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California Architects Board adopts strategic-plan edits and three regulatory changes; approves $40 certification fee
Summary
At its May meeting the California Architects Board approved a revised strategic plan objective, directed staff on rulemaking tied to the Architect Registration Exam (ARE), adopted a $40 certification fee, and approved emergency-extension language for candidate application periods.
The California Architects Board on May 16 approved changes to its strategic plan and adopted three regulatory actions, including a $40 fee for license certification requests, a move to align retake/testing rules with the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ (NCARB) ARE guidelines, and a rule to allow extensions of candidate application expiration during declared emergencies.
Board members voted to combine objectives 2.3 and 2.4 in the board’s draft strategic plan and to adopt the plan as amended. The board then moved through three regulatory motions: directing staff to provide a proposed response to a public comment on proposed changes to CTR 1.20 (removing board-specific ARE retake requirements and referring to NCARB guidance), approving proposed regulatory text to authorize a $40 fee for certification letters (staff time to prepare verification letters requested by licensees), and approving proposed regulatory text to allow an emergency-based extension of candidate application expiration periods when a governor-declared emergency affects candidates’ ability to…
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