73-1-3 - Definitions. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 73-1-3. Definitions.
 

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires: 
 

(a) "Board" means the State Board of Architecture. 

(b) "Architect" means a person who engages in the practice of architecture as hereinafter defined. 

(c) A person engaging in the practice of architecture, within the meaning and intent of this chapter, is one who holds himself out as able to perform any professional service such as planning, design, including aesthetic and structural designs, and consultation in connection therewith, or responsible inspection of construction, in connection with (except as specifically exempted herein) any buildings, structures, or projects, or the equipment or utilities thereof, or the accessories thereto, wherein the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned or involved, when such professional service requires the application of the art and science of construction based upon the principles of mathematics, aesthetics, functional planning, and the physical sciences; provided that nothing in this definition shall be construed as encompassing or limiting the practice of engineering as that practice is provided for under the laws of this state. 

(d) "Registrant" means architect or registered architect. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, §§ 8632-02, 8632-20; Laws,  1954, ch. 320, §§ 2, 20; Laws, 1976, ch. 363, § 2; reenacted, 1983, ch. 377, § 2; Laws, 1988, ch. 578, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1988.