45:3-1.1 Definitions.

1. For the purposes of this act:

a. "Aesthetic principles" means the concepts of order, balance, proportion, scale, rhythm, color, texture, mass and form as used in the design process.

b. "Architect" means an individual who through education, training, and experience is skilled in the art and science of building design and has been licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Architects to practice architecture in the State of New Jersey. c. "Architecture" means the art and science of building design and particularly the design of any structure for human use or habitation. Architecture, further, is the art of applying human values and aesthetic principles to the science and technology of building methods, materials and engineering systems, required to comprise a total building project with a coherent and comprehensive unity of structure and site.

d. "Board" means the New Jersey State Board of Architects.

e. "Certificate of authorization" means a certificate issued by the board pursuant to this amendatory and supplementary act.

f. "Closely allied professional" means and is limited to licensed architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, professional planners, and licensed landscape architects, and persons that provide space planning services, interior design services, or the substantial equivalent thereof.

g. "Engineering systems" means those systems necessary for the proper function of a building and the surrounding site, the proper design of which requires engineering knowledge acquired through engineering or architectural education, training, or experience. These systems include but are not limited to structural, electrical, heating, lighting, acoustical, ventilation, air conditioning, grading, plumbing, and drainage. Drainage facilities for sites of ten acres or more or involving stormwater detention facilities or traversed by a water course shall only be designed by a professional engineer.

h. "Joint committee" means the Joint Committee of Architects and Engineers established pursuant to the "Building Design Services Act," P.L.1989, c.277 (C.45:4B-1 et seq.).

i. "Human use or habitation" means the activities of living, including, but not limited to fulfilling domestic, religious, educational, recreational, employment, assembly, health care, institutional, memorial, financial, commercial, industrial and governmental needs.

j. "Human values" means the social, cultural, historical, economic and environmental influences that have an impact on the quality of life.

k. "Practice of architecture" or "architectural services" means the rendering of services in connection with the design, construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building or a group of buildings and the space within or surrounding those buildings, which have as their principal purpose human use or habitation. These services include site planning, providing preliminary studies, architectural designs, drawings, specifications, other technical documentation, and administration of construction for the purpose of determining compliance with drawings and specifications.

l. "Responsible charge" means the rendering of regular and effective supervision by a competent licensed architect who shall provide personal direction to, and quality control over, the efforts of subordinates of the licensee which directly and materially affect the quality and competence of architectural services rendered by the licensee. A licensee engaged in any of the following acts or practices shall be deemed not to have rendered regular and effective supervision:

(1) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2015, c.200);

(2) The failure to personally inspect or review the work of subordinates where necessary and appropriate;

(3) The rendering of a limited, cursory or perfunctory review of plans for a building or structure in lieu of providing sufficient direction to, and quality control over, the efforts of subordinates of the licensee;

(4) The failure to personally be available on a reasonable basis or with adequate advance notice for consultation and inspection where circumstances require personal availability.

m. "Interior design services" means rendering or offering to render services, for a fee or other valuable consideration, in the preparation and administration of interior design documents, including, but not limited to, drawings, schedules and specifications which pertain to the design intent and planning of interior spaces, including furnishings, layouts, non-load bearing partitions, fixtures, cabinetry, lighting location and type, outlet location and type, switch location and type, finishes, materials and interior construction not materially related to or materially affecting the building systems, in accordance with applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards.

L.1989, c.275, s.1; amended 1997, c.403, s.1; 2001, c.378, s.1; 2015, c.200, s.2.