BOARD FOR ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND SURVEYORS, CERTIFIED INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS (APELSCIDLA BOARD)
This 13-member Board examines, licenses and regulates the approximately 35,000 Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers, and Landscape Architects and related business entities in Virginia. The Board was established in 1920 for Architects, Engineers and Surveyors. Landscape Architects were added in 1980 and Interior Designers joined in 1990.
Department of Professional and
Occupational Regulation
9960 Mayland Drive
Suite 400
Richmond, Virginia 23233-1463
Executive Director: Mark N. Courtney (804) 367-8514
For further information, contact the Licensing Section:
Phone: (804) 367-8506 or 367-8512
Email: Board for APELSCIDLA
IMPORTANT NOTICES
ATTENTION - Regulation Changes for APELSCIDLA Seals (PDF Format)
Continuing Education for Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill during the 2006 legislative session which mandates that the APELSCIDLA Board implement a mandatory continuing education program (16 hours of continuing education activities) for architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors (HB1054). The law became effective on July 1, 2006, and the Board initiated the process to promulgate the necessary regulations for the program on September 7, 2006, which will take approximately 18 to 24 months. Therefore, at this time, mandatory continuing education is not required and the regulations which will address the details have not yet been created. You may track the development of these regulations via the link below for Pending Regulatory Action.
Regulations Updated September 10, 2007
Regulations for the Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects (APELSCIDLA Board) were last updated on September 10, 2007. In order to conserve resources, the regulations are available on the Board's website and will not be mailed as in the past. All regulants of the Board are responsible for reading and becoming familiar with the Board's regulations. For those who have the Adobe Acrobat Reader software already installed on their computers, the regulations may be directly accessed below. For those who do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader software, you may download your free copy by going to the page on our web site to access the link to get the Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader. This is a one time process which will then permit you to view and print these and other .PDF formatted publications on the Web. Please follow the installation and browser configuration instructions. The Board's current regulations were last updated on September 10, 2007.
REGULATORY MATTERS
APELSCIDLA Board Regulations (PDF Format)
Pending Regulatory Action ( This link will open a new browser window that will take you to the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget's Virginia Regulatory Town Hall Web Site where you can access view pending regulatory action for this board. )
Links to relevant excerpts from the Code of Virginia
Title 54.1, Professions and Occupations; Chapter 4, Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers
Title 13.1, Corporations; Chapter 7, Professional Corporations; § 13.1-549 - Qualifications of shareholders; special provisions for corporations rendering services of architects, professional engineers and land surveyors, and using the title of certified landscape architects and certified interior designers
Title 13.1, Corporations; Chapter 13, Virginia Professional Limited Liability Company Act; § 13.1-1111 - Qualifications of members and managers; special provisions for limited liability companies rendering service of architects, professional engineers and land surveyors, and using the title of certified landscape architects and certified interior designers
LICENSURE AND FORMS
Applications and Other Forms
- Architects
- Business Registration (Architecture Firm, Engineering Firm, Land Surveying Firm, Certified Interior Designer Firm, Landscape Architecture Firm)
- Professional Engineers
- Engineer-In-Training
- Land Surveyors
- Surveyor-In-Training
- Certified Interior Designers
- Landscape Architects
Credit Card Payment
To submit a credit card payment for license renewals and applications, you must complete the credit card payment form.Credit Card Payment
BOARD
APELSCIDLA Board Members (PDF Format)
Meeting and Event Calendar 2008 (PDF Format)
Board Meeting Minutes ( This link will open a new browser window that will take you to the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget's Virginia Regulatory Town Hall Web Site where you can access minutes for this board. )
Board Member Secure Site (username and password required)
EXAMS AND EDUCATION
Frequently Asked Questions about the Engineering and Land Surveying Examinations (PDF Format)
Notice of changes to NCEES Exams (PDF Format)
NCEES Approved Calculator List
NEWSLETTERS
DIMENSIONS (APELSCIDLA Newsletters)
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This web page was last updated: 01/29/2008 10:35:14 AM