62-2-105. Violations -- Penalties -- Reporting offenses.

*** Current through the 2015 Regular Session ***

Title 62  Professions, Businesses and Trades  
Chapter 2  Architects, Engineers, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers  
Part 1  General Provisions

Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-2-105  (2016)

62-2-105.  Violations -- Penalties -- Reporting offenses.

  (a)  (1) No person shall:

      (A) Present or attempt to file as the person's own the certificate of registration of another;

      (B) Give forged or willfully false evidence of any kind to the state board of examiners for architects and engineers or any member of the board for the purpose of obtaining a certificate;

      (C) Falsely impersonate any other practitioner; or

      (D) Use or attempt to use an expired or revoked certificate of registration.

   (2) A violation of subdivision (a)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor.

(b)  (1) No person shall practice or offer to practice engineering, architecture or landscape architecture, or use the title "registered interior designer" in this state in violation of this chapter.

   (2) A violation of subdivision (b)(1) is a Class B misdemeanor.

   (3) Each day's violation of subdivision (b)(1) is a separate offense.

(c) A person is construed to practice or offer to practice engineering, architecture or landscape architecture who, by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card or in any other way, represents that person to be an architect, engineer or landscape architect, with or without qualifying adjective, or through the use of some other title implies that the person is an architect, engineer or landscape architect.

(d) It is the duty of the members of the board to report any violations of this chapter to the proper authorities.​

HISTORY: Acts 1979, ch. 263, § 34; 1980, ch. 627, § 5; T.C.A., § 62-234; Acts 1988, ch. 990, § 7; 1989, ch. 591, § 112; 1991, ch. 164, § 9; 1997, ch. 33, § 2.

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