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Construction Law (PA)

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Does the State Require Construction and Design Professionals to Be Licensed?

Architects

Yes. The “Architects Licensure Law,” 63 P.S. § 34.1 et seq., states in Section 34.2, that “In order to protect the health, safety and property of the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to promote their welfare, no person shall engage in the practice of architecture in this Commonwealth except in compliance with the requirements of this act.”

Land Surveyors

Yes. The “Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law,” 63 P.S. § 148 et seq., states in Section 150(a) that “In order to safeguard life, health or property and to promote the general welfare, it is unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice engineering in this Commonwealth, unless he is licensed and registered under the laws of this Commonwealth as a professional engineer, for any person to practice or to offer to practice land surveying, unless he is licensed and registered under the laws of this Commonwealth as a professional land surveyor or for any person to practice or to offer to practice geology unless he is licensed and registered under the laws of this Commonwealth as a professional geologist. Individuals licensed as professional engineers, professional land surveyors or registered landscape architects may perform geological work which is incidental to their engineering, surveying or landscape architecture without being licensed as a professional geologist.”

63 P.S. § 150(a) (emphasis supplied).

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“Construction Law (PA),” by Edward Gentilcore was published as a LexisNexis Practical Guidance® Practice Note in July 2022. Reprinted with permission.