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Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
 
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Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects
 
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Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects Regulations [18 VAC 10 ‑ 20]
Action General Review
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 2/28/2014
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1/25/14  12:19 pm
Commenter: Craig Moore

18VAC10-20-710. Conflicts of interest.
 

Comments:  Within this section “in writing” should be included in all notification requirements because the issues are too important not to document.   “Entity and Entities” should be added to this section because a regulant may construe that a person did not pay them for the same services because the additional compensation was from a business entity.

A. The regulant shall promptly and fully inform an employer or client of any business association, interest, or circumstance which may influence the professional's regulant's judgment or the quality of service.

Recommendation – add “in writing”.  The regulant, in writing, shall promptly and fully inform an employer or client of any business association, interest, or circumstance which may influence the professional's regulant's judgment or the quality of service.

B. The regulant shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party person for services on or pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are fully disclosed to, and agreed to in writing by, all interested parties in writing persons.

Recommendation – add “or entity” and “and entities”.  B. The regulant shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party person or entity for services on or pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are fully disclosed to, and agreed to in writing by, all interested parties in writing persons and entities.

D. The regulant shall not solicit or accept gratuities, directly or indirectly, from contractors, their agents, or other parties persons dealing with a client or employer in connection with work for which the regulant is responsible.

Recommendation –  add “or entities”.  D. The regulant shall not solicit or accept gratuities, directly or indirectly, from contractors, their agents, or other parties persons or entities dealing with a client or employer in connection with work for which the regulant is responsible.

CommentID: 30956