HB 1771 Summary

• Repeals and reenacts 51 sections of Missouri law (RSMo Chapter 327) governing licensure of architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and professional landscape architects.

• Adds new definitions including "design coordination," "design survey," "incidental practice," and "responsible charge" to clarify scope of professional services and oversight requirements.

• Increases daily compensation for board members from fifty dollars to seventy-five dollars per day and modifies license renewal procedures to expire on renewal date rather than requiring suspension periods.

• Modifies examination and licensure requirements for all four professions, including accepting national certifications (NCARB for architects, CLARB for landscape architects) and adjusting reexamination procedures to follow national council guidelines.

• Establishes "responsible charge" requirements mandating that architects, engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects personally oversee all work affecting public health, safety, and welfare, and expands definitions of "incidental practice" to allow limited cross-professional services when secondary to primary licensure.