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Board fines unlicensed practitioner $6,500, issues $3,500 penalty and exam requirement for expired license; engineer case closed with warning

5547644 · August 7, 2025
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Summary

Three enforcement items on Aug. 7: the board proposed civil penalties for unlicensed architectural practice in one case, closed an engineer's out-of-state discipline matter with a letter of warning, and assessed penalties and a rules exam for an architect who practiced with an expired certificate.

The Tennessee Board of Architecture and Engineering Examiners on Aug. 7 approved three enforcement actions during its legal report: a civil-penalty recommendation against an unlicensed practitioner, a letter-of-warning in an engineer's out-of-state discipline matter and a financial penalty plus an exam requirement for an architect who worked while his Tennessee certificate was expired.

Case 1: Unlicensed architecture work; recommended civil penalties of $6,500 The board reviewed a complaint alleging unlicensed architecture practice after a drafter/"architectural designer" provided drawings that subdivided an existing building and listed 13 sheets in the drawing index. After a board-member review, staff concluded the work included architectural services (subdivision of an existing building with…

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