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(a) The board may refuse to issue a license or certificate to an applicant or may refuse, revoke or suspend a license of an architect or a certificate of an interior designer, censure an architect or certified interior designer, issue a letter of reprimand, restrict a licensee or certificate holder and attach certain conditions to a license or certificate for any of the following acts:
(1) Bribery, fraud, misstatement or misrepresentation of fact by an applicant in connection with this application for a license or certificate.
(2) Engaging in the practice of architecture or providing interior design services as a certified interior designer in this Commonwealth in violation of any provisions of this act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(3) Having a license to practice architecture or a certificate to provide interior design services as a certified interior designer revoked or suspended or having other disciplinary action taken by the proper licensing or certificating authority of another state, territory or country.
(4) Engaging in the practice of architecture or providing interior design services as a certified interior designer in this Commonwealth in violation of the standards of professional conduct established by rules and regulations promulgated by the board.
(5) Aiding or abetting any individual, partnership, association or corporation to engage in the practice of architecture or providing interior design services as a certified interior designer in violation of any provisions of this act.
(6) Bribery, fraud, deceit, recklessness, gross negligence or incompetence in the practice of architecture or in the provision of interior design services as a certified interior designer.
(7) Use of an architect's seal in violation of section 505 1 or the use of a certified interior designer's number in violation of section 704. 2
(8) Conviction of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. Conviction shall include a finding or verdict of guilt, an admission of guilt or a plea of nolo contendere.
(b) A plea of nolo contendere shall be deemed to be a conviction for purposes of this section.
(c) Unless ordered to do so by a court, the board shall not reinstate the license of a person to practice as an architect or the certificate of a person to provide interior design services as a certified interior designer which has been revoked and such person shall be required to apply for a license or certificate after a period of five years in accordance with section 501 or 701 3 if the person desires to practice at any time after such revocation.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 63 P.S. Professions and Occupations (State Licensed) § 34.901. Disciplinary proceedings - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-63-ps-professions-and-occupations-state-licensed/pa-st-sect-63-34-901/
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