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June 2007
Summary Report of Resolutions Voted on at 2007 Annual Meeting
June 20-23, 2007
Washington, DC—During the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards’ Annual Meeting and Conference in Denver, CO delegates representing 52 of the Council’s 54 Member Boards that oversee the practice of architecture voted on the following resolutions:
Resolution 07-1: “Rules of Conduct Amendment – Incorporating Architect’s Primary Duty to the Public’s Health, Safety and Welfare”
Passed: 52-0
Resolution 07-2: “Bylaw Amendment - Member Board Executive to Serve on the Board of Directors”
Passed: 50-1
Resolution 07-3: “Bylaw Amendment - Public Director to Serve on the Board of Directors”
Passed: 48-3
Resolution 07-4: “Handbook Amendment – Treating CACB-Accredited Degrees the Same as NAAB-Accredited Degrees for Prior Versions of the ARE”
Passed: 52-0
Resolution 07-5: “Rules of Conduct Amendments – Receipt of Compensation From More than One Party and in Connection With Specifying or Endorsing a Product”
Passed: 52-0
Resolution 07-6: “Bylaw Amendment – Notice of Annual Meeting and Conference”
Passed: 52-0
Resolution 07-7: “Model Regulations Amendment – Continuing Education 12 Units to be in Health, Safety and Welfare Subjects”
Passed: 52-0
Resolution 07-8: “Handbook and Model Law Amendment – ARE Timing: NCARB Required Eligibility to Complete the ARE”
Passed: 43-9 as amended
Resolution 07-9: “Model Law Amendment – ARE Timing”
Withdrawn
Resolution 07-10: “Model Law Amendment – Adopting a Definition of Health, Safety and Welfare”
Withdrawn
Resolution 07-11: “Revisions Model Regulations Amendment –Sustainable Design”
Withdrawn
Resolution 07-12: “Continuing Education Credit for NCARB Activities”
Passed: 46-6
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About NCARB
NCARB comprises the architectural registration boards of all 50
states as well as those of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. NCARB
assists its member state registration boards in carrying out their
duties and provides a certification program for individual architects.
The mission of the National Council of Architectural Registration
Boards is to work together as a council of member boards to safeguard
the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to assist member
boards in carrying out their duties. In order to achieve these goals,
the Council develops and recommends standards to be required of
an applicant for architectural registration; develops and recommends
standards regulating the practice of architecture; provides to member
boards a process for certifying the qualifications of an architect
for registration; and represents the interests of member boards
before public and private agencies. With the Committee of Canadian
Architectural Councils (CCAC), NCARB has also established guidelines
for the reciprocal registration of U.S. and Canadian architects.
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