Subject: Multi-pane glazing assemblies as it relates to the Standards of Professional Practice for Arizona Home Inspectors provision 11.2 B.
 

Subject: Land Surveying Public Records Repositories in Arizona

This policy statement was rescinded February 27, 2018

This policy was rescinded February 26, 2019

The Board's statutes define "engineering practice" to include advertising that the person is able to perform or does perform any engineering service or other service recognized by educational authorities as engineering.

If the Board finds that the alleged violations of rule or statute are not substantiated, it will dismiss the Complaint. The Board may take non-disciplinary action for errors that are not of sufficient seriousness to merit direct disciplinary action against a licensee.

The Board’s rules provide that Drug Laboratory Site Remediation firms must adhere to the Drug Laboratory Site Remediation Best Standards and Practices pursuant to A.A.C. R4-30-305.

Questions have arisen regarding when subdivisions must be monumented in the context of Section 8, Section 13 of the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards (adopted by the Board on June 15, 2001 and originally effective in Rules on February 12, 2002), and A.R.S. § 33-105(A).

Questions have arisen concerning the specified source/end point for a system or component in a home when a system or component is not in the scope of work of the home inspection.
 

The Board's rules provide that Land Surveyors must adhere to the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards and with state laws pertaining to the surveyor's area of practice. (A.A.C.R4-30-301(4) and(13), effective August 7, 2004) The Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards at Section 13 provides standards to ensure the recordation of appropriate survey drawings.

The Board's rules provide that Land Surveyors must adhere to the Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards and with state laws pertaining to the surveyor's area of practice. A.A.C.  R4-30-301(4) and (13) (effective August 7, 2004). The Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards at section 9 provides standards for establishing, replacing or setting boundary monuments.

This policy was rescinded February 26, 2019.

Questions have been received concerning to the dating of a registrant’s seal on professional documents when original documents are sealed and when revisions are made to professional documents after they have been sealed and signed by the registrant.   After reviewing Board statutes and rules, including R4-30-304, as well as A.R.S.

Questions have been brought forward relating to language that will be acceptable to the Board, for use in issuing bonds as financial assurance for home inspectors as provided in A.R.S. § 32-122.02.

Questions have been brought forward relating to the use of electronic seals and signatures on professional documents. After reviewing Board statutes and rules, including R4-30-304, as well as A.R.S. § 32-125 (E), A.R.S. § 41-132 and A.R.S. § 44-7001 through A.R.S. § 44-7043, the Board developed this substantive policy statement.

Questions have been brought forward relating to the legality of a registrant signing and sealing standard details and specifications formally adopted by a political jurisdiction, to show they have been reviewed and accepted by the registrant.

Questions have been brought forward relating to roles of registrants and non-registered persons in preparing design documents for fire sprinkler, fire alarm, and other code regulated alarm systems.  This substantive policy statement is offered as guidance to persons interpreting Board statutes and rules.

Questions have been brought forward relating to the term "total cost of such construction", as contained in A.R.S. § 32-144(A)(6), and what the Board of Technical Registration (Board) has interpreted this term to encompass.  After reviewing its statutes, the Board developed this substantive policy statement.

Questions have also been brought forward relating to the altering of sealed plans by building officials during the plan review check process.  After reviewing its statutes and rules, the Board developed this substantive policy statement.  This substantive policy statement is offered as guidance to persons interpreting Board statutes and rules.