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Bill 591

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      591
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010417
Primary Sponsor:                  Jackson
All Sponsors:                     Jackson
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5330djc01.doc
Residing Body:                    Senate
Current Committee:                Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee 12 
                                  SLCI
Subject:                          Architects, examination administered to 
                                  accommodate applicants with any physical 
                                  disability; Handicapped, Architecture


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010417  Introduced, read first time,           12 SLCI
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 40-3-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS FOR LICENSURE AS AN ARCHITECT, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE ARCHITECT EXAMINATION BE ADMINISTERED IN A FORMAT AND MANNER TO ACCOMMODATE APPLICANTS WITH ANY TYPE OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 40-3-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 40-3-240. (A) An application for licensure must be made on board application forms. A completed application signed and sworn to by the applicant must be filed with the board office and must be accompanied by all applicable fees. No application may be considered until the fees have been paid.

(B) The Except as provided in this section, the Architectural Registration Examination will be administered in a format and manner prescribed by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) to all applicants for initial licensure. Applicants must pass all subject areas. Scores for the individual subject areas cannot be averaged. Applicants not passing all subject areas of the examination retain credit for those subject areas passed for four years from the date of the examination, after which time those subject areas must be retaken.

(C) An applicant must satisfy the requirements of Section 40-3-230(C)(1) and (2) in order to be approved by the board to take the Architectural Registration Examination. Once an applicant has been approved to take the examination, the applicant does not lose eligibility because of subsequent changes in the education or experience requirements.

(D) The board may accept transfer credits for individual subject areas of the examination passed by the applicant from another jurisdiction.

(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, applications for examination and the Architectural Registration Examination must be administered in a format and manner that will accommodate the disability of registrants with any kind of physical disability."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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