SB 809 Summary

• Repeals and reenacts 50 sections of Missouri law governing licensure of architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and professional landscape architects under a unified board structure.

• Establishes the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects with 15 members: a rotating chairperson, three architects, four professional engineers, three professional land surveyors, three professional landscape architects, and one voting public member.

• Adds new definitions including "design coordination," "design survey," "incidental practice," and "professional landscape architect," and requires professionals to maintain responsible charge of work affecting public health, safety, and welfare.

• Modifies license renewal procedures to expire on renewal date rather than automatic suspension, allows three-month grace period for renewal, and permits reactivation of inactive licenses upon meeting current competency requirements.

• Changes examination reexamination procedures to align with National Council guidelines and eliminates certain dated transition provisions while maintaining continuing education requirements capped at 30 hours.