes c

ertifi

catio

n an

d fu

ture

regi

stra

tion

in o

ther

juris

dict

ions

.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

conc

erni

ng th

e ID

P, re

fer t

o th

e ID

P G

uide

lines

, a

vaila

ble

at w

ww

.nca

rb.o

rg

Exam

inat

ion

Ever

y U

.S. ju

risdi

ctio

n re

quire

s int

erns

to p

ass t

he A

RE to

satis

fy

its e

xam

inat

ion

requ

irem

ent.

The

ARE

is a

prac

tice-

base

d ex

am a

dmin

ister

ed o

n a

year

-roun

d ba

sis th

at c

over

s: Pr

ogra

mm

ing,

Pla

nnin

g &

Prac

tice

Site

Pla

nnin

g &

Desig

nBu

ildin

g De

sign

& Co

nstr

uctio

n Sy

stem

sSc

hem

atic

Des

ign

Stru

ctur

al S

yste

ms

Build

ing

Syst

ems

Cons

truc

tion

Docu

men

ts &

Ser

vice

s

The

cont

ent o

f the

ARE

is b

ased

on

the

know

ledg

e an

d sk

ills

requ

ired

of a

rece

ntly

lice

nsed

arc

hite

ct, p

ract

icin

g in

depe

n-de

ntly,

to p

rovi

de a

rchi

tect

ural

serv

ices

. The

ARE

eva

luat

es a

n ap

plic

ant’s

com

pete

nce

in th

e pr

ovisi

on o

f arc

hite

ctur

al se

rvic

es

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic

hea

lth, s

afet

y, an

d w

elfa

re.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

conc

erni

ng th

e AR

E, re

fer t

o th

e AR

E G

uide

lines

, a

vaila

ble

at w

ww

.nca

rb.o

rg.

Regi

stra

tion

Requ

irem

ents

ar

e se

t by

Juris

dict

ions

Th

e 54

arc

hite

ctur

al re

gist

ra-

tion

boar

ds, w

hich

are

mem

-be

rs o

f NCA

RB, h

ave

the

lega

l au

thor

ity to

est

ablis

h lic

ensu

re

requ

irem

ents

, enf

orce

lice

n-su

re la

ws a

nd re

gulat

ions

, and

re

spon

d to

com

plai

nts o

f unl

i-ce

nsed

or u

neth

ical

pra

ctic

e.

Each

regi

stra

tion

boar

d de

-te

rmin

es it

s ow

n ed

ucat

ion,

ex

perie

nce,

and

exa

min

atio

n re

quire

men

ts fo

r ini

tial a

nd

reci

proc

al re

gist

ratio

n in

its

juris

dict

ion.

Mos

t jur

isdic

tions

ha

ve a

dopt

ed th

e st

anda

rds

spec

ified

in N

CARB

’s Le

gisla

-tiv

e G

uide

lines

and

Mod

el

Law

/Mod

el R

egul

atio

ns

.

For a

n ov

ervi

ew o

f eac

h ju

ris-

dict

ion’s

regi

stra

tion

requ

ire-

men

ts g

o to

the

ww

w.nc

arb.

org/

Reg-

Boar

d-Re

quire

men

ts. S

ince

eac

h ju

risdi

ctio

n m

ay c

hang

e its

rule

s, st

atut

es,

and

regu

latio

ns a

t any

tim

e, it

is

alway

s adv

isabl

e to

che

ck

with

the

indi

vidu

al b

oard

to

verif

y re

gist

ratio

n an

d pr

actic

e re

quire

men

ts.

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S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

CERT

IFIC

ATIO

N R

EQS

CERT

IFIC

ATIO

N G

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ELIN

ES |

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201

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APPE

ND

ICES

INTR

OD

UCT

ION

INTR

ODU

CTIO

N: N

CARB

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

Man

y ar

chite

cts c

hoos

e to

seek

NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n fo

llow

ing

initi

al li

cens

ure.

The

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

faci

litat

es re

cipr

ocal

reg-

istra

tion

amon

g al

l 54

NCA

RB M

embe

r Boa

rds,

and

11 Ca

nadi

an

prov

inci

al a

ssoc

iatio

ns. T

he N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te si

gnifi

es th

at

you

have

met

the

natio

nal s

tand

ards

est

ablis

hed

by th

e

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds.

To q

ualif

y fo

r NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n, y

ou m

ust s

atisf

y al

l of

the

requ

irem

ents

for c

ertifi

catio

n ou

tline

d in

this

docu

men

t. Re

quire

men

ts in

clud

e; g

ood

char

acte

r; sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

NCA

RB’s

educ

atio

n, e

xper

ienc

e, a

nd e

xam

inat

ion

requ

irem

ents

; and

a

curre

nt re

gist

ratio

n to

pra

ctic

e ar

chite

ctur

e iss

ued

by a

n N

CARB

M

embe

r Boa

rd.

Whi

le N

CARB

cer

tifica

tion

faci

litat

es re

cipr

ocity

, it d

oes n

ot

prov

ide

you

the

priv

ilege

to p

ract

ice a

rchi

tect

ure.

You

mus

t be

regi

ster

ed in

eac

h ju

risdi

ctio

n be

fore

you

are

per

mitt

ed to

seek

w

ork

or a

re q

ualifi

ed to

pra

ctice

arc

hite

ctur

e. In

som

e ju

risdi

c-tio

ns th

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te a

llow

s the

ben

efit o

f sol

iciti

ng w

ork

or p

artic

ipat

ing

in a

des

ign

com

petit

ion

prio

r to

licen

sure

. Ref

er

to th

e Re

gist

ratio

n Bo

ard

Lice

nsin

g Re

quire

men

ts p

age

on w

ww.

ncar

b.or

g .

Bene

fits o

f the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

PRES

TIG

IOU

S CR

EDEN

TIAL

– B

y ob

tain

ing

and

mai

ntai

n-in

g th

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te, a

n in

divi

dual

has

dem

onst

rate

d th

at h

e/sh

e ha

s met

the

esta

blish

ed st

anda

rds f

or c

ertifi

-ca

tion.

An

arch

itect

who

has

an

activ

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te

may

use

the

lett

ers “

NCA

RB” a

fter

his/

her n

ame.

RECI

PRO

CITY

– T

he N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te m

akes

it e

asie

r to

obta

in re

cipr

ocal

regi

stra

tion

in o

ther

juris

dict

ions

. In

fact

, m

any

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds re

quire

the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

fo

r rec

ipro

cal r

egist

ratio

n. M

ost N

CARB

Mem

ber B

oard

s ac

cept

the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

as a

prim

ary

met

hod

to su

p-po

rt re

cipr

ocal

regi

stra

tion.

MO

BILI

TY –

The

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

giv

es y

ou th

e m

obil-

ity to

seek

wor

k w

here

ver i

t is.

Even

if y

our w

ork

inte

rest

s ce

nter

sole

ly o

n pr

ojec

ts w

ithin

the

juris

dict

ion

whe

re y

ou

are

licen

sed,

with

an

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

you

are

pre

pare

d to

mee

t you

r clie

nts’

need

s as t

hey

mov

e or

exp

and

acro

ss

stat

e lin

es.

COM

PETI

TIVE

ED

GE

– M

any

arch

itect

ural

firm

s con

sider

ce

rtifi

catio

n an

impo

rtan

t fac

tor i

n hi

ring

and

prom

otio

n

beca

use

they

kno

w th

at a

n ar

chite

ct w

ith a

n N

CARB

Ce

rtifi

cate

pro

vide

s the

firm

with

gre

ater

flex

ibilit

y w

hen

purs

uing

opp

ortu

nitie

s and

exp

andi

ng it

s pra

ctic

e. A

d-di

tiona

lly, s

ome

juris

dict

ions

allo

w th

e be

nefit

of s

olic

it-in

g w

ork

or p

artic

ipat

ing

in a

des

ign

com

petit

ion

prio

r to

licen

sure

if y

ou h

old

an N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te.

SECU

RITY

– Y

our r

ecor

ds a

re m

aint

aine

d on

a se

cure

se

rver

and

are

read

y w

hen

you

are,

elim

inat

ing

the

need

to

wor

ry a

bout

misp

laced

reco

rds o

r obt

aini

ng n

eces

sary

ve

rifica

tions

from

a p

revi

ous e

mpl

oyer

who

may

no

long

er b

e in

bus

ines

s.

Save

Mon

eyIn

tern

s can

save

mon

ey ju

st b

y ke

epin

g th

eir N

CARB

Rec

ord

activ

e w

hile

they

com

plet

e th

e st

eps f

or li

cens

ure.

If y

ou

have

a p

rofe

ssio

nal d

egre

e fro

m a

NAA

B-ac

cred

ited

pro-

gram

and

hav

e co

mpl

eted

the

IDP,

you’

ll m

eet t

he re

quire

-m

ents

for N

CARB

cer

tifica

tion

whe

n yo

u pa

ss th

e AR

E an

d re

ceiv

e yo

ur in

itial

lice

nse.

The

cost

to k

eep

your

NCA

RB

Reco

rd a

ctiv

e w

hile

you

pur

-su

e yo

ur in

itial

lice

nse

is ju

st

$75

a ye

ar.

If yo

u m

aint

ain

an a

ctiv

e Re

cord

in g

ood

stan

ding

, the

ap

plic

atio

n fe

e fo

r NCA

RB

cert

ifica

tion

($1,5

00) w

ill be

w

aive

d an

d yo

u w

ill re

ceiv

e a

50 p

erce

nt d

iscou

nt o

n Ce

r-tifi

cate

rene

wal

s for

the

first

th

ree

year

s of s

ervi

ce.

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IFIC

ATIO

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STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

INTR

ODU

CTIO

N

STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

Not

es:

If yo

u ha

ve a

pplie

d fo

r an

NCA

RB R

ecor

d in

the

past

, ple

ase

do n

ot re

appl

y. Yo

u sh

ould

reac

tivat

e yo

ur e

xist

ing

Reco

rd b

y go

ing

to “M

y N

CARB

” onl

ine

(htt

ps:/

/my.n

carb

.org

/Log

in

) and

sele

ctin

g th

e An

nual

Ren

ewal

opt

ion.

N

CARB

will

prov

ide

you

with

a su

mm

ary

of y

our

NCA

RB R

ecor

d, b

ut w

ill no

t mak

e th

e in

divi

dual

do

cum

ents

that

com

prise

you

r Rec

ord

avai

labl

e to

you

. The

doc

umen

ts su

bmitt

ed to

NCA

RB a

re

auth

entic

ated

thou

gh o

ur e

valu

atio

n pr

oces

ses,

and

thes

e ve

rified

doc

umen

ts w

ill on

ly b

e re

leas

ed to

a

regi

stra

tion

boar

d in

supp

ort o

f lic

ensu

re.

1. Es

tabl

ish Y

our N

CARB

Rec

ord

To c

reat

e yo

ur N

CARB

Rec

ord,

go

to th

e “M

y N

CARB

” sec

tion

on w

ww

.nca

rb.o

rg, a

nd c

lick

on “c

reat

e ne

w a

ccou

nt.”

Onc

e yo

u ha

ve e

stab

lishe

d yo

ur a

ccou

nt, a

dd th

e N

CARB

Rec

ord

serv

ice.

If y

ou a

re in

terru

pted

in p

roce

ss o

r nee

d ad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

to c

ompl

ete

the

appl

icat

ion,

you

can

save

it a

nd re

turn

late

r to

com

plet

e it.

In o

rder

to re

ceiv

e yo

ur N

CARB

Rec

ord

num

ber,

you

mus

t com

plet

e th

e ap

plic

atio

n an

d su

bmit

paym

ent.

Onc

e yo

u cl

ick

“Sub

mit,

” you

w

ill re

ceiv

e tw

o e-

mai

ls. T

he fi

rst w

ill co

nfirm

rece

ipt o

f you

r pay

men

t. Th

e se

cond

will

assig

n yo

ur N

CARB

Rec

ord

num

ber a

nd p

rovi

de fu

rthe

r ins

truc

tions

.

If yo

u ar

e pu

rsui

ng in

itial

regi

stra

tion

in a

U.S

. juris

dict

ion,

you

mus

t app

ly a

s an

inte

rn. P

leas

e re

fer t

o th

e ID

P G

uide

lines

f

or m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on th

e re

quire

men

ts.

If yo

u ar

e ap

plyi

ng fo

r NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n an

d cu

rrent

ly h

old

an a

ctiv

e re

gist

ratio

n in

a U

.S. o

r Can

adia

n ju

risdi

c-tio

n, y

ou m

ust a

pply

as a

n ar

chite

ct.

If yo

u ho

ld a

fore

ign

regi

stra

tion

and

wish

to b

e co

nsid

ered

for t

he B

road

ly E

xper

ienc

ed F

orei

gn A

rchi

tect

(BEF

A)

Prog

ram

, you

mus

t app

ly a

s a fo

reig

n ar

chite

ct. P

leas

e re

view

the

requ

irem

ents

of t

he B

EFA

Prog

ram

and

com

-pl

ete

the

BEFA

Elig

ibilit

y Ve

rifica

tion

Form

bef

ore

subm

ittin

g yo

ur a

pplic

atio

n. Y

ou c

an re

view

the

BEFA

requ

ire-

men

ts in

Sec

tion

5 of

this

docu

men

t and

at h

ttp:

//w

ww.

ncar

b.or

g/be

fa

.If

you

hold

a fo

reig

n re

gist

ratio

n an

d do

not

qua

lify

for t

he B

EFA

Prog

ram

, or w

ish to

pur

sue

an in

itial

lice

nse

thro

ugh

com

plet

ion

of th

e ID

P an

d th

e AR

E, y

ou m

ust a

pply

as a

n in

tern

. In

this

case

, ple

ase

refe

r to

the

IDP

Gui

delin

es

for m

ore

info

rmat

ion

on th

e re

lated

pro

cess

and

requ

irem

ents

.

MAI

NTA

ININ

G Y

OU

R N

CARB

REC

ORD

You

mus

t mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

Reco

rd to

mai

ntai

n an

act

ive

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

. You

mus

t ren

ew y

our N

CARB

Rec

ord

annu

ally

by

com

plet

ing

an a

nnua

l ren

ewal

form

and

subm

ittin

g a

fee.

All r

enew

als a

nd re

activ

atio

ns c

an b

e su

bmitt

ed o

nlin

e th

roug

h “M

y N

CARB

.” N

otify

NCA

RB p

rom

ptly

of a

ny c

hang

e to

you

r mai

ling

and

e-m

ail a

ddre

ss o

r upd

ate

your

acc

ount

thro

ugh

“My

NCA

RB”.

Mon

itor y

our N

CARB

Rec

ord

stat

us o

nlin

e th

roug

h “M

y N

CARB

.” Th

is w

ill al

low

you

to m

ake

sure

pro

cess

es a

re ta

king

pl

ace

in a

tim

ely

man

ner.

NCA

RB F

EES

Plea

se re

fer t

o th

e N

CARB

sche

dule

of f

ees a

t htt

p://

ww

w.nc

arb.

org/

Get

ting-

an-In

itial

-lice

nse/

NCA

RB-F

ees.a

spx

fo

r est

ablis

hing

and

mai

ntai

ning

you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d. A

ll fe

es a

re su

bjec

t to

chan

ge, a

nd a

re n

on-re

fund

able

unl

ess

othe

rwise

not

ed.

Your

NCA

RB R

ecor

dTh

roug

hout

you

r car

eer,

your

Rec

ord

beco

mes

a

deta

iled,

ver

ified

reco

rd o

f you

r edu

catio

n, e

xper

i-en

ce, a

nd e

xam

inat

ion

used

to e

stab

lish

qual

ifica

tion

for l

icen

sure

and

cer

tifica

tion.

You

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d is

confi

dent

ial a

nd m

aint

aine

d on

a se

cure

serv

er.

The

cont

ents

may

onl

y be

disc

usse

d w

ith th

e Re

cord

ho

lder

dire

ctly

or p

rovi

ded

to th

e re

gist

ratio

n bo

ard

iden

tified

by

the

Reco

rd h

olde

r.

Esta

blish

ing

a Re

cord

is e

ssen

tial f

or d

ocum

entin

g th

e ID

P an

d ac

cess

ing

the

ARE.

You

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d gi

ves

you

acce

ss to

the

onlin

e re

port

ing

syst

em fo

r the

tim

ely

and

accu

rate

repo

rtin

g of

IDP

expe

rienc

e. It

is

also

the

first

step

for t

hose

seek

ing

elig

ibilit

y to

take

th

e AR

E, o

r for

fore

ign-

educ

ated

app

lican

ts w

ho a

re

havi

ng th

eir e

duca

tion

eval

uate

d th

roug

h th

e Ed

uca-

tion

Eval

uatio

n Se

rvic

es fo

r Arc

hite

cts (

EESA

).

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STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

INTR

ODU

CTIO

N

STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

2. D

ocum

enta

tion

As a

regi

ster

ed a

rchi

tect

est

ablis

hing

you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d fo

r the

pur

pose

of a

pply

ing

for a

n N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te, y

ou

mus

t doc

umen

t the

follo

win

g:

EDU

CATI

ON

You

mus

t doc

umen

t com

plet

ion

of a

pro

fess

iona

l de

gree

in a

rchi

tect

ure

from

a N

AAB-

accr

edite

d pr

o-gr

am to

satis

fy th

e ed

ucat

ion

requ

irem

ent f

or N

CARB

ce

rtifi

catio

n by

requ

estin

g th

at a

n o!

cial

cop

y of

you

r fin

al tr

ansc

ript(s

) be

deliv

ered

dire

ctly

from

the

scho

ol(s)

to

NCA

RB.

Dow

nloa

d an

d m

ail t

he tr

ansc

ript r

eque

st fo

rms

and

an

y as

soci

ated

fee

to y

our s

choo

l(s).

NCA

RB w

ill on

ly

acce

pt o

!ci

al tr

ansc

ripts

subm

itted

by

the

scho

ol.

If yo

u do

not

hol

d a

prof

essio

nal d

egre

e in

arc

hite

ctur

e,

refe

r to

the

Alte

rnat

ive

to th

e Ed

ucat

ion

Requ

irem

ent i

n Se

ctio

n 2.

2 of

this

docu

men

t.

EXPE

RIEN

CE

You

mus

t doc

umen

t com

plet

ion

of th

e In

tern

Dev

elop

-m

ent P

rogr

am (I

DP) t

o sa

tisfy

the

expe

rienc

e re

quire

-m

ent f

or N

CARB

cer

tifica

tion.

The

IDP

Gui

delin

es

de

scrib

e th

e sp

ecifi

c ex

perie

nce

requ

irem

ents

incl

udin

g ex

perie

nce

sett

ings

, cat

egor

ies,

area

s, an

d ex

perie

nce

hour

min

imum

s and

max

imum

s. Th

e on

line

repo

rt-

ing

syst

em a

llow

s you

to d

ocum

ent y

our e

xper

ienc

e di

rect

ly in

you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d th

roug

h “M

y N

CARB

.”

If yo

u ar

e un

able

to c

ompl

ete

the

IDP,

you

may

refe

r to

the

Alte

rnat

ive

to th

e Ex

perie

nce

Requ

irem

ent i

n Se

c-tio

n 2.

3 of

this

docu

men

t.

EXAM

INAT

ION

Yo

u m

ust h

ave

com

plet

ed th

e AR

E, o

r its

then

-cur

rent

pr

edec

esso

r (se

e Ap

pend

ix C

) to

satis

fy th

e ex

amin

a-tio

n re

quire

men

t for

NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n. N

CARB

will

requ

est a

n o!

cial

exa

min

atio

n hi

stor

y re

port

from

the

regi

stra

tion

boar

d w

here

you

wer

e in

itial

ly li

cens

ed.

REG

ISTR

ATIO

NYo

u m

ust h

old

an a

ctiv

e re

gist

ratio

n in

goo

d st

andi

ng

in a

U.S

. or C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ion.

NCA

RB w

ill re

ques

t an

o!ci

al h

istor

y re

port

from

the

regi

stra

tion

boar

d w

here

yo

u w

ere

initi

ally

lice

nsed

.

Som

e bo

ards

cha

rge

a fe

e to

pro

cess

an

exam

inat

ion

hist

ory

repo

rt a

nd o!

cial

regi

stra

tion.

If th

is fe

e is

re-

quire

d, N

CARB

will

not

ify y

ou. Y

ou a

re re

spon

sible

for

any

exte

rnal

fees

requ

ired

to re

trie

ve th

e su

ppor

ting

docu

men

ts n

eede

d fo

r the

cer

tifica

tion

proc

ess.

If yo

u es

tabl

ished

you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d as

an

inte

rn,

plea

se n

otify

NCA

RB w

hen

you

rece

ive

your

initi

al

regi

stra

tion

in o

rder

to p

roce

ed w

ith c

ertifi

catio

n. T

his

can

be a

ccom

plish

ed th

roug

h th

e on

line

Reco

rd re

new

al

proc

ess o

r by

cont

actin

g N

CARB

cus

tom

er se

rvic

e.

3. Ev

alua

tion

Onc

e N

CARB

has

rece

ived

all

of th

e re

ques

ted

docu

-m

enta

tion

from

edu

catio

nal i

nstit

utio

ns, e

mpl

oyer

s, re

fere

nces

, and

/or r

egist

ratio

n bo

ards

, you

r Rec

ord

will

be e

valu

ated

. You

can

revi

ew y

our R

ecor

d st

atus

onl

ine

thro

ugh

“My

NCA

RB” a

t htt

ps:/

/my.n

carb

.org

/Log

in

.

If yo

u ar

e an

arc

hite

ct a

nd m

eet t

he re

quire

men

ts

for t

he C

ertifi

cate

, you

will

be a

ppro

ved

and

notifi

ed o

f you

r Cer

tifica

te n

umbe

r. Yo

u w

ill be

re

quire

d to

upd

ate

your

pro

fess

iona

l act

ivity

sin

ce th

e da

te o

f you

r app

licat

ion

and

pay

any

rem

aini

ng fe

e(s)

prio

r to

cert

ifica

tion.

If yo

u ar

e an

arc

hite

ct a

nd d

o no

t mee

t the

re

quire

men

ts fo

r the

Cer

tifica

te, N

CARB

will

notif

y yo

u of

any

defi

cien

cies

and

will

advi

se y

ou

on h

ow to

satis

fy th

em. C

erta

in ju

risdi

ctio

ns m

ay

acce

pt a

non

-cer

tified

Rec

ord

in su

ppor

t of y

our

appl

icat

ion

for r

ecip

roca

l lic

ensu

re. P

leas

e re

view

th

e in

divi

dual

boa

rd re

gist

ratio

n re

quire

men

ts a

t ht

tp:/

/ww

w.nc

arb.

org/

Get

ting-

an-In

itial

-Lic

ense

/Re

gist

ratio

n-Bo

ardR

equi

rem

ents

.asp

x to

de

term

ine

the

spec

ific

requ

irem

ents

for r

ecip

roca

l re

gist

ratio

n in

any

U.S

. juris

dict

ion.

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TIFI

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ODU

CTIO

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STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

4. C

ertifi

catio

nBy

ear

ning

the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

, NCA

RB re

com

men

ds to

all

regi

stra

tion

auth

oriti

es th

at y

ou b

e gr

ante

d re

gist

ratio

n w

ithou

t fur

ther

qua

lifica

tion.

All

U.S

. or C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ions

re

cogn

ize th

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te a

s con

clus

ive

evid

ence

of y

our e

ligib

ility

for r

egist

ratio

n. Y

ou m

ust b

e re

gist

ered

in a

juris

dict

ion

befo

re y

ou a

re q

ualifi

ed to

pra

ctic

e th

ere.

The

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

is a

n in

divi

dual

cre

dent

ial.

By o

btai

ning

and

mai

ntai

ning

the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

, you

hav

e de

mon

stra

ted

that

you

hav

e m

et th

e es

tabl

ished

stan

dard

s for

ce

rtifi

catio

n. O

nce

you

have

obt

aine

d an

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

, you

may

use

the

lett

ers “

NCA

RB” a

fter

you

r nam

e. T

he N

CARB

logo

is re

serv

ed so

lely

for u

se b

y N

CARB

. The

re is

no

ac-

cept

ed m

eans

of u

sing

the

NCA

RB lo

go o

r des

igna

tion

in a

ssoc

iatio

n w

ith a

firm

.

NCA

RB C

ERTI

FICA

TE M

AIN

TEN

ANCE

AN

D R

ENEW

AL

To k

eep

your

Cer

tifica

te a

ctiv

e, y

ou m

ust s

ubm

it an

an-

nual

repo

rt o

f pro

fess

iona

l act

iviti

es d

urin

g th

e pr

eced

-in

g ye

ar a

nd re

new

you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d by

pay

ing

the

annu

al re

new

al fe

e. Y

ou m

ust a

lso m

aint

ain

an a

ctiv

e re

gist

ratio

n w

ith a

U.S

. or C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ion.

Prio

r to

your

rene

wal

dat

e ea

ch y

ear,

NCA

RB w

ill se

nd

you

a st

atem

ent i

ndic

atin

g th

e re

new

al fe

e an

d in

clud

-in

g an

NCA

RB A

nnua

l Ren

ewal

Rep

ort.

The

fee

and

the

repo

rt a

re d

ue o

n or

bef

ore

the

indi

cate

d Re

cord

exp

ira-

tion

date

. The

Ann

ual R

enew

al R

epor

t bec

omes

par

t of

your

NCA

RB R

ecor

d.

Not

e: A

ll re

new

als a

nd re

activ

atio

ns c

an b

e su

bmitt

ed

onlin

e th

roug

h “M

y N

CARB

.” N

otify

NCA

RB p

rom

ptly

of

any

chan

ge to

you

r mai

ling

addr

ess a

nd e

-mai

l add

ress

.

LAPS

E O

F N

CARB

CER

TIFI

CATE

Yo

ur C

ertifi

cate

will

laps

e if

you:

fail

to fi

le th

e An

nual

Ren

ewal

Rep

ort;

fail

to p

ay th

e re

new

al fe

e;ha

ve n

ot m

ade

paym

ent (

or h

ave

mad

e in

su!

-ci

ent p

aym

ent)

for N

CARB

serv

ices

per

form

ed; o

rfa

iled

to m

aint

ain

at le

ast o

ne c

urre

nt a

nd v

alid

re

gist

ratio

n w

ith a

U.S

. or C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ion.

NCA

RB C

ERTI

FICA

TE R

EACT

IVAT

ION

If

your

NCA

RB R

ecor

d or

Cer

tifica

te h

as la

psed

, you

will

be re

quire

d to

pay

a re

activ

atio

n fe

e an

d th

e cu

rrent

re

new

al fe

e fo

r eac

h ye

ar th

e Re

cord

or C

ertifi

cate

la

psed

, up

to $

1,500

. If y

ou a

re re

activ

atin

g a

laps

ed

Cert

ifica

te, y

ou m

ust a

lso su

bmit

proo

f of a

ctiv

e

regi

stra

tion

with

a U

.S. o

r Can

adia

n ju

risdi

ctio

n pr

ior

to re

activ

atio

n.

To re

activ

ate

your

NCA

RB R

ecor

d or

Cer

tifica

te, g

o to

“M

y N

CARB

” onl

ine

(htt

ps:/

/my.n

carb

.org

/Log

in

) and

se

lect

“Ann

ual R

enew

als”

thro

ugh

your

NCA

RB R

ecor

d.

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ODU

CTIO

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STEP

S TO

CER

TIFI

CATI

ON

5. T

rans

mitt

al o

f You

r NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

Regi

stra

tion

boar

ds a

re re

quire

d to

exa

min

e an

d m

ain-

tain

a re

cord

of t

he q

ualifi

catio

ns o

f eac

h ap

plic

ant f

or

regi

stra

tion.

To

satis

fy th

is re

quire

men

t, a

com

plet

e co

py o

f you

r act

ive

NCA

RB R

ecor

d w

ill be

tran

smit-

ted

as re

ques

ted

to a

juris

dict

ion

to su

ppor

t you

r ap

plic

atio

n fo

r ini

tial o

r rec

ipro

cal r

egist

ratio

n. A

ll U

.S.

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds a

ccep

t the

NCA

RB R

ecor

d fo

r ini

tial

regi

stra

tion,

and

man

y re

quire

the

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

fo

r rec

ipro

cal r

egist

ratio

n. S

ome

regi

stra

tion

boar

ds m

ay

acce

pt a

non

-cer

tified

reco

rd tr

ansm

itted

by

NCA

RB in

su

ppor

t of a

n ap

plic

atio

n fo

r rec

ipro

cal r

egist

ratio

n.

NCA

RB w

ill tra

nsm

it cu

rrent

and

val

id N

CARB

Rec

ords

to

any

U.S

. reg

istra

tion

boar

d or

to a

ny fo

reig

n re

gist

ra-

tion

auth

ority

with

who

m N

CARB

has

an

agre

emen

t for

m

utua

l rec

ipro

city

upo

n yo

ur re

ques

t and

pay

men

t of

the

trans

mitt

al fe

e.

JURI

SDIC

TIO

NAL

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TSW

hen

you

requ

est t

rans

mitt

al o

f you

r NCA

RB R

ecor

d to

a

U.S

. or C

anad

ian

juris

dict

ion,

NCA

RB w

ill tr

y to

app

rise

you

of a

ny a

dditi

onal

requ

irem

ents

that

exi

st fo

r tha

t ju

risdi

ctio

n. H

owev

er, y

ou sh

ould

con

firm

spec

ific

re-

quire

men

ts d

irect

ly w

ith th

e ju

risdi

ctio

n pr

ior t

o se

ekin

g re

gist

ratio

n. P

leas

e re

view

the

Regi

stra

tion

Boar

d Li

cens

-in

g Re

quire

men

ts

on

ww

w.n

carb

.org

to d

eter

min

e th

e sp

ecifi

c re

quire

men

ts fo

r rec

ipro

cal r

egist

ratio

n in

an

y ju

risdi

ctio

n.

TRAN

SMIT

TAL

REQ

UES

TSTo

aut

horiz

e N

CARB

to tr

ansm

it yo

ur R

ecor

d, g

o to

“My

NCA

RB” o

nlin

e (h

ttps

://m

y.nca

rb.o

rg/L

ogin

) a

nd

sele

ct “R

eque

st a

Tra

nsm

ittal”

to a

cces

s ins

truc

tions

on

trans

mitt

ing

your

Rec

ord

to th

e U.

S. o

r Can

adian

juris

dic-

tion

of y

our c

hoice

. If y

ou c

anno

t acc

ess t

his o

nlin

e se

r-vi

ce o

r nee

d as

sista

nce

with

you

r req

uest

, ple

ase

cont

act

cust

omer

serv

ice@

ncar

b.or

g.

Not

es:

Tran

smitt

al o

f you

r Rec

ord

in su

ppor

t of

regi

stra

tion

is on

ly a

vaila

ble

for

activ

e Re

cord

hol

ders

. N

CARB

will

only

tran

smit

your

Rec

ord

to a

sing

le ju

risdi

ctio

n in

supp

ort o

f in

itial

regi

stra

tion.

N

CARB

will

only

tran

smit

your

reco

rd

to a

dditi

onal

juris

dict

ions

in su

ppor

t of

reci

proc

al re

gist

ratio

n th

roug

h th

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te p

rogr

am.

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ENTS

The

follo

win

g re

quire

men

ts fo

r NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n m

ay o

nly

be c

hang

ed b

y an

ab

solu

te m

ajor

ity v

ote

of th

e N

CARB

Mem

ber B

oard

s. Su

ch c

hang

e be

com

es e

"ect

ive

Ju

ly 1

follo

win

g th

e cl

ose

of th

e An

nual

Mee

ting,

or s

uch

later

dat

e id

entifi

ed in

the

chan

ge a

nd a

pplie

s bot

h to

app

licat

ions

for c

ertifi

catio

n in

pro

cess

and

new

app

lica-

tions

. If a

pplic

ants

who

se a

pplic

atio

ns w

ere

in p

roce

ss m

et a

ll ce

rtifi

catio

n re

quire

men

ts

that

exi

sted

prio

r to

the

chan

ge, t

hey

will

be e

ligib

le fo

r cer

tifica

tion.

App

lican

ts th

at

fail

to c

ompl

ete

the

NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n pr

oces

s with

in fi

ve y

ears

will

not b

e co

nsid

-er

ed “i

n pr

oces

s” a

nd w

ill be

requ

ired

to sa

tisfy

cur

rent

cer

tifica

tion

requ

irem

ents

.

Chan

ges t

o th

e N

CARB

Edu

catio

n St

anda

rd a

nd th

e ID

P A

chan

ge in

the

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

o

r the

IDP

beco

mes

e"e

ctiv

e on

the

date

of t

he c

hang

e as

des

crib

ed in

a n

otic

e gi

ven

to a

ll M

embe

r Boa

rds,

at w

hich

tim

e su

ch c

hang

e sh

all a

lso b

e po

sted

on

NCA

RB’s

web

site.

The

e"e

ctiv

e da

te sh

all b

e a

min

imum

of 6

0 da

ys a

fter

the

date

of s

uch

notic

e. A

ny c

hang

e in

the

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

and

the

IDP

appl

ies b

oth

to R

ecor

ds in

pro

cess

and

new

Rec

ords

. An

exist

ing

Reco

rd h

olde

r who

has

satis

fied

the

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

and

/or t

he ID

P pr

ior

to th

e e"

ectiv

e da

te o

f the

cha

nge

shal

l be

treat

ed a

s hav

ing

satis

fied

eith

er o

r bot

h.

Sect

ion

1 11

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a U

.S. J

urisd

ictio

n

Sect

ion

2 12

Alte

rnat

ives

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a U

.S. J

urisd

ictio

n

Sect

ion

3 13

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irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a C

anad

ian

Juris

dict

ion

Sect

ion

4 14

Alte

rnat

ives

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Reg

ister

ed in

a C

anad

ian

Juris

dict

ion

Sect

ion

5 15

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Cre

dent

iale

d by

a F

orei

gn R

egist

ratio

n Au

thor

ity

Sect

ion

6 16

Revo

catio

n an

d Re

inst

atem

ent o

f an

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

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URI

SDIC

ITO

N1.1

Goo

d Ch

arac

ter

You

mus

t be

of g

ood

char

acte

r as v

erifi

ed b

y em

ploy

ers a

nd a

n N

CARB

Mem

ber B

oard

w

here

you

are

regi

ster

ed.

1.2 E

duca

tion

Requ

irem

ent

VIEW

ALT

ERN

ATIV

ES

You

mus

t hol

d a

prof

essio

nal d

egre

e in

arc

hite

ctur

e fro

m a

pro

gram

acc

redi

ted

by th

e N

atio

nal A

rchi

tect

ural

Acc

redi

ting

Boar

d (N

AAB)

or t

he C

anad

ian

Arch

itect

ural

Cer

tifi-

catio

n Bo

ard

(CAC

B) n

ot la

ter t

han

24 m

onth

s aft

er y

our g

radu

atio

n, o

r hol

d a

prof

es-

siona

l deg

ree

in a

rchi

tect

ure

cert

ified

by

the

CACB

from

a C

anad

ian

univ

ersit

y.

1.3 E

xper

ienc

e Re

quire

men

t VI

EW A

LTER

NAT

IVES

You

mus

t hav

e co

mpl

eted

the

Inte

rn D

evel

opm

ent P

rogr

am (I

DP).

To b

egin

par

tici-

patio

n in

the

IDP,

an a

pplic

ant s

hall

have

est

ablis

hed

an N

CARB

Rec

ord

and

met

all

requ

irem

ents

for e

ligib

ility

liste

d in

the

IDP

Gui

delin

es, w

hich

may

be

revi

sed

from

tim

e to

tim

e by

NCA

RB.

The

IDP

Gui

delin

es d

escr

ibes

the

spec

ific

expe

rienc

e re

quire

men

ts in

clud

ing

elig

ibilit

y to

beg

in p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e ID

P, ex

perie

nce

sett

ings

, cat

egor

ies,

area

s, ho

ur m

inim

ums

and

max

imum

s, tim

ely

repo

rtin

g an

d ve

rifica

tion

of e

xper

ienc

e1 , and

the

like.

For a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion,

ple

ase

refe

r to

the

IDP

Gui

delin

es

.

The

Repo

rtin

g Re

quire

men

ts id

entifi

ed in

the

IDP

Gui

delin

es d

o no

t app

ly to

arc

hite

cts

regi

ster

ed in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es o

r Can

ada

or to

fore

ign

arch

itect

s pur

suin

g N

CARB

cer

ti-fic

atio

n th

roug

h th

e Br

oadl

y Ex

perie

nced

For

eign

Arc

hite

ct (B

EFA)

Pro

gram

.

1.4 E

xam

inat

ion

Requ

irem

ent

VIEW

ALT

ERN

ATIV

ES

You

mus

t hav

e pa

ssed

the

NCA

RB A

rchi

tect

Reg

istra

tion

Exam

inat

ion®

(ARE

®) o

r the

eq

uiva

lent

, as i

dent

ified

in A

ppen

dix

C, p

rovi

ded

all e

xam

inat

ions

and

the

pass

/fai

l st

anda

rds a

pplie

d w

ere

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith N

CARB

stan

dard

s cur

rent

at t

he ti

me

you

took

the

exam

inat

ion.

For a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion,

ple

ase

refe

r to

the

ARE

Gui

delin

es

.

1.5 R

egist

ratio

n Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

old

a cu

rrent

and

val

id re

gist

ratio

n to

pra

ctic

e ar

chite

ctur

e iss

ued

by a

n N

CARB

Mem

ber B

oard

.

1.6 G

ener

alIn

eva

luat

ing

qual

ifica

tions

, NCA

RB m

ay, p

rior t

o ce

rtifi

catio

n, re

quire

you

to su

bsta

nti-

ate

the

qual

ity a

nd c

hara

cter

of y

our e

xper

ienc

e, e

ven

if yo

u ha

ve m

et th

e te

chni

cal

requ

irem

ents

set f

orth

abo

ve.

1 Ve

rifica

tion

of e

xper

ienc

e: If

you

wer

e at

the

time

of th

e ac

tivity

alre

ady

a re

gist

ered

arc

hite

ct

and

not u

nder

the

dire

ct su

perv

ision

of a

noth

er, t

he v

erifi

catio

n m

ust b

e by

a p

erso

n w

ho

obse

rved

the

activ

ity a

nd w

ho w

as y

our p

artn

er o

r a p

erso

n em

ploy

ed b

y th

e sa

me

empl

oyer

. U

nder

no

circ

umst

ance

s may

you

ver

ify y

our o

wn

expe

rienc

e.

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OF

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RCH

ITEC

T RE

GIS

TERE

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A U

.S. J

URI

SDIC

TIO

N2.1

Goo

d Ch

arac

ter

You

mus

t be

of g

ood

char

acte

r as v

erifi

ed b

y em

ploy

ers a

nd a

n N

CARB

Mem

ber B

oard

w

here

you

are

regi

ster

ed.

2.2

Alte

rnat

ives

to th

e Ed

ucat

ion

Requ

irem

ent

If yo

u do

not

hol

d a

prof

essio

nal d

egre

e in

arc

hite

ctur

e as

iden

tified

in S

ectio

n 1.2

, N

CARB

will

acce

pt e

ither

of t

he fo

llow

ing:

A.

Sat

isfac

tion

of N

CARB

’s Br

oadl

y Ex

perie

nced

Arc

hite

ct (B

EA) P

rogr

am, w

hich

pe

rmits

an

appl

ican

t with

the

requ

ired

year

s of c

ompr

ehen

sive

prac

tice

in w

hich

th

e ap

plic

ant e

xerc

ised

resp

onsib

le c

ontro

l with

in a

U.S

. juris

dict

ion

whi

le re

gis-

tere

d in

such

juris

dict

ion

to d

emon

stra

te th

at a

com

bina

tion

of e

duca

tion

and/

or

com

preh

ensiv

e pr

actic

e sa

tisfie

s all

of h

is/he

r edu

catio

n de

ficie

ncie

s with

resp

ect

to th

e N

CARB

Edu

catio

n St

anda

rd se

t for

th in

the

Educ

atio

n G

uide

lines

. The

re

quire

d ye

ars a

re:

awar

ded

by a

U.S

.-reg

iona

lly a

ccre

dite

d in

stitu

tion

or th

e Ca

nadi

an e

quiv

alen

t, or or hi

gher

deg

ree.

B.

App

lican

ts w

ith a

deg

ree

in th

e fie

ld o

f arc

hite

ctur

e gr

ante

d by

an

acad

emic

in

stitu

tion

outs

ide

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es a

nd C

anad

a m

ust o

btai

n an

EES

A-N

CARB

ev

alua

tion

repo

rt st

atin

g th

at h

e/sh

e ha

s met

the

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

.

The

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

and

the

NCA

RB B

road

ly E

xper

ienc

ed A

rchi

tect

Pro

-gr

am a

re d

escr

ibed

in th

e Ed

ucat

ion

Gui

delin

es

, whi

ch m

ay b

e re

vise

d fro

m ti

me

to

time

by N

CARB

.

2.3

Alte

rnat

ives

to th

e Ex

perie

nce

Requ

irem

ent

In li

eu o

f com

plet

ing

the

Expe

rienc

e Re

quire

men

t ide

ntifi

ed in

Sec

tion

1.3, N

CARB

will

acce

pt re

gist

ratio

n by

an

NCA

RB M

embe

r Boa

rd fo

r at l

east

five

con

secu

tive

year

s to

geth

er w

ith a

cer

tifica

tion

by th

e ap

plic

ant t

hat h

is or

her

exp

erie

nce

as a

regi

ster

ed

arch

itect

met

the

inte

nt o

f the

IDP

in e

ach

of th

e ex

perie

nce

area

s, an

d ve

rifica

tion

by

one

or m

ore

othe

r arc

hite

cts t

hat t

he a

pplic

ant o

btai

ned

such

exp

erie

nce.

Thi

s alte

rna-

tive

shal

l not

app

ly to

app

lican

ts in

itial

ly re

gist

ered

aft

er 1

Janu

ary

2011.

2.4

Alte

rnat

ives

to th

e Ex

amin

atio

n Re

quire

men

tIf

you

fail

to m

eet t

he e

xam

inat

ion

requ

irem

ent i

dent

ified

in S

ectio

n 1.4

, you

may

still

be c

ertifi

ed in

the

follo

win

g ci

rcum

stan

ces:

A.

If y

our e

xam

inat

ion

defic

ienc

y ar

ose

from

cau

ses o

ther

than

hav

ing

faile

d a

divi

sion

of a

n ex

amin

atio

n un

der a

pplic

able

NCA

RB p

ass/

fail

stan

dard

s, an

d th

e de

ficie

ncy

is, in

NCA

RB’s

judg

men

t, co

mpe

nsat

ed fo

r by

your

dem

onst

ratio

n of

co

mpe

tenc

y in

the

defic

ient

are

a.

B.

If y

our r

egist

ratio

n w

as b

ased

in w

hole

or i

n pa

rt o

n ha

ving

pas

sed

prev

ious

ex

amin

atio

n eq

uiva

lent

s, yo

u ar

e de

emed

to h

ave

pass

ed th

e co

rresp

ondi

ng d

ivi-

sions

of t

he A

RE. S

ee A

ppen

dix

C fo

r a ta

ble

of th

ese

qual

ifyin

g eq

uiva

lent

s.

2.5

Regi

stra

tion

Requ

irem

ent

You

mus

t hol

d a

curre

nt a

nd v

alid

regi

stra

tion

to p

ract

ice

arch

itect

ure

issue

d by

an

NCA

RB M

embe

r Boa

rd.

2.6

Gen

eral

In e

valu

atin

g qu

alifi

catio

ns, N

CARB

may

, prio

r to

cert

ifica

tion,

requ

ire y

ou to

subs

tant

i-at

e th

e qu

ality

and

cha

ract

er o

f you

r exp

erie

nce,

eve

n if

you

have

met

the

tech

nica

l re

quire

men

ts se

t for

th a

bove

.

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CAN

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RISD

ICTI

ON

3.1 G

ood

Char

acte

rYo

u m

ust b

e of

goo

d ch

arac

ter a

s ver

ified

by

empl

oyer

s and

a p

rovi

ncia

l ass

ociat

ion

whe

re y

ou a

re re

gist

ered

.

3.2 E

duca

tion

Requ

irem

ent

You

mus

t hav

e yo

ur e

duca

tion

cert

ified

by

the

Cana

dian

Arc

hite

ctur

al C

ertifi

catio

n Bo

ard

(CAC

B), o

r hol

d a

prof

essio

nal d

egre

e in

arc

hite

ctur

e fro

m a

deg

ree

prog

ram

ac

cred

ited

by th

e CA

CB o

r NAA

B no

t lat

er th

an 2

4 m

onth

s aft

er y

our g

radu

atio

n, o

r ha

ve sa

tisfie

d th

e Ca

nadi

an e

quiv

alen

t of N

CARB

’s Ed

ucat

ion

Requ

irem

ent a

s spe

cifie

d in

the

NCA

RB E

duca

tion

Stan

dard

.

3.3 E

xper

ienc

e Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

ave

satis

fied

the

thre

e-ye

ar tr

aini

ng re

quire

men

t of t

he C

anad

ian

Expe

rienc

e Re

cord

Boo

k (C

ERB)

or t

he C

anad

ian

Inte

rn A

rchi

tect

Pro

gram

(IAP

) or h

ave

satis

fied

the

Expe

rienc

e Re

quire

men

t set

out

in S

ectio

n 1.3

of N

CARB

Req

uire

men

ts fo

r Cer

tifica

tion

of a

n Ar

chite

ct re

gist

ered

in a

U.S

. juris

dict

ion.

3.4 E

xam

inat

ion

Requ

irem

ent

VIEW

ALT

ERN

ATIV

ES

You

mus

t hav

e pa

ssed

the

NCA

RB A

rchi

tect

Reg

istra

tion

Exam

inat

ion

(ARE

), or

the

Cana

dian

Arc

hite

ctur

al P

ract

ice

Exam

inat

ion

(CAP

E) p

lus N

CARB

ARE

Div

ision

s A, B

, and

D

thro

ugh

I, pr

ovid

ed su

ch e

xam

inat

ions

and

the

pass

/fai

l sta

ndar

ds a

pplie

d w

ere

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith N

CARB

or C

APE

stan

dard

s, as

the

case

may

be,

cur

rent

at t

he ti

me

you

took

the

exam

inat

ion.

Curr

ently

, the

Exa

min

atio

n fo

r Arc

hite

cts i

n Ca

nada

(ExA

c) is

not

an

acce

pted

alte

r-na

tive

to th

e AR

E an

d do

es n

ot sa

tisfy

the

Exam

inat

ion

Requ

irem

ent f

or c

ertifi

catio

n.

3.5 R

egist

ratio

n Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

old

a cu

rrent

and

val

id re

gist

ratio

n to

pra

ctic

e ar

chite

ctur

e iss

ued

by a

Ca

nadi

an p

rovi

ncia

l ass

ociat

ion

that

has

ent

ered

into

a L

ette

r of U

nder

taki

ng [a

s de

scrib

ed in

the

Inte

r-re

cogn

ition

Agr

eem

ent d

ated

June

1994

] and

eith

er (a

) hav

e yo

ur

prin

cipa

l plac

e of

pra

ctic

e (a

s defi

ned

in th

e In

ter-

reco

gniti

on A

gree

men

t) w

ithin

the

juris

dict

ion

of th

e pr

ovin

cial

ass

ociat

ion

or (b

) hav

e yo

ur p

rinci

pal p

lace

of p

ract

ice

in

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

3.6 G

ener

al

VIEW

ALT

ERN

ATIV

ES

In e

valu

atin

g qu

alifi

catio

ns, N

CARB

may

, prio

r to

cert

ifica

tion,

requ

ire y

ou to

subs

tant

i-at

e th

e qu

ality

and

cha

ract

er o

f you

r exp

erie

nce,

eve

n if

you

have

met

the

tech

nica

l re

quire

men

ts se

t for

th a

bove

.

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REG

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4.1 G

ood

Char

acte

rYo

u m

ust b

e of

goo

d ch

arac

ter a

s ver

ified

by

empl

oyer

s and

a p

rovi

ncia

l ass

ociat

ion

whe

re y

ou a

re re

gist

ered

.

4.2

Educ

atio

n Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

ave

your

edu

catio

n ce

rtifi

ed b

y th

e Ca

nadi

an A

rchi

tect

ural

Cer

tifica

tion

Boar

d (C

ACB)

, or h

old

a pr

ofes

siona

l deg

ree

in a

rchi

tect

ure

from

a d

egre

e pr

ogra

m a

c-cr

edite

d by

the

CACB

or N

AAB

not l

ater

than

24

mon

ths a

fter

you

r gra

duat

ion,

or h

ave

satis

fied

the

Cana

dian

equ

ival

ent o

f NCA

RB’s

Educ

atio

n Re

quire

men

t as s

peci

fied

in th

e N

CARB

Edu

catio

n St

anda

rd

.

4.3

Expe

rienc

e Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

ave

satis

fied

the

thre

e-ye

ar tr

aini

ng re

quire

men

t of t

he C

anad

ian

Expe

rienc

e Re

cord

Boo

k (C

ERB)

or t

he C

anad

ian

Inte

rn A

rchi

tect

Pro

gram

(IAP

) or h

ave

satis

fied

the

Expe

rienc

e Re

quire

men

t set

out

in S

ectio

n 1.3

of N

CARB

Req

uire

men

ts fo

r the

Cer

tifi-

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

regi

ster

ed in

a U

.S. ju

risdi

ctio

n.

4.4

Alte

rnat

ives

to th

e Ex

amin

atio

n Re

quire

men

tIn

lieu

of s

atisf

ying

the

exam

inat

ion

requ

irem

ents

iden

tified

in S

ectio

n 3.4

, NCA

RB w

ill ac

cept

any

one

of th

e fo

llow

ing:

A.

Writ

ten

prof

essio

nal p

ract

ice

exam

inat

ions

toge

ther

with

the

oral

exa

min

atio

n ad

min

ister

ed in

the

prov

ince

of B

ritish

Col

umbi

a fro

m 19

77 th

roug

h 19

86.

B.

Writ

ten

prof

essio

nal p

ract

ice

exam

inat

ions

adm

inist

ered

in th

e pr

ovin

ce o

f On-

tario

from

1974

thro

ugh

1986

.

C. W

ritte

n pr

ofes

siona

l pra

ctic

e ex

amin

atio

ns a

dmin

ister

ed in

the

prov

ince

of Q

ue-

bec

from

1977

thro

ugh

2001

.

D. P

rofe

ssio

nal p

ract

ice

exam

inat

ions

and

/or o

ral e

xam

inat

ions

adm

inist

ered

in a

ny

Cana

dian

pro

vinc

e up

to 19

87 to

geth

er w

ith fi

ve y

ears

of p

ract

ice

as a

prin

cipa

l.2

4.5

Regi

stra

tion

Requ

irem

ent

You

mus

t hol

d a

curre

nt a

nd v

alid

regi

stra

tion

to p

ract

ice

arch

itect

ure

issue

d by

a C

ana-

dian

pro

vinc

ial a

ssoc

iatio

n th

at h

as e

nter

ed in

to a

Let

ter o

f Und

erta

king

[as d

escr

ibed

in

the

Inte

r-re

cogn

ition

Agr

eem

ent d

ated

June

1994

] and

eith

er (a

) hav

e yo

ur p

rinci

pal

plac

e of

pra

ctic

e (a

s defi

ned

in th

e In

ter-

reco

gniti

on A

gree

men

t) w

ithin

the

juris

dict

ion

of th

e pr

ovin

cial

ass

ociat

ion

or (b

) hav

e yo

ur p

rinci

pal p

lace

of p

ract

ice

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

.

4.6

Alte

rnat

ives

to G

ener

alIn

lieu

of t

he e

duca

tion,

exp

erie

nce,

and

exa

min

atio

n re

quire

men

ts id

entifi

ed in

Sec

tion

3. 2,

3.3,

and

3.4

abo

ve y

ou m

ust h

ave

been

cer

tified

by

a Ca

nadi

an p

rovi

ncia

l ass

ocia

-tio

n as

hav

ing

achi

eved

the

educ

atio

n, e

xper

ienc

e, a

nd/o

r exa

min

atio

n w

hich

the

pro-

vinc

ial a

ssoc

iatio

n de

ems e

quiv

alen

t to

the

curre

nt N

CARB

requ

irem

ents

for e

duca

tion,

ex

perie

nce,

and

/or e

xam

inat

ion,

and

hav

e 10

yea

rs e

xper

ienc

e in

pra

ctic

e as

a p

rinci

pal2 .

In e

valu

atin

g qu

alifi

catio

ns, N

CARB

may

, prio

r to

cert

ifica

tion,

requ

ire y

ou to

subs

tant

i-at

e th

e qu

ality

and

cha

ract

er o

f you

r exp

erie

nce,

eve

n if

you

have

met

the

tech

nica

l re

quire

men

ts se

t for

th a

bove

.

2

A pe

rson

pra

ctic

es a

s a “p

rinci

pal”

by b

eing

(a) a

regi

ster

ed a

rchi

tect

and

(b) t

he p

erso

n

in c

harg

e of

the

orga

niza

tion’s

arc

hite

ctur

al p

ract

ice,

eith

er a

lone

or w

ith o

ther

regi

ster

ed

arch

itect

s.

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EDEN

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ED

BY A

FO

REIG

N R

EGIS

TRAT

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AU

THO

RITY

A “F

orei

gn A

rchi

tect

” is a

n in

divi

dual

who

hol

ds a

cur

rent

regi

stra

tion

in g

ood

stan

ding

in a

cou

ntry

oth

er th

an th

e Un

ited

Stat

es o

r Can

ada,

whi

ch a

llow

s suc

h in

divi

dual

to u

se th

e tit

le

“arc

hite

ct” a

nd to

eng

age

in th

e un

limite

d pr

actic

e of

arc

hite

ctur

e (d

efine

d as

the

abilit

y to

pro

vide

any

arc

hite

ctur

al se

rvice

s on

any

type

of b

uild

ing

in a

ny st

ate,

pro

vinc

e, te

rrito

ry, o

r ot

her p

oliti

cal s

ubdi

visio

n of

his/

her n

atio

nal ju

risdi

ctio

n) in

that

cou

ntry

.

BRO

ADLY

EXP

ERIE

NCE

D F

ORE

IGN

ARC

HIT

ECT

(BEF

A) P

ROG

RAM

Fore

ign

arch

itect

s may

app

ly fo

r NCA

RB c

ertifi

catio

n th

roug

h th

e Br

oadl

y Ex

perie

nced

For

eign

Arc

hite

ct (B

EFA)

Pro

gram

set f

orth

in th

is se

ctio

n. A

ll in

form

atio

n pr

ovid

ed in

the

elig

i-bi

lity

and

appl

icat

ion

form

s mus

t be

in E

nglis

h. E

nglis

h tra

nslat

ions

mus

t be

prov

ided

for a

ll tra

nscr

ipts

, cre

dent

ials,

and

dos

sier d

ocum

ents

. The

inte

rvie

w w

ill be

con

duct

ed in

Eng

lish,

w

ithou

t the

ass

istan

ce o

f a tr

ansla

tor.

5.1 G

ener

alA

fore

ign

arch

itect

may

be

gran

ted

an N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te b

y m

eetin

g th

e re

quire

men

ts

set f

orth

in S

ectio

n 1,

unde

r a m

utua

l rec

ogni

tion

agre

emen

t rat

ified

by

the

Mem

ber

Boar

ds, o

r und

er th

e pr

oced

ures

set f

orth

in th

is se

ctio

n. N

CARB

reco

mm

ends

regi

stra

-tio

n be

gra

nted

to th

e N

CARB

Cer

tifica

te h

olde

r by

any

NCA

RB M

embe

r Boa

rd w

ithou

t fu

rthe

r exa

min

atio

n of

cre

dent

ials.

5.2

Educ

atio

n Re

quire

men

tYo

u m

ust h

old

a pr

ofes

siona

l deg

ree

in a

rchi

tect

ure

from

an

accr

edite

d/va

lidat

ed/o

f-fic

ially

reco

gnize

d ar

chite

ctur

e pr

ogra

m. Y

ou a

re re

quire

d to

des

crib

e su

ch p

rogr

am o

r su

bmit

info

rmat

ion

desc

ribin

g th

e pr

ogra

m fr

om th

e ac

cred

itatio

n/va

lidat

ion/

reco

gni-

tion

auth

ority

. You

are

requ

ired

to h

ave

an o

!ci

al tr

ansc

ript o

f you

r edu

catio

nal r

ecor

d se

nt d

irect

ly to

NCA

RB fr

om th

e sc

hool

. Whe

re th

ere

is do

ubt a

bout

the

natu

re o

f the

pr

ofes

siona

l deg

ree,

an

Educ

atio

nal E

valu

atio

n Se

rvic

es fo

r Arc

hite

cts (

EESA

) eva

luat

ion

may

be

requ

ired.

5.3

Regi

stra

tion

Requ

irem

ent

You

mus

t be

cred

entia

led

in a

fore

ign

coun

try

that

has

a fo

rmal

reco

rd-k

eepi

ng m

echa

-ni

sm fo

r disc

iplin

ary

actio

ns in

the

prac

tice

of a

rchi

tect

ure.

You

are

requ

ired

to d

escr

ibe

the

proc

ess b

y w

hich

you

wer

e cr

eden

tiale

d or

subm

it in

form

atio

n de

scrib

ing

the

cre-

dent

ialin

g pr

oces

s fro

m th

e cr

eden

tialin

g au

thor

ity th

at g

rant

ed th

e cr

eden

tial,

and

to

arra

nge

for i

ndep

ende

nt v

erifi

catio

n by

the

cred

entia

ling

auth

ority

dire

ctly

to N

CARB

sh

owin

g th

at y

our c

rede

ntia

l has

bee

n gr

ante

d an

d is

curre

ntly

in g

ood

stan

ding

. You

are

also

requ

ired

to d

escr

ibe

the

proc

ess b

y w

hich

and

the

reas

ons f

or w

hich

disc

iplin

-ar

y ac

tions

may

be

take

n ag

ains

t arc

hite

cts a

nd th

e sy

stem

in w

hich

thes

e ac

tions

are

re

cord

ed, o

r to

subm

it in

form

atio

n pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e di

scip

linar

y au

thor

ity in

this

rega

rd.

You

shal

l sec

ure

a w

ritte

n st

atem

ent f

rom

you

r cre

dent

ialin

g au

thor

ity st

atin

g th

at y

ou

eith

er h

ave

no re

cord

of a

disc

iplin

ary

actio

n or

if su

ch re

cord

exi

sts,

desc

ribin

g su

ch

actio

n an

d its

cur

rent

stat

us. T

his s

tate

men

t mus

t be

sent

dire

ctly

to N

CARB

from

the

cred

entia

ling

auth

ority

.

5.4

Expe

rienc

e Re

quire

men

t Yo

u m

ust h

ave

com

plet

ed a

min

imum

of s

even

(7) y

ears

of c

ompr

ehen

sive

prac

tice

as

a cr

eden

tiale

d ar

chite

ct o

ver w

hich

you

exe

rcise

d re

spon

sible

con

trol i

n th

e fo

reig

n co

untr

y in

whi

ch y

ou a

re c

rede

ntia

led.

“C

ompr

ehen

sive

prac

tice”

mea

ns a

n ar

chite

ctur

al p

ract

ice

that

regu

larly

invo

lves

fa

milia

rity

with

all

of th

ose

area

s tes

ted

on th

e Ar

chite

ct R

egist

ratio

n Ex

amin

atio

n,

incl

udin

g pr

ogra

mm

ing,

des

ign,

tech

nica

l and

con

stru

ctio

n do

cum

ents

pro

duct

ion,

an

d co

nstr

uctio

n ad

min

istra

tion.

“R

espo

nsib

le c

ontro

l” m

eans

that

am

ount

of c

ontro

l ove

r and

det

aile

d pr

ofes

siona

l kn

owle

dge

of th

e co

nten

t of t

echn

ical

subm

issio

ns d

urin

g th

eir p

repa

ratio

n as

is

ordi

naril

y ex

erci

sed

by U

.S. r

egist

ered

arc

hite

cts a

pply

ing

the

requ

ired

prof

essio

nal

stan

dard

of c

are.

Refe

r to

Appe

ndix

A fo

r the

step

s to

com

plet

e th

e BE

FA P

roce

ss

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a C

ertifi

cate

N

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will

revo

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our C

ertifi

cate

if:

a M

embe

r Boa

rd h

as re

voke

d (w

ithou

t lim

itatio

n as

to ti

me)

you

r reg

istra

tion

for

a ca

use

othe

r tha

n no

n-pa

ymen

t of r

enew

al fe

es o

r fai

lure

to fi

le in

form

atio

n w

ith th

e M

embe

r Boa

rd; o

r fa

cts a

re su

bseq

uent

ly re

veal

ed th

at sh

ow y

ou w

ere

actu

ally

inel

igib

le fo

r the

Ce

rtifi

cate

at t

he ti

me

of c

ertifi

catio

n.

NCA

RB m

ay re

voke

you

r Cer

tifica

te if

:a

Mem

ber B

oard

or a

cou

rt m

akes

a fi

ndin

g, n

ot re

vers

ed o

n ap

peal

, tha

t you

ha

ve, in

the

cond

uct o

f you

r arc

hite

ctur

al p

ract

ice,

vio

lated

the

law, o

r hav

e

enga

ged

in c

ondu

ct in

volv

ing

wan

ton

disr

egar

d fo

r the

righ

ts o

f oth

ers;

oryo

u ha

ve su

rrend

ered

or a

llow

ed y

our r

egist

ratio

n to

laps

e in

con

nect

ion

with

pe

ndin

g or

thre

aten

ed d

iscip

linar

y ac

tion;

or

a M

embe

r Boa

rd h

as d

enie

d yo

u re

gist

ratio

n fo

r a c

ause

oth

er th

an th

e fa

ilure

to

com

ply

with

the

educ

atio

n, e

xper

ienc

e, a

ge, r

esid

ency

, or o

ther

tech

nica

l qu

alifi

catio

ns fo

r reg

istra

tion

in th

at ju

risdi

ctio

n; o

ryo

u ha

ve w

illful

ly m

issta

ted

a m

ater

ial f

act i

n a

form

al su

bmiss

ion

to N

CARB

.

Rein

stat

ing

a Ce

rtifi

cate

NCA

RB m

ay re

inst

ate

a pr

evio

usly

revo

ked

Cert

ifica

te if

the

caus

e of

the

revo

catio

n ha

s be

en re

mov

ed, c

orre

cted

, or o

ther

wise

rem

edie

d.

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E BR

OAD

LY E

XPE

RIEN

CED

FO

REIG

N A

RCH

ITEC

T PR

OCE

SS

STEP

1: V

erifi

catio

n

1. Re

ad a

nd re

view

all

Requ

irem

ents

for C

ertifi

catio

n of

an

Arch

itect

Cre

dent

iale

d by

a F

orei

gn R

egist

ra-

tion

Auth

ority

as i

dent

ified

in S

ectio

n 5.

2.

Com

plet

e an

d su

bmit

the

BEFA

Elig

ibili

ty

Verifi

catio

n Fo

rm

, and

subm

it fe

es a

s pre

scrib

ed

by N

CARB

.

STEP

2: A

pplic

atio

nAf

ter N

CARB

has

con

firm

ed th

at y

ou a

re e

ligib

le to

pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

BEFA

Pro

gram

you

mus

t com

plet

e th

e on

line

NCA

RB R

ecor

d ap

plic

atio

n at

htt

ps:/

/my.n

carb

.or

g/Lo

gin

and

subm

it ap

prop

riate

fees

pre

scrib

ed b

y N

CARB

. If y

ou h

old

a fo

reig

n re

gist

ratio

n an

d w

ish to

be

cons

ider

ed fo

r the

BEF

A Pr

ogra

m, y

ou m

ust a

pply

as a

fo

reig

n ar

chite

ct.

STEP

3: D

ossie

rU

pon

com

plet

ion

of y

our N

CARB

Rec

ord

and

verifi

ca-

tion

of in

itial

elig

ibilit

y fo

r cer

tifica

tion

thro

ugh

the

BEFA

Pro

gram

, you

mus

t sub

mit

a do

ssie

r for

revi

ew b

y an

NCA

RB c

omm

ittee

to d

emon

stra

te c

ompe

tenc

e to

in

depe

nden

tly p

ract

ice

arch

itect

ure

in th

e U

nite

d St

ates

. Th

e do

ssie

r mus

t:

1.

Be p

repa

red

in th

e fo

rmat

spec

ified

by

NCA

RB.

2.

Con

tain

a re

sum

e th

at o

utlin

es y

our c

ompr

ehen

-siv

e pr

actic

e ex

perie

nce

in su

ch fo

reig

n co

untr

y an

d lis

ts th

e sig

nific

ant p

roje

cts o

ver w

hich

you

ex

erci

sed

resp

onsib

le c

ontro

l.

3.

Dem

onst

rate

com

pete

nce

to in

depe

nden

tly

prac

tice

arch

itect

ure,

whi

le p

rote

ctin

g th

e pu

blic

he

alth

, saf

ety,

and

wel

fare

, thr

ough

dra

win

gs,

phot

ogra

phs,

and

desc

riptio

ns o

f a m

inim

um o

f th

ree

such

pro

ject

s (ot

her t

han

one-

and

two-

fam

ily d

wel

lings

, far

m b

uild

ings

, and

stru

ctur

es

or a

dditi

ons n

ot re

quiri

ng g

over

nmen

tal b

uild

ing

perm

its).

You

mus

t des

crib

e th

e na

ture

of y

our

resp

onsib

le c

ontro

l ove

r eac

h of

the

proj

ects

. You

sh

ould

also

ann

otat

e th

e dr

awin

gs o

f suc

h pr

ojec

ts

desc

ribin

g th

e ge

nera

l nat

ure

of m

odifi

catio

ns, if

an

y, ne

cess

ary

to c

ompl

y w

ith ty

pica

l U.S

. bui

ldin

g co

des a

nd la

ws i

nclu

ding

acc

essib

ility

laws.

4.

Inc

lude

any

vali

d in

tern

atio

nal c

rede

ntial

bea

ring

on

your

com

preh

ensiv

e pr

actic

e ex

perie

nce

or co

mpe

-te

nce,

such

as a

des

ignat

ion

as a

n “A

PEC

Arch

itect

.”

STEP

4: I

nter

view

If th

e do

ssie

r mee

ts a

ll re

quire

men

ts, y

ou w

ill be

invi

ted

for a

n in

terv

iew

bef

ore

an N

CARB

com

mitt

ee. T

he

inte

rvie

w w

ill be

con

duct

ed in

Eng

lish,

with

out t

he a

s-sis

tanc

e of

a tr

ansla

tor.

The

purp

ose

of th

e in

terv

iew

is to

ver

ify:

1.

Your

resp

onsib

ility

over

the

deve

lopm

ent,

m

anag

emen

t, an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of e

ach

su

bmitt

ed p

roje

ct.

2.

You

r und

erst

andi

ng o

f U.S

. lic

ensin

g an

d pr

ofes

-sio

nal c

ondu

ct re

quire

men

ts.

3.

Your

kno

wle

dge

of U

.S. b

uild

ing

code

s and

law

s.

Af

ter t

he in

terv

iew

, you

will

be n

otifi

ed o

f the

com

-m

ittee

’s de

cisio

n. A

succ

essf

ul a

pplic

ant w

ill be

gra

nted

an

NCA

RB C

ertifi

cate

whe

n al

l oth

er re

quire

men

ts

have

bee

n m

et. A

n un

succ

essf

ul a

pplic

ant m

ay e

lect

to

repe

at th

e ap

plic

atio

n pr

oces

s, in

clud

ing

paym

ent o

f all

fees

. If a

n ap

plic

ant i

s fou

nd to

be

defic

ient

in o

ne o

r m

ore

area

s of c

ompr

ehen

sive

prac

tice,

the

com

mitt

ee

may

allo

w th

e ap

plic

ant t

o ta

ke o

ne o

r mor

e re

leva

nt

divi

sions

of t

he A

RE. A

pas

sing

grad

e w

ill be

trea

ted

as

rem

edyi

ng th

e de

ficie

ncy

in q

uest

ion.

Not

e: N

CARB

Fees

Plea

se re

fer t

o th

e N

CARB

sche

dule

of

fees

fo

r the

BEF

A Pr

ogra

m. A

ll fe

es a

re

subj

ect t

o ch

ange

, and

are

non

-refu

nd-

able

unl

ess o

ther

wise

not

ed.

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ARC

HIT

ECT

REG

ISTR

ATIO

N E

XAM

INAT

ION

Five

-Yea

r Rol

ling

Cloc

k E"

ectiv

e 1 J

anua

ry 2

006,

and

subj

ect t

o ce

rtai

n co

nditi

ons,

a pa

ssin

g gr

ade

for a

ny

divi

sion

of th

e AR

E sh

all b

e va

lid fo

r five

yea

rs, a

fter

whi

ch ti

me

the

divi

sion

mus

t be

reta

ken

unle

ss a

ll di

visio

ns h

ave

been

pas

sed.

The

trans

ition

al ru

les a

re a

s fol

low

s:

A. F

or a

pplic

ants

who

hav

e pa

ssed

all

divi

sions

of t

he A

RE b

y 1 J

anua

ry 2

006,

rega

rd-

less

of t

he ti

me

take

n, su

ch a

pplic

ants

will

have

pas

sed

the

ARE.

B.

For

app

lican

ts w

ho h

ave

pass

ed o

ne o

r mor

e bu

t not

all

divi

sions

of t

he A

RE b

y 1 J

anua

ry 2

006,

such

app

lican

ts w

ill ha

ve fi

ve y

ears

to p

ass a

ll re

mai

ning

div

i-sio

ns. A

pas

sing

grad

e fo

r any

rem

aini

ng d

ivisi

on sh

all b

e va

lid fo

r five

yea

rs, a

fter

w

hich

tim

e th

e di

visio

n m

ust b

e re

take

n if

the

rem

aini

ng d

ivisi

ons h

ave

not b

een

pass

ed. T

he fi

ve-y

ear p

erio

d sh

all c

omm

ence

aft

er 1

Janu

ary

2006

, on

the

date

w

hen

the

first

rem

aini

ng d

ivisi

on is

pas

sed.

Any

div

ision

pas

sed

prio

r to

1 J

anua

ry 2

006

shal

l no

long

er re

mai

n va

lid if

all

rem

aini

ng d

ivisi

ons h

ave

no

t bee

n pa

ssed

by

1 Jul

y 20

14.

C.

For

app

lican

ts w

ho h

ave

pass

ed n

o di

visio

ns o

f the

ARE

by

1 Jan

uary

200

6, su

ch

appl

ican

ts sh

all b

e go

vern

ed b

y th

e ab

ove

five-

year

requ

irem

ent.

The

five-

year

pe

riod

shall

com

men

ce o

n th

e da

te w

hen

the

first

pas

sed

divi

sion

is ad

min

ister

ed.

D.

E"e

ctiv

e 1 J

anua

ry 2

011 a

nd th

erea

fter

, the

aut

horiz

atio

n to

test

of a

ny a

pplic

ant

shal

l ter

min

ate

unle

ss th

e ap

plic

ant h

as p

asse

d or

faile

d a

divi

sion

of th

e AR

E w

ithin

a p

erio

d of

five

yea

rs. T

his i

nclu

des t

he fi

ve-y

ear p

erio

d pr

ior t

o

1 Jan

uary

201

1. An

y ap

plic

ant w

hose

aut

horiz

atio

n is

so te

rmin

ated

mus

t es

tabl

ish a

new

elig

ibilit

y un

der t

he th

en c

urre

nt p

roce

dure

s of a

Mem

ber B

oard

.

Rolli

ng C

lock

Ext

ensio

n N

CARB

may

allo

w a

reas

onab

le e

xten

sion

of su

ch p

erio

d in

circ

umst

ance

s whe

re

com

plet

ion

of a

ll di

visio

ns w

ithin

such

five

-yea

r per

iod

is pr

even

ted

by th

e bi

rth

or

adop

tion

of a

chi

ld, b

y a

serio

us m

edic

al c

ondi

tion,

by

activ

e du

ty in

milit

ary

serv

ice,

or

by o

ther

like

cau

ses.

An a

pplic

ant m

ay re

ques

t suc

h an

ext

ensio

n by

subm

ittin

g a

timel

y w

ritte

n ap

plic

atio

n an

d su

ppor

ting

docu

men

tatio

n as

pre

scrib

ed b

y N

CARB

. Upo

n pr

oper

app

licat

ion

NCA

RB w

ill al

low

par

ents

of n

ewbo

rn in

fant

s or n

ewly

ado

pted

chi

l-dr

en a

six-

mon

th e

xten

sion

to th

e en

d of

such

five

-yea

r per

iod

if th

e bi

rth

or a

dopt

ion

of th

eir c

hild

occ

urs w

ithin

such

five

-yea

r per

iod.

Des

crip

tion

Th

e co

nten

t of t

he A

rchi

tect

Reg

istra

tion

Exam

inat

ion

(ARE

) is b

ased

on

the

know

ledg

e an

d sk

ills re

quire

d of

a n

ewly

regi

ster

ed a

rchi

tect

, pra

ctic

ing

inde

pend

ently

, to

prov

ide

arch

i-te

ctur

al se

rvic

es. T

he A

RE e

valu

ates

an

appl

ican

t’s c

ompe

tenc

e in

the

prov

ision

of a

rchi

tect

ural

serv

ices

to p

rote

ct th

e pu

blic

hea

lth, s

afet

y, an

d w

elfa

re.

To b

egin

taki

ng th

e AR

E, a

n ap

plic

ant s

hall

have

fulfi

lled

all r

equi

rem

ents

for e

ligib

ility

esta

blish

ed b

y hi

s or h

er ju

risdi

ctio

n an

d sh

all h

ave

esta

blish

ed a

n N

CARB

Rec

ord.

To

com

plet

e

the

ARE,

an

appl

ican

t mus

t ach

ieve

a p

assin

g gr

ade

on e

ach

divi

sion.

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EX

AM E

QU

IVAL

ENTS

ARE

4.0

Exam

Equ

ival

ents

Ca

ndid

ates

who

hav

e pa

ssed

som

e di

visio

ns b

ut h

ave

not p

asse

d al

l div

ision

s of t

he A

rchi

tect

Reg

istra

tion

Exam

inat

ion

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith a

pplic

able

pol

icie

s bef

ore

1 Jul

y 20

09, s

hall

ther

eaft

er b

e re

quire

d to

pas

s all

rem

aini

ng d

ivisi

ons o

f the

ARE

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e AR

E 4.

0 Ex

am E

quiv

alen

ts id

entifi

ed b

elow

. Pr

ogra

mm

ing

Plan

ning

& P

ract

ice

(ARE

4.0

) is s

atisfi

ed b

y su

cces

sful

ly

com

plet

ing

one

exam

inat

ion

in e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

TWO

gro

ups:

G

ROU

P 1:

1. Pr

e-De

sign

(19

97-2

009)

2. D

ivisi

on A

of t

he A

RE

(1983

-1996

)

3.

Prof

essio

nal E

xam

inat

ion–

Sect

ion

B, P

arts

I an

d II

(1979

-1982

)

4.

Pro

fess

iona

l Exa

min

atio

n Pa

rts I

and

II

(1973

-1978

)

5.

Exa

min

atio

n Sy

llabu

s C

(1954

-1975

)

6.

Sec

tion

7 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

89)

G

ROU

P 2:

1. Si

te P

lann

ing

(19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

B (W

ritte

n an

d G

raph

ic) o

f the

ARE

(19

88-19

96)

3. D

ivisi

on B

of t

he A

RE

(1983

-1987

)

4.

Pro

fess

iona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n A

(1979

-1982

)

5.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est E

and

F

(1977

-1978

)

6.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n III

(19

73-19

76)

7. Ex

amin

atio

n Sy

llabu

s D

(1954

-1975

)

8.

Sec

tion

8 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

89)

Site

Pla

nnin

g &

Des

ign

(ARE

4.0

) is s

atisfi

ed b

y su

cces

sful

ly c

ompl

etin

g on

e of

the

follo

win

g:

1.

Site

Pla

nnin

g

(19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

B (W

ritte

n an

d G

raph

ic) o

f the

ARE

(19

88-19

96)

3. Di

visio

n B

of th

e AR

E (19

83-19

87)

4. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion–

Sect

ion

A (19

79-19

82)

5. Q

ualif

ying

Tes

t E a

nd F

(19

77-19

78)

6. E

quiv

alen

cy E

xam

inat

ion

III

(1973

-1976

)

7.

Exam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus D

(19

54-19

75)

8. S

ectio

n 8

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

Build

ing

Des

ign

& Co

nstr

uctio

n Sy

stem

s (AR

E 4.

0) is

satis

fied

by su

cces

s-fu

lly c

ompl

etin

g on

e ex

amin

atio

n in

eac

h of

the

follo

win

g TW

O g

roup

s:

GRO

UP

1:

1.

Build

ing

Desig

n/M

ater

ials

& M

etho

ds

(1997

-200

9)

2.

Div

ision

H o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n B,

Par

t III

(1978

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est C

(19

78-19

82)

5. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

Part

III

(1973

-1977

)

6.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n II

(1974

-1976

)

7.

Exam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus F

(19

54-19

75)

8. S

ectio

n 5

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

G

ROU

P 2:

1. Bu

ildin

g Te

chno

logy

(1

997-

2009

)

2.

Div

ision

C o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n A

(1979

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est E

and

F

(1977

-1978

)

5.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n III

(19

73-19

76)

6. E

xam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus E

(19

54-19

75)

7. Se

ctio

n 9

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

) Sc

hem

atic

Des

ign

(ARE

4.0

) is s

atisfi

ed b

y su

cces

sful

ly c

ompl

etin

g on

e of

the

follo

win

g:

1.

Build

ing

Plan

ning

(19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

C o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion–

Sect

ion

A (19

79-19

82)

4. Q

ualif

ying

Tes

t E a

nd F

(19

77-19

78)

5. E

quiv

alen

cy E

xam

inat

ion

III

(1973

-1976

)

6.

Exa

min

atio

n Sy

llabu

s E

(1954

-1975

)

7.

Sect

ion

9 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

89)

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yste

ms (

ARE

4.0)

is sa

tisfie

d by

succ

essf

ully

com

plet

ing

one

exam

inat

ion

in e

ach

of t

he fo

llow

ing

THRE

E gr

oups

:

GRO

UP

1:

1.

Gen

eral

Str

uctu

res

(1997

-200

9)

2.

Div

ision

D/F

of t

he A

RE

(1988

-1996

)

3.

Divi

sions

D a

nd F

of t

he A

RE

(1983

-1987

)

4.

Pro

fess

iona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n B,

Par

t III

(1979

-1982

)

5.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est B

(19

77-19

82)

6. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

Part

III

(1973

-1978

)

7.

Equi

vale

ncy

Exam

inat

ion

II (19

73-19

76)

8. E

xam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus G

(19

54-19

75)

9. Se

ctio

n 1 o

f the

CAL

E (19

89)

10. S

ectio

ns 1

and

3 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

88)

G

ROU

P 2:

1. La

tera

l For

ces

(1997

-200

9)

2.

Div

ision

E o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n B,

Par

t III

(1978

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est B

(19

77-19

82)

5. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

Part

III

(1973

-1978

)

6.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n II

(1973

-1976

)

7.

Exam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus G

(19

65-19

75)

8. S

ectio

n 2

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

G

ROU

P 3:

1. Bu

ildin

g Te

chno

logy

(19

97-2

009)

2. D

ivisi

on C

of t

he A

RE

(1983

-1996

)

3.

Prof

essio

nal E

xam

inat

ion–

Sect

ion

A (19

79-19

82)

4. Q

ualif

ying

Tes

t E a

nd F

(19

77-19

78)

5. E

quiv

alen

cy E

xam

inat

ion

III

(1973

-1976

)

6.

Exa

min

atio

n Sy

llabu

s E

(1954

-1975

)

7.

Sect

ion

9 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

89)

Build

ing

Syst

ems (

ARE

4.0)

is sa

tisfie

d by

succ

essf

ully

com

plet

ing

one

exam

inat

ion

in e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

TWO

gro

ups:

G

ROU

P 1:

1. M

echa

nica

l & E

lect

rical

Sys

tem

s (19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

G o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n B,

Par

t III

(1978

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est D

(19

77-19

82)

5. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

Part

III

(1973

-1978

)

6.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n II

(1973

-1976

)

7.

Exam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus I

(19

54-19

75)

8. S

ectio

n 4

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

G

ROU

P 2:

1. Bu

ildin

g Te

chno

logy

(19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

C o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n A

(1979

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est E

and

F

(1977

-1978

)

5.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n III

(19

73-19

76)

6. E

xam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus E

(19

54-19

75)

7. Se

ctio

n 9

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

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EX

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QU

IVAL

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truc

tion

Doc

umen

ts &

Ser

vice

s (AR

E 4.

0) is

satis

fied

by su

cces

sful

ly

com

plet

ing

one

exam

inat

ion

in e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

TWO

gro

ups:

G

ROU

P 1:

1. Co

nstr

uctio

n D

ocum

ents

& S

ervi

ces –

ARE

3.1 a

nd p

rior c

ompu

ter-

base

d ve

rsio

ns

(1997

-200

9)

2.

Div

ision

I of

the

ARE

(1983

-1996

)

3.

Prof

essio

nal E

xam

inat

ion–

Sect

ion

B, P

art I

V (19

78-19

82)

4. P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

Part

IV

(1973

-1977

)

5.

Exa

min

atio

n Sy

llabu

s H

(1954

-1975

)

6.

Sec

tion

6 of

the

CALE

(19

87-19

89)

G

ROU

P 2:

1. Bu

ildin

g Te

chno

logy

(19

97-2

009)

2.

Div

ision

C o

f the

ARE

(19

83-19

96)

3. Pr

ofes

siona

l Exa

min

atio

n–Se

ctio

n A

(1979

-1982

)

4.

Qua

lifyi

ng T

est E

and

F

(1977

-1978

)

5.

Equ

ival

ency

Exa

min

atio

n III

(19

73-19

76)

6. E

xam

inat

ion

Sylla

bus E

(19

54-19

75)

7. Se

ctio

n 9

of th

e CA

LE

(1987

-1989

)

1 If

you

hold

a p

rofe

ssio

nal d

egre

e fro

m a

NAA

B-ac

cred

ited

prog

ram

, and

you

pas

sed

the

four

-pa

rt P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

betw

een

Dece

mbe

r 197

3 an

d De

cem

ber 1

978,

and

you

wer

e re

gist

ered

on

or b

efor

e M

arch

1, 19

79, y

ou n

eed

not h

ave

pass

ed e

xam

inat

ions

in S

ite P

lann

ing.

2

If yo

u ho

ld a

pro

fess

iona

l deg

ree

from

a N

AAB-

accr

edite

d pr

ogra

m, a

nd y

ou p

asse

d th

e fo

ur-p

art P

rofe

ssio

nal E

xam

inat

ion

betw

een

Dece

mbe

r 197

3 an

d De

cem

ber 1

978,

and

you

w

ere

regi

ster

ed o

n or

bef

ore

Mar

ch 1,

1979

, you

nee

d no

t hav

e pa

ssed

exa

min

atio

ns in

Bui

ldin

g Pl

anni

ng a

nd B

uild

ing

Tech

nolo

gy.

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