CHAPTER 3. ARCHITECTS
§141. Policy and definitions
A. In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare, the practice of architecture in this state is reserved to those persons who have the proper qualifications and have been registered by the board.
B. As used in this Chapter:
(1) "Architect" means a person who is technically and legally qualified to practice architecture.
(2) "Board" means the State Board of Architectural Examiners.
(3) The "practice of architecture" is the rendering or offering of the services specified in this Paragraph in connection with the design, construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building, a group of buildings, or the space within and surrounding buildings which have human occupancy or habitation as their principal purpose. Such services shall include the following: planning; providing preliminary studies, designs, drawings, specifications, and other technical submissions; administration of construction contracts; and the coordination of any element of technical submissions prepared by others, including but not limited to engineers and landscape architects, as appropriate. The practice of architecture shall not include the practice of engineering as defined in R.S. 37:682; however, a registered architect may perform such engineering work as is incidental to the practice of architecture.
C. The definition of the practice of architecture set forth in Paragraph B(3) of this Section may include, but shall not be construed as precluding nonlicensed persons from performing the following services: project development; feasibility studies; planning; energy consumption analysis; and interior design.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 524, §1; Acts 1964, No. 21, §1; Acts 1972, No. 69, §1; Acts 1983, No. 472, §1; Acts 1988, No. 583, §1; Acts 1995, No. 618, §1.
Notes of Decisions
West Baton Rouge Par. Sch. Bd. v. TR Ray, Inc., 367 So. 2d 332 (La. 1979).
· cites it 4× “R.S. 37:141. In its contract with the school board for the design of a public building, the corporation agreed to perform "professional services" as an architect including the preparation of drawings and specifications setting forth in detail the requirements for the…”
Ebinger v. Venus Constr. Corp., 65 So. 3d 1279 (La. 2011).
“37:682, or any professional architect, landscape architect, architéct intern, or agent as defined in R.S. 37:141, or professional interi- or designer, or licensee as defined in R.”
MR Pittman Grp., LLC v. Plaquemines Par. Gov't, 182 So. 3d 291 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
“37:3171, or other similar licensee licensed under the laws of this state, or real estate developer relative to development plans which have been certified by a professional engineer or professional architect, whether based upon tort, or breach of contract, or otherwise arising…”
Ebinger v. Venus Const. Corp., 995 So. 2d 1224 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
“37:682, or any professional architect, landscape architect, architect intern, or agent as defined in R.S. 37:141, or professional interior designer, or licensee as defined in R.”
Ebinger v. Venus Constr. Corp., 48 So. 3d 375 (La. Ct. App. 2010).
“37:682, or any professional architect, landscape architect, architect intern, or agent as defined in R.S. 37:141, or professional interior designer, or licensee as defined in R.”
United Stage Equip., Inc. v. CHAS. CARTER & CO., INC., 342 So. 2d 1153 (La. Ct. App. 1977).
“2d 502 (1970) wherein, an out of state architect not licensed in Louisiana was disallowed recovery on a quantum meruit basis, LSA-R.S. 37:141; Ronaldson v. Moss Watkins, Inc.”
Jary v. Emmett, 234 So. 2d 530 (La. Ct. App. 1970).
“LSA-R.S. 37:141 et seq. provides that no person shall practice architecture in Louisiana unless he has been duly qualified and licensed in this state.”
West Baton Rouge Par. Sch. Bd. v. T. R. Ray, Inc., 361 So. 2d 300 (La. Ct. App. 1978).
· cites it 3× “” LSA-R.S. 37:141 We agree with the trial court that a corporation cannot “practice architecture” since the clear intent of the legislature is that only natural persons having the ability to qualify and pass an examination could be licensed to practice architecture.”
State v. Shourds, 71 So. 2d 340 (La. 1954).
· cites it 2× “We find no merit in these contentions for — assuming (without deciding) that the definition of an architect, as set forth in LSA-R.S. 37:141, is insufficient to describe the nature of the profession and to support a prosecution for violation of LSA-R.”
Lee v. Prof'l Const. Servs., Inc., 982 So. 2d 837 (La. Ct. App. 2008).
“37:682, or any professional architect, landscape architect, architect intern, or agent as defined in R.S. 37:141, or professional interior designer, or licensee as defined in R.”
Lafayette Par. Sch. Bd. v. Ratcliff Constr. Co., 30 So. 3d 279 (La. Ct. App. 2010).
“37:682, or any professional architect, landscape architect, architect intern, or agent as defined in R.S. 37:141, or professional in *281 terior ^designer, or licensee as defined in R.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 37:141(A): 1 case
West Baton Rouge Par. Sch. Bd. v. TR Ray, Inc., 367 So. 2d 332 (La. 1979).
“R.S. 37:141. In its contract with the school board for the design of a public building, the corporation agreed to perform "professional services" as an architect including the preparation of drawings and specifications setting forth in detail the requirements for the…”
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