Missouri Professional Engineer Licensing Law

Missouri Code · 36 sections

The following is the full text of Missouri’s professional engineer licensing law statutes as published in the Missouri Code. For the official version, see the Missouri Legislature.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.001

324.001. Division of professional registration established, duties — boards and commissions assigned to — reference to division in statutes — workforce data analysis, requirements. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Department", the department of commerce and insurance;

(2) "Director", the director of the division of professional registration; and

(3) "Division", the division of professional registration.

There is hereby established a "Division of Professional Registration" assigned to the department of commerce and insurance as a type III transfer, headed by a director appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. All of the general provisions, definitions and powers enumerated in section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974 and Executive Order 06-04 shall apply to this department and its divisions, agencies, and personnel.
The director of the division of professional registration shall promulgate rules and regulations which designate for each board or commission assigned to the division the renewal date for licenses or certificates. After the initial establishment of renewal dates, no director of the division shall promulgate a rule or regulation which would change the renewal date for licenses or certificates if such change in renewal date would occur prior to the date on which the renewal date in effect at the time such new renewal date is specified next occurs. Each board or commission shall by rule or regulation establish licensing periods of one, two, or three years. Registration fees set by a board or commission shall be effective for the entire licensing period involved, and shall not be increased during any current licensing period. Persons who are required to pay their first registration fees shall be allowed to pay the pro rata share of such fees for the remainder of the period remaining at the time the fees are paid. Each board or commission shall provide the necessary forms for initial registration, and thereafter the director may prescribe standard forms for renewal of licenses and certificates. Each board or commission shall by rule and regulation require each applicant to provide the information which is required to keep the board's records current. Each board or commission shall have the authority to collect and analyze information required to support workforce planning and policy development. Such information shall not be publicly disclosed so as to identify a specific health care provider, as defined in section 376.1350. Each board or commission shall issue the original license or certificate.
The division shall provide clerical and other staff services relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses for all the professional licensing and regulating boards and commissions assigned to the division. The division shall perform the financial management and clerical functions as they each relate to issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates. "Issuance and renewal of licenses and certificates" means the ministerial function of preparing and delivering licenses or certificates, and obtaining material and information for the board or commission in connection with the renewal thereof to include verifying if the applicant has submitted all required documentation and that the documentation is legible. It does not include any discretionary authority with regard to the original review of an applicant's qualifications for licensure or certification, or the subsequent review of licensee's or certificate holder's qualifications, or any disciplinary action contemplated against the licensee or certificate holder. The division may develop and implement microfilming systems and automated or manual management information systems.
The director of the division shall maintain a system of accounting and budgeting, in cooperation with the director of the department, the office of administration, and the state auditor's office, to ensure proper charges are made to the various boards for services rendered to them. The general assembly shall appropriate to the division and other state agencies from each board's funds moneys sufficient to reimburse the division and other state agencies for all services rendered and all facilities and supplies furnished to that board.
For accounting purposes, the appropriation to the division and to the office of administration for the payment of rent for quarters provided for the division shall be made from the "Professional Registration Fees Fund", which is hereby created, and is to be used solely for the purpose defined in subsection 5 of this section. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited into it from each board's fund. Each board shall contribute a prorated amount necessary to fund the division for services rendered and rent based upon the system of accounting and budgeting established by the director of the division as provided in subsection 5 of this section. Transfers of funds to the professional registration fees fund shall be made by each board on July first of each year; provided, however, that the director of the division may establish an alternative date or dates of transfers at the request of any board. Such transfers shall be made until they equal the prorated amount for services rendered and rent by the division. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue.
The director of the division shall be responsible for collecting and accounting for all moneys received by the division or its component agencies. Any money received by a board or commission shall be promptly given, identified by type and source, to the director. The director shall keep a record by board and state accounting system classification of the amount of revenue the director receives. The director shall promptly transmit all receipts to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. The director shall provide each board with all relevant financial information in a timely fashion. Each board shall cooperate with the director by providing necessary information.
All educational transcripts, test scores, complaints, investigatory reports, and information pertaining to any person who is an applicant or licensee of any agency assigned to the division of professional registration by statute or by the department are confidential and may not be disclosed to the public or any member of the public, except with the written consent of the person whose records are involved. The agency which possesses the records or information shall disclose the records or information if the person whose records or information is involved has consented to the disclosure. Each agency is entitled to the attorney-client privilege and work-product privilege to the same extent as any other person. Provided, however, that any board may disclose confidential information without the consent of the person involved in the course of voluntary interstate exchange of information, or in the course of any litigation concerning that person, or pursuant to a lawful request, or to other administrative or law enforcement agencies acting within the scope of their statutory authority. Information regarding identity, including names and addresses, registration, and currency of the license of the persons possessing licenses to engage in a professional occupation and the names and addresses of applicants for such licenses is not confidential information.
Any deliberations conducted and votes taken in rendering a final decision after a hearing before an agency assigned to the division shall be closed to the parties and the public. Once a final decision is rendered, that decision shall be made available to the parties and the public.
A compelling governmental interest shall be deemed to exist for the purposes of section 536.025 for licensure fees to be reduced by emergency rule, if the projected fund balance of any agency assigned to the division of professional registration is reasonably expected to exceed an amount that would require transfer from that fund to general revenue.
(1) The following boards and commissions are assigned by specific type transfers to the division of professional registration: Missouri state board of accountancy, chapter 326; board of cosmetology and barber examiners, chapters 328 and 329; Missouri board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors and landscape architects, chapter 327; Missouri state board of chiropractic examiners, chapter 331; state board of registration for the healing arts, chapter 334; Missouri dental board, chapter 332; state board of embalmers and funeral directors, chapter 333; state board of optometry, chapter 336; Missouri state board of nursing, chapter 335; board of pharmacy, chapter 338; state board of podiatric medicine, chapter 330; Missouri real estate appraisers commission, chapter 339; and Missouri veterinary medical board, chapter 340. The governor shall appoint members of these boards by and with the advice and consent of the senate.

(2) The boards and commissions assigned to the division shall exercise all their respective statutory duties and powers, except those clerical and other staff services involving collecting and accounting for moneys and financial management relating to the issuance and renewal of licenses, which services shall be provided by the division, within the appropriation therefor. Nothing herein shall prohibit employment of professional examining or testing services from professional associations or others as required by the boards or commissions on contract. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the power of a board or commission to expend its funds as appropriated. However, the division shall review the expense vouchers of each board. The results of such review shall be submitted to the board reviewed and to the house and senate appropriations committees annually.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the director of the division shall exercise only those management functions of the boards and commissions specifically provided in the Reorganization Act of 1974, and those relating to the allocation and assignment of space, personnel other than board personnel, and equipment.

(4) "Board personnel", as used in this section or chapters 317, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, and 345, shall mean personnel whose functions and responsibilities are in areas not related to the clerical duties involving the issuance and renewal of licenses, to the collecting and accounting for moneys, or to financial management relating to issuance and renewal of licenses; specifically included are executive secretaries (or comparable positions), consultants, inspectors, investigators, counsel, and secretarial support staff for these positions; and such other positions as are established and authorized by statute for a particular board or commission. Boards and commissions may employ legal counsel, if authorized by law, and temporary personnel if the board is unable to meet its responsibilities with the employees authorized above. Any board or commission which hires temporary employees shall annually provide the division director and the appropriation committees of the general assembly with a complete list of all persons employed in the previous year, the length of their employment, the amount of their remuneration, and a description of their responsibilities.

(5) Board personnel for each board or commission shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the board or commission, shall be supervised as the board or commission designates, and shall have their duties and compensation prescribed by the board or commission, within appropriations for that purpose, except that compensation for board personnel shall not exceed that established for comparable positions as determined by the board or commission pursuant to the job and pay plan of the department of commerce and insurance. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit salaries for any board personnel to be lowered except by board action.

All the powers, duties, and functions of the division of athletics, chapter 317, and others, are assigned by type I transfer to the division of professional registration.
Wherever the laws, rules, or regulations of this state make reference to the division of professional registration of the department of economic development, such references shall be deemed to refer to the division of professional registration.
(1) The state board of nursing, board of pharmacy, Missouri dental board, state committee of psychologists, state board of chiropractic examiners, state board of optometry, Missouri board of occupational therapy, or state board of registration for the healing arts may individually or collectively enter into a contractual agreement with the department of health and senior services, a public institution of higher education, or a nonprofit entity for the purpose of collecting and analyzing workforce data from its licensees, registrants, or permit holders for future workforce planning and to assess the accessibility and availability of qualified health care services and practitioners in Missouri. The boards shall work collaboratively with other state governmental entities to ensure coordination and avoid duplication of efforts.

(2) The boards may expend appropriated funds necessary for operational expenses of the program formed under this subsection. Each board is authorized to accept grants to fund the collection or analysis authorized in this subsection. Any such funds shall be deposited in the respective board's fund.

(3) Data collection shall be controlled and approved by the applicable state board conducting or requesting the collection. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 324.010 and 334.001, the boards may release identifying data to the contractor to facilitate data analysis of the health care workforce including, but not limited to, geographic, demographic, and practice or professional characteristics of licensees. The state board shall not request or be authorized to collect income or other financial earnings data.

(4) Data collected under this subsection shall be deemed the property of the state board requesting the data. Data shall be maintained by the state board in accordance with chapter 610, provided that any information deemed closed or confidential under subsection 8 of this section or any other provision of state law shall not be disclosed without consent of the applicable licensee or entity or as otherwise authorized by law. Data shall only be released in an aggregate form by geography, profession or professional specialization, or population characteristic in a manner that cannot be used to identify a specific individual or entity. Data suppression standards shall be addressed and established in the contractual agreement.

(5) Contractors shall maintain the security and confidentiality of data received or collected under this subsection and shall not use, disclose, or release any data without approval of the applicable state board. The contractual agreement between the applicable state board and contractor shall establish a data release and research review policy to include legal and institutional review board, or agency-equivalent, approval.

(6) Each board may promulgate rules subject to the provisions of this subsection and chapter 536 to effectuate and implement the workforce data collection and analysis authorized by this subsection. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly under chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2008 S.B. 788, A.L. 2009 S.B. 296, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 635, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1719)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.012

324.012. Fresh start act of 2020 — definitions — prior convictions not disqualifying or considered, when — denial of license, procedure — applicability. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Fresh Start Act of 2020".

As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Criminal conviction", any conviction, finding of guilt, plea of guilty, or plea of nolo contendere;

(2) "Licensing", any required training, education, or fee to work in a specific occupation, profession, or activity in the state;

(3) "Licensing authority", an agency, examining board, credentialing board, or other office of the state with the authority to impose occupational fees or licensing requirements on any profession. For purposes of the provisions of this section other than subsection 7 of this section, the term "licensing authority" shall not include the state board of education's licensure of teachers pursuant to chapter 168, the Missouri state board of accountant's licensure of accountants pursuant to chapter 326, the board of podiatric medicine's licensure of podiatrists pursuant to chapter 330, the Missouri dental board's licensure of dentists pursuant to chapter 332, the state board of registration for the healing art's licensure of physicians and surgeons pursuant to chapter 334, the Missouri state board of nursing's licensure of nurses pursuant to chapter 335, the board of pharmacy's licensure of pharmacists pursuant to chapter 338, the Missouri real estate commission's licensure of real estate brokers, real estate salespersons, or real estate broker-salespersons pursuant to sections 339.010 to 339.205, the Missouri veterinary medical board's licensure of veterinarian's pursuant to chapter 340, the Missouri director of finance appointed pursuant to chapter 361, or the peace officer standards and training commission's licensure of peace officers or other law enforcement personnel pursuant to chapter 590;

(4) "Political subdivision", a city, town, village, municipality, or county.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning January 1, 2021, no person shall be disqualified by a state licensing authority from pursuing, practicing, or engaging in any occupation for which a license is required solely or in part because of a prior conviction of a crime in this state or another state, unless the criminal conviction directly relates to the duties and responsibilities for the licensed occupation as set forth in this section or is violent or sexual in nature.
Beginning August 28, 2020, applicants for examination of licensure who have pleaded guilty to, entered a plea of nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of any of the following offenses or offenses of a similar nature established under the laws of this state, any other state, United States, or any other country, notwithstanding whether sentence is imposed, shall be considered by state licensing authorities to have committed a criminal offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a licensed profession:

(1) Any murder in the first degree, or dangerous felony as defined under section 556.061 excluding an intoxication-related traffic offense or intoxication-related boating offense if the person is found to be a habitual offender or habitual boating offender as such terms are defined in section 577.001;

(2) Any of the following sexual offenses: rape in the first degree, forcible rape, rape, statutory rape in the first degree, statutory rape in the second degree, rape in the second degree, sexual assault, sodomy in the first degree, forcible sodomy, statutory sodomy in the first degree, statutory sodomy in the second degree, child molestation in the first degree, child molestation in the second degree, sodomy in the second degree, deviate sexual assault, sexual misconduct involving a child, sexual misconduct in the first degree under section 566.090* as it existed prior to August 28, 2013, sexual abuse under section 566.100 as it existed prior to August 28, 2013, sexual abuse in the first or second degree, enticement of a child, or attempting to entice a child;

(3) Any of the following offenses against the family and related offenses: incest, abandonment of a child in the first degree, abandonment of a child in the second degree, endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree, abuse of a child, using a child in a sexual performance, promoting sexual performance by a child, or trafficking in children; and

(4) Any of the following offenses involving child pornography and related offenses: promoting obscenity in the first degree, promoting obscenity in the second degree when the penalty is enhanced to a class E felony, promoting child pornography in the first degree, promoting child pornography in the second degree, possession of child pornography in the first degree, possession of child pornography in the second degree, furnishing child pornography to a minor, furnishing pornographic materials to minors, or coercing acceptance of obscene material;

(5) The offense of delivery of a controlled substance, as provided in section 579.020, may be a disqualifying criminal offense for the following occupations: real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies, licensed pursuant to sections 339.500 to 339.549; and nursing home administrators, licensed pursuant to chapter 344; and

(6) Any offense an essential element of which is fraud may be a disqualifying criminal offense for the following occupations: private investigators, licensed pursuant to sections 324.1100 to 324.1148; accountants, licensed pursuant to chapter 326; architects, licensed pursuant to sections 327.091 to 327.172; engineers, licensed pursuant to sections 327.181 to 327.271; land surveyors, licensed pursuant to sections 327.272 to 327.371; landscape architects, licensed pursuant to sections 327.600 to 327.635; chiropractors, licensed pursuant to chapter 331; embalmers and funeral directors, licensed pursuant to chapter 333; real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies, licensed pursuant to sections 339.500 to 339.549; and nursing home administrators, licensed pursuant to chapter 344.

If an individual is charged with any of the crimes set forth in subsection 4 of this section, and is convicted, pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of a lesser-included offense and is sentenced to a period of incarceration, such conviction shall only be considered by state licensing authorities as a criminal offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a licensed profession for four years, beginning on the date such individual is released from incarceration.
(1) The licensing authority shall determine whether an applicant with a criminal conviction will be denied a license based on the following factors:

(a) The nature and seriousness of the crime for which the individual was convicted;

(b) The passage of time since the commission of the crime, including consideration of the factors listed under subdivision (2) of this subsection;

(c) The relationship of the crime to the ability, capacity, and fitness required to perform the duties and discharge the responsibilities of the occupation; and

(d) Any evidence of rehabilitation or treatment undertaken by the individual that might mitigate against a direct relation.

(2) If an individual has a valid criminal conviction for a criminal offense that could disqualify the individual from receiving a license, the disqualification shall not apply to an individual who has been exonerated for a crime for which he or she has previously been convicted of or incarcerated.

An individual with a criminal record may petition a licensing authority at any time for a determination of whether the individual's criminal record will disqualify the individual from obtaining a license. This petition shall include details on the individual's criminal record. The licensing authority shall inform the individual of his or her standing within thirty days after the licensing authority has met, but in no event more than four months after receiving the petition from the applicant. The decision shall be binding, unless the individual has subsequent criminal convictions or failed to disclose information in his or her petition. If the decision is that the individual is disqualified, the individual shall be notified in writing of the grounds and reasons for disqualification. The licensing authority may charge a fee by rule to recoup its costs as set by rulemaking authority not to exceed twenty-five dollars for each petition.
(1) If a licensing authority denies an individual a license solely or in part because of the individual's prior conviction of a crime, the licensing authority shall notify the individual in writing of the following:

(a) The grounds and reasons for the denial or disqualification;

(b) That the individual has the right to a hearing as provided by chapter 621 to challenge the licensing authority's decision;

(d) That evidence of rehabilitation may be considered upon reapplication.

(2) Any written determination by the licensing authority that an applicant's criminal conviction is a specifically listed disqualifying conviction and is directly related to the duties and responsibilities for the licensed occupation shall be documented with written findings for each of the grounds or reasons under paragraph (a) of subdivision (1) of this subsection by clear and convincing evidence sufficient for a reviewing court.

(3) In any administrative hearing or civil litigation authorized under this subsection, the licensing authority shall carry the burden of proof on the question of whether the applicant's criminal conviction directly relates to the occupation for which the license is sought.

The provisions of this section shall apply to any profession for which an occupational license is issued in this state, including any new occupational license created by a state licensing authority after August 28, 2020. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, political subdivisions shall be prohibited from creating any new occupational licenses after August 28, 2020. The provisions of this section shall not apply to business licenses, where the terms "occupational licenses" and "business licenses" are used interchangeably in a city or county charter definition.

(L. 2020 H.B. 2046, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

*Section 566.090 was transferred to 566.101, 2013.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.715

324.715. Special permit required, issued when — license not required, when, escort vehicles required. — 1. Persons licensed as housemovers shall also be required to secure a special permit, as provided for pursuant to section 304.200, from the chief engineer of the department of transportation for every move undertaken on the state highway system. The permit shall be issued by the chief engineer if the chief engineer determines that the applicant:

(1) Is properly licensed pursuant to sections 324.700 to 324.745;

(2) Has furnished the surety bond or policy of cargo insurance required by subsection 4 of section 324.712; and

(3) Is complying with such other regulations as required by the division of motor carrier and railroad safety.

A license shall not be required for individuals moving their own houses from or to property owned individually by those persons; however, a special permit will be required for all moves.
Licensed housemovers shall furnish one rear escort vehicle on interstate and other divided highways. Licensed housemovers shall provide two escorts on all multilane and two-lane highways, one in front and one rear.

(L. 2001 H.B. 567 merged with S.B. 317)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.718

324.718. Application procedure for special permit — travel plan required, alternate plans permitted. — 1. Application for a special permit to move a house must be made to the chief engineer of the department of transportation at least two days prior to the date of the move. For good cause shown, this time may be waived by the chief engineer.

A travel plan shall accompany the application for the special permit. The travel plan will show the proposed route, the time estimated for each segment of the move, and* a plan to handle traffic so that no one delay to other highway users shall exceed twenty minutes. The chief engineer shall review the travel plan and if the route cannot accommodate the move due to roadway weight limits, bridge size or weight limits, or will cause undue interruption of traffic flow, the special permit shall not be issued.
The applicant may submit alternate plans if desired until an acceptable route is determined. If the width of the house to be relocated is more than thirty-six feet, or if no acceptable travel plan has been filed, and the denial of the permit would cause a hardship, the application and travel plan may be submitted to the chief engineer on appeal. After reviewing the route and travel plan, the chief engineer may in his or her discretion issue the permit after considering the practical physical limitations of the route, the nature and purpose of the move, the size and weight of the house, the distance the house is to be moved, and the safety and convenience of the traveling public. A surety bond in the amount to cover the cost of any damage to the pavement, structures, bridges, roadway or other damages that may occur may be required if deemed necessary by the chief engineer.

(L. 2001 H.B. 567)

*Word "and" does not appear in original rolls.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.915

324.915. Work exempt from statutory requirements, when. — Sections 324.900 to 324.945 shall not apply to work done by:

(1) Any employee of an electric utility, a gas corporation as defined in section 386.020, a water corporation as defined in section 386.020, a provider of cable television service, as defined in section 386.020, or a telecommunications company as defined in section 386.020;

(2) A railroad corporation;

(3) A contractor who services the construction and maintenance of power lines or substations of an electric utility corporation, a municipal utility, a rural electric cooperative, a telecommunications company as defined in section 386.020, or a provider of cable television service as defined in section 386.020, when engaged in work of the utility, the cable television service provider, or telecommunications company;

(4) A federally licensed radio or television broadcast station or a commercial mobile radio service provider licensed by the Federal Communications Commission under the commercial mobile radio services rules and regulations;

(5) A private broadcast engineering contractor possessing a valid Society of Broadcast Engineers certification; or

(6) A contractor who is engaged in the design, installation, erection, repair, maintenance, or alteration of class two or class three remote control, signaling, or power-limited circuits, optical fiber cables or other cabling, or communications circuits, including raceways, as defined in the National Electrical Code for voice, video, audio, and data signals in residential or commercial premises.

(L. 2017 S.B. 240)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.920

324.920. Application requirements — grandfather provision — employee licensing requirements. — 1. The applicant for a statewide electrical contractor's license shall satisfy the following requirements:

(1) Provide proof of liability insurance in the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, and post a bond with each political subdivision in which he or she will perform work, as required by that political subdivision;

(2) Pass a standardized and nationally accredited electrical assessment examination that has been created and administered by a third party and that meets current national industry standards, as determined by the division;

(3) Pay for the costs of such examination; and

(4) Have completed one of the following:

(a) Twelve thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring;

(b) Ten thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring and have received an electrical journeyman certificate from a United States Department of Labor-approved electrical apprenticeship program;

(c) Eight thousand verifiable practical hours installing equipment and associated wiring and have received an associate's degree from a state-accredited program; or

(d) Four thousand verifiable practical hours supervising the installation of equipment and associated wiring and have received a four-year electrical engineering degree.

Electrical contractors who hold an electrical contractor or master electrician occupational or business license issued by any political subdivision in this state shall be eligible for a statewide license if the applicant:

(1) Provides evidence of having passed a standardized written electrical assessment examination that is based upon the National Electrical Code and administered by an independent competent professional testing agency not affiliated with a political subdivision or the state of Missouri;

(2) Provides evidence of twelve thousand hours of verifiable practical experience or evidence of having been licensed by any Missouri political subdivision that requires examination as specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection as an electrical contractor or master electrician for six of the previous eight calendar years;

(3) Provides proof of insurance as required by this chapter; and

(4) Provides proof that the local license was current and active and not subject to discipline on the date the applicant applied for a statewide license.

If a corporation, firm, institution, organization, company, or representative thereof desires to engage in electrical contracting licensed under this chapter, then it shall have in its employ, at a supervisory level, at least one electrical contractor who possesses a statewide license in accordance with sections 324.900 to 324.945. A statewide licensed electrical contractor shall represent only one firm, company, corporation, institution, or organization at one time.
Any person operating as an electrical contractor in a political subdivision that does not require the contractor to hold a local license, or that operates as an electrical contractor in a political subdivision that requires a local license possessed by that person, shall not be required to possess a statewide license under sections 324.900 to 324.945 to continue to operate as an electrical contractor in such political subdivision.

(L. 2017 S.B. 240, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1719 merged with S.B. 840 merged with S.B. 862)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.011

327.011. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1) "Accredited degree program from a school of architecture", a degree from any school or other institution which teaches architecture and whose curricula for the degree in question have been, at the time in question, certified as accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board;

(2) "Accredited school of engineering", any school or other institution which teaches engineering and whose curricula on the subjects in question are or have been, at the time in question certified as accredited by the engineering accreditation commission of the accreditation board for engineering and technology or its successor organization;

(3) "Accredited school of landscape architecture", any school or other institution which teaches landscape architecture and whose curricula on the subjects in question are or have been at the times in question certified as accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board of the American Society of Landscape Architects;

(4) "Architect", any person authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice architecture in Missouri, as the practice of architecture is defined in section 327.091;

(5) "Board", the Missouri board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors and professional landscape architects;

(6) "Corporation", any general business corporation, professional corporation or limited liability company;

(7) "Design coordination", the review and coordination of technical submissions prepared by others including, as appropriate and without limitation, architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors, professional landscape architects, and other consultants;

(8) "Design survey", a survey which includes all activities required to gather information to support the sound conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of design projects, but excludes the surveying of real property for the establishment of land boundaries, rights-of-way, easements, and the dependent or independent surveys or resurveys of the public land survey system;

(9) "Incidental practice", the performance of other professional services licensed under this chapter that are related to a licensee's professional service, but are secondary and substantially less in scope and magnitude when compared to the professional services usually and normally performed by the licensee practicing in their licensed profession. This incidental professional service shall be safely and competently performed by the licensee without jeopardizing the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The licensee shall be qualified by education, training, and experience as determined by the board and in sections 327.091, 327.181, 327.272, and 327.600 and applicable board rules to perform such incidental professional service;

(10) "Licensee", a person licensed to practice any profession regulated under this chapter or a corporation authorized to practice any such profession;

(11) "Partnership", any partnership or limited liability partnership;

(12) "Person", any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, association or other entity authorized to do business;

(13) "Professional engineer", any person authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice as a professional engineer in Missouri, as the practice of engineering is defined in section 327.181;

(14) "Professional land surveyor", any person authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice as a professional land surveyor in Missouri as the practice of land surveying is defined in section 327.272;

(15) "Professional landscape architect", any person authorized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to practice as a professional landscape architect in Missouri as the practice of landscape architecture is defined in section 327.600;

(16) "Responsible charge", the independent direct control of a licensee's work and personal supervision of such work pertaining to the practice of architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

(1991) Where community center terminated a contract with a Nebraska manufacturer of prefabricated modular housing for the design and construction of a new drug and alcohol facility, the contract was unenforceable under Missouri law because manufacturer's duties under contract involved practice of architecture and professional engineering and manufacturer lacked licensing as required by Missouri law. Kansas City Community Center v. Heritage Industries, Inc. 773 F.Supp. 181 (W.D. Mo.).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.031

327.031. Board established, membership, officers, qualifications of members — how appointed — terms — vacancy, how filled — may sue and be sued. — 1. The "Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects" is hereby established and shall consist of fifteen members: a chairperson, who may be either an architect, a professional engineer, a professional land surveyor, or a professional landscape architect; three architects, who shall constitute the architectural division of the board; four professional engineers, who shall constitute its professional engineering division; three professional land surveyors, who shall constitute its professional land surveying division; three professional landscape architects, who shall constitute its professional landscape architectural division; and a voting public member.

After receiving his or her commission and before entering upon the discharge of his or her official duties, each member of the board shall take, subscribe to and file in the office of the secretary of state the official oath required by the constitution.
The chairperson shall be the administrative and executive officer of the board, and it shall be his or her duty to supervise and expedite the work of the board and its divisions, and, at his or her election, when a tie exists between the divisions of the board, to break the tie by recording his or her vote for or against the action upon which the divisions are in disagreement. Each member of the architectural division shall have one vote when voting on an action pending before the board; each member of the professional engineering division shall have one vote when voting on an action pending before the board; each member of the professional land surveying division shall have one vote when voting on an action pending before the board; and each member of the professional landscape architectural division shall have one vote when voting on an action pending before the board. Every motion or proposed action upon which the divisions of the board are tied shall be deemed lost, and the chairperson shall so declare, unless the chairperson shall elect to break the tie as provided in this section. Eight voting members of the board, including at least one member of each division, shall constitute a quorum, respectively, for the transaction of board business.
Each division of the board shall, at its first meeting in each even-numbered year, elect one of its members as division chairperson for a term of two years. Two voting members of each division of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of division business. The chairpersons of the architectural division, professional engineering division, professional land surveying division, and professional landscape architectural division so elected shall be vice chairpersons of the board, and when the chairperson of the board is an architect, the chairperson of the architectural division shall be the ranking vice chairperson, and when the chairperson of the board is a professional engineer, the chairperson of the professional engineering division shall be the ranking vice chairperson, when the chairperson of the board is a professional land surveyor, the chairperson of the professional land surveying division shall be the ranking vice chairperson, and when the chairperson of the board is a professional landscape architect, the chairperson of the professional landscape architectural division shall be the ranking vice chairperson. The chairperson of each division shall be the administrative and executive officer of his or her division, and it shall be his or her duty to supervise and expedite the work of the division, and, in case of a tie vote on any matter, the chairperson shall, at his or her election, break the tie by his or her vote. Every motion or question pending before the division upon which a tie exists shall be deemed lost, and so declared by the chairperson of the division, unless the chairperson shall elect to break such tie by his or her vote.
Any person appointed to the board, except a public member, shall be a currently licensed architect, licensed professional engineer, licensed professional land surveyor or licensed professional landscape architect in Missouri, as the vacancy on the board may require, who has been a resident of Missouri for at least five years, who has been engaged in active practice as an architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect, as the case may be, for at least ten consecutive years as a Missouri licensee immediately preceding such person's appointment, and who is and has been a citizen of the United States for at least five years immediately preceding such person's appointment. Active service as a faculty member while holding the rank of assistant professor or higher in an accredited school of engineering shall be regarded as active practice of engineering, for the purposes of this chapter. Active service as a faculty member, after meeting the qualifications required by section 327.314, while holding the rank of assistant professor or higher in an accredited school of engineering and teaching land surveying courses shall be regarded as active practice of land surveying for the purposes of this chapter. Active service as a faculty member while holding the rank of assistant professor or higher in an accredited school of landscape architecture shall be regarded as active practice of landscape architecture, for the purposes of this chapter. Active service as a faculty member while holding the rank of assistant professor or higher in an accredited school of architecture shall be regarded as active practice of architecture for the purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that no faculty member of an accredited school of architecture shall be eligible for appointment to the board unless such person has had at least three years' experience in the active practice of architecture other than in teaching. The public member shall be, at the time of appointment, a citizen of the United States; a resident of this state for a period of one year and a registered voter; a person who is not and never was a member of any profession licensed or regulated pursuant to this chapter or the spouse of such person; and a person who does not have and never has had a material, financial interest in either the providing of the professional services regulated by this chapter, or an activity or organization directly related to any profession licensed or regulated pursuant to this chapter. All members, including public members, shall be chosen from lists submitted by the director of the division of professional registration. The duties of the public member shall not include the determination of the technical requirements to be met for licensure or whether any person meets such technical requirements or of the technical competence or technical judgment of a licensee or a candidate for licensure.
The governor shall appoint the chairperson and the other members of the board when a vacancy occurs either by the expiration of a term or otherwise, and each board member shall serve until such member's successor is appointed and has qualified. The position of chairperson shall rotate sequentially with an architect, then professional engineer, then professional land surveyor, then professional landscape architect, and shall be a licensee who has previously served as a member of the board. The appointment of the chairperson shall be for a term of four years which shall be deemed to have begun on the date of his or her appointment and shall end upon the appointment of the chairperson's successor. The chairperson shall not serve more than one term. All other appointments, except to fill an unexpired term, shall be for terms of four years; but no person shall serve on the board for more than two consecutive four-year terms, and each four-year term shall be deemed to have begun on the date of the expiration of the term of the board member who is being replaced or reappointed, as the case may be. Any appointment to the board which is made when the senate is not in session shall be submitted to the senate for its advice and consent at its next session following the date of the appointment.
In the event that a vacancy is to occur on the board because of the expiration of a term, then ninety days prior to the expiration, or as soon as feasible after a vacancy otherwise occurs, the president of the American Institute of Architects/Missouri if the vacancy to be filled requires the appointment of an architect, the president of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers if the vacancy to be filled requires the appointment of a professional engineer, the president of the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors if the vacancy to be filled requires the appointment of a professional land surveyor, and the president of the Missouri Association of Landscape Architects if the vacancy to be filled requires the appointment of a professional landscape architect, shall submit to the director of the division of professional registration a list of five architects or five professional engineers, or five professional land surveyors, or five professional landscape architects as the case may require, qualified and willing to fill the vacancy in question, with the recommendation that the governor appoint one of the five persons so listed; and with the list of names so submitted, the president of the appropriate organization shall include in a letter of transmittal a description of the method by which the names were chosen. This subsection shall not apply to public member vacancies.
The board may sue and be sued as the Missouri board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors and professional landscape architects, and its members need not be named as parties. Members of the board shall not be personally liable either jointly or severally for any act or acts committed in the performance of their official duties as board members, nor shall any board member be personally liable for any court costs which accrue in any action by or against the board.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1573, A.L. 1997 S.B. 141, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.041

327.041. Board, powers and duties — rules, generally, this chapter, procedure. — 1. The board shall have the duty and the power to carry out the purposes and to enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter, to require, by summons or subpoena, with the vote of two-thirds of the voting board members, the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and the production of drawings, plans, plats, specifications, books, papers or any document representing any matter under hearing or investigation, pertaining to the issuance, probation, suspension or revocation of certificates of registration or certificates of authority provided for in this chapter, or pertaining to the unlawful practice of architecture, professional engineering, professional land surveying or professional landscape architecture.

The board shall, within the scope and purview of the provisions of this chapter, prescribe the duties of its officers and employees and adopt, publish and enforce the rules and regulations of professional conduct which shall establish and maintain appropriate standards of competence and integrity in the professions of architecture, professional engineering, professional land surveying and professional landscape architecture, and adopt, publish and enforce procedural rules and regulations as may be considered by the board to be necessary or proper for the conduct of the board's business and the management of its affairs, and for the effective administration and interpretation of the provisions of this chapter. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this chapter shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void.
Rules promulgated by the board pursuant to sections 327.272 to 327.635 shall be consistent with and shall not supersede the rules promulgated by the department of natural resources pursuant to chapter 60.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.076

327.076. Licensure required, penalty for violation — complaint procedure. — 1. Any person who practices architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture, as defined in sections 327.011 to 327.635, or who holds himself or herself out as able to practice such profession and who is not the holder of a currently valid license or certificate of authority in Missouri, and who is not exempt from holding such a license or certificate, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. As used in this chapter, "practice" shall not include the rendering of opinions or giving of testimony in a civil or criminal proceeding by a licensed professional.

The board may cause a complaint to be filed with the administrative hearing commission, as provided in chapter 621, against any unlicensed person who:

(1) Engages in or offers to render or engage in the practice of architecture, professional engineering, professional land surveying, or professional landscape architecture;

(2) Uses or employs titles defined and protected by this chapter, or implies authorization to provide or offer professional services, or otherwise uses or advertises any title, word, figure, sign, card, advertisement, or other symbol or description tending to convey the impression that the person is licensed or holds a certificate of authority to practice architecture, professional engineering, professional land surveying, or professional landscape architecture;

(3) Presents or attempts to use another person's license, seal, or certificate of authority as his or her own;

(4) Attempts to use an expired, suspended, revoked, or nonexistent license or certificate of authority;

(5) Affixes his or her or another architect's, professional engineer's, professional land surveyor's, or professional landscape architect's seal on any plans, drawings, specifications or reports which have not been prepared by such person or under such person's immediate personal supervision care;

(6) Gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or any member of the board in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of licensure in this state or any other state or jurisdiction;

(7) Knowingly aids or abets an unlicensed or unauthorized person who engages in any prohibited activity identified in this subsection;

(8) Violates any provision of the code of professional conduct or other rule adopted by the board; or

(9) Violates any provision of subsection 2 of section 327.441.

When reviewing complaints against unlicensed persons, the board may initiate an investigation and take all measures necessary to find the facts of any potential violation, including issuing subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the disclosure of evidence, and may request the attorney general to bring an action to enforce the subpoena.
If the board files a complaint with the administrative hearing commission, the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 621. Upon a finding by the administrative hearing commission that the grounds provided in subsection 2 of this section for disciplinary action are met, the board may, either singularly or in combination with other provisions of this chapter, impose a civil penalty as provided for in section 327.077 against the person named in the complaint.

(L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.081

327.081. Fund established, deposits — expenditures, how paid — transferred to general revenue, when. — 1. All funds received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the "State Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects Fund" which is hereby established. All expenditures authorized by this chapter shall be paid from funds appropriated to the board by the general assembly from this fund.

The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the board requires by rule permit renewal less frequently than yearly, then three times the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1985 S.B. 99, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.091

327.091. Practice of architecture defined. — 1. The practice of architecture is the rendering of or offering to render services in connection with the design and construction of public and private buildings, structures and shelters, site improvements, in whole or part and including any additions or alterations thereto, as well as to the spaces within and the site surrounding such buildings and structures, which have as their principal purpose human occupancy or habitation. The services referred to include consultation, design surveys, feasibility studies, evaluation, planning, aesthetic and structural design, preliminary design, drawings, specifications, technical submissions, and other instruments of service, the administration of construction contracts, construction observation and inspection, and the coordination of any elements of technical submissions prepared by others, including professional engineers, landscape architects, and other consultants that pertain to the practice of architecture. A person shall be considered to be practicing architecture when such person uses the title "architect" or the terms "architect" or "architecture" or "architectural" alone or together with any words other than "landscape" to indicate or imply that such person is or holds himself or herself out to be an architect. Only a person with the required architectural education, practical training, relevant work experience, and licensure may practice as an architect in Missouri.

Architects shall be in responsible charge of all architectural design of buildings and structures that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.101

327.101. Unauthorized practice prohibited — licensure required — exceptions, when. — 1. No person shall practice architecture in Missouri as defined in section 327.091 unless and until there is issued to the person a license or a certificate of authority certifying that the person has been duly licensed as an architect or authorized to practice architecture, in Missouri, and unless such license has been renewed as hereinafter specified.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the following persons may engage in actions defined as the practice of architecture in section 327.091, provided that such persons shall not use the title "architect" or the terms "architect" or "architecture" or "architectural" alone or together with any words other than "landscape" that indicate or imply that such person is or holds himself or herself out to be an architect:

(1) Any person who is an employee of a person holding a currently valid license as an architect or who is an employee of any person holding a currently valid certificate of authority pursuant to this chapter, and who performs architectural work under the direction and continuing supervision of and is checked by one holding a currently valid license as an architect pursuant to this chapter;

(2) Any person who is a regular full-time employee who performs architectural work for the person's employer if and only if all such work and service so performed is in connection with a facility owned or wholly operated by the employer and which is occupied by the employer of the employee performing such work or service, and if and only if such work and service so performed do not endanger the public health or safety;

(3) Any holder of a currently valid license or certificate of authority as a professional engineer who performs only such architecture as incidental practice and necessary to the completion of professional services lawfully being performed by such licensed professional engineer;

(4) Any person who is a professional landscape architect, city planner or regional planner who performs work consisting only of consultations concerning and preparation of master plans for parks, land areas or communities, or the preparation of plans for and the supervision of the planting and grading or the construction of walks and paving for parks or land areas and such other minor structural features as fences, steps, walls, small decorative pools and other construction not involving structural design or stability and which is usually and customarily included within the area of work of a professional landscape architect or planner;

(5) Any person who renders architectural services in connection with the construction, remodeling or repairing of any privately owned building described in paragraph* (a), (b), or (c) which follow, and who indicates on any drawings, specifications, estimates, reports or other documents furnished in connection with such services that the person is not a licensed architect:

(a) A dwelling house; or

(b) A multiple family dwelling house, flat or apartment containing not more than two families; or

(c) Any one building or structure, except for those buildings or structures referenced in subdivision (8) of this subsection, which provides for the employment, assembly, housing, sleeping, or eating of not more than nine persons, contains less than two thousand square feet, and is not part of another building or structure;

(6) Any person who renders architectural services in connection with the remodeling or repairing of any privately owned multiple family dwelling house, flat or apartment containing three or four families, provided that the alteration, renovation, or remodeling does not affect architectural or engineering safety features of the building and who indicates on any drawings, specifications, estimates, reports or other documents furnished in connection with such services that the person is not a licensed architect;

(7) Any person or corporation who is offering, but not performing or rendering, architectural services if the person or corporation is licensed to practice architecture in the state or country of residence or principal place of business; or

(8) Any person who renders architectural services in connection with the construction, remodeling, or repairing of any building or structure used exclusively for agriculture purposes.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1997 S.B. 171, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

*Word "paragraphs" appears in original rolls of H.B. 273 and H.B. 476, 2021.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.181

327.181. Practice as professional engineer defined — use of titles, restrictions. — 1. Any person practices in Missouri as a professional engineer who renders or offers to render or holds himself or herself out as willing or able to render any service or creative work, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training, and experience in the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences to such services or creative work as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning and design of engineering works and systems, teaching of advanced engineering subjects or courses related thereto, design surveys and studies, the design coordination of services furnished by engineers and other consultants as they relate to engineering work, construction observation and the inspection of construction for the purpose of compliance with drawings and specifications, any of which embraces such service or work either public or private, in connection with any utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, work systems or projects and including such architectural work as is incidental to the practice of engineering; or who uses the title "professional engineer" or "consulting engineer" or the word "engineer" alone or preceded by any word indicating or implying that such person is or holds himself or herself out to be a professional engineer, or who shall use any word or words, letters, figures, degrees, titles or other description indicating or implying that such person is a professional engineer or is willing or able to practice engineering.

Professional engineers shall be in responsible charge of all engineering design of buildings, structures, products, machines, processes, and systems that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice.
Notwithstanding any provision of subsection 1 of this section, any person using the word "engineer", "engineers", or "engineering", alone or preceded by any word, or in combination with any words, may do so without being subject to disciplinary action by the board so long as such use is reflective of that person's profession or vocation and is clearly not indicating or implying that such person is holding himself or herself out as being a professional engineer or is willing or able to practice engineering as defined in this section.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.191

327.191. Unauthorized practice prohibited — licensure required — exceptions, when. — 1. No person shall practice as a professional engineer in Missouri, as defined in section 327.181 unless and until there is issued to such person a professional license or a certificate of authority certifying that such person has been duly licensed as a professional engineer or authorized to practice engineering in Missouri, and unless such license or certificate has been renewed as provided in section 327.261.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, the following persons may engage in actions defined as the practice of professional engineering in section 327.181, provided that such persons shall not use the title "professional engineer" or "consulting engineer" or the word "engineer" alone or preceded by any word indicating or implying that such person is or holds himself or herself out to be a professional engineer, or use any word or words, letters, figures, degrees, titles, or other description indicating or implying that such person is a professional engineer or is willing or able to practice engineering:

(1) Any person who is an employee of a person holding a currently valid license as a professional engineer or who is an employee of a person holding a currently valid certificate of authority pursuant to this chapter, and who performs professional engineering work under the direction and continuing supervision of and is checked by one holding a currently valid license as a professional engineer pursuant to this chapter;

(2) Any person who is a regular full-time employee of a person or any former employee under contract to a person, who performs professional engineering work for such employer if and only if all such work and service so performed is done solely in connection with a facility owned or wholly operated by the employer and occupied or maintained by the employer of the employee performing such work or service, and does not affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public;

(3) Any person engaged in engineering who is a full-time, regular employee of a person engaged in manufacturing operations and which engineering so performed by such person relates to the manufacture, sale or installation of the products of such person, and does not affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public;

(4) Any holder of a currently valid license or certificate of authority as an architect, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect who performs only such engineering as incidental practice and necessary to the completion of professional services lawfully being performed by such architect, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect;

(5) Any person who renders engineering services in connection with the construction, remodeling, or repairing of any privately owned building described as follows, and who indicates on any drawings, specifications, estimates, reports, or other documents furnished in connection with such services that the person is not a licensed professional engineer:

(a) A dwelling house;

(b) A multiple family dwelling house, flat, or apartment containing no more than two families; or

(6) Any person who renders engineering services in connection with the remodeling or repairing of any privately owned, multiple family dwelling house, flat, or apartment containing three or four families, provided that the alteration, renovation, or remodeling does not affect architectural or engineering safety features of the building, and who indicates on any drawings, specifications, estimates, reports, or other documents furnished in connection with such services that the person is not a licensed professional engineer;

(7) Any person or corporation who is offering, but not performing or rendering, professional engineering services if the person or corporation is licensed to practice professional engineering in the state or country of residence or principal place of business;

(8) Any person who renders engineering services in connection with the construction, remodeling, or repairing of any building or structure used exclusively for agricultural purposes.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.221

327.221. Applicant for license as professional engineer, qualifications. — Any person may apply to the board for licensure as a professional engineer who is a graduate of and holds a degree in engineering from an accredited school of engineering, or who possesses an education which includes at the minimum a baccalaureate degree in engineering, and which in the opinion of the board, equals or exceeds the education received by a graduate of an accredited school, and has acquired at least four years of satisfactory engineering experience, after such person has graduated and has received a degree or education as provided in this section; provided that the board shall by rule provide what shall constitute satisfactory engineering experience based upon recognized education and training equivalents, but in any event such rule shall provide that no more than one year of satisfactory postgraduate work in engineering subjects and that each year of satisfactory teaching of engineering subjects accomplished after a person has graduated from and has received a degree from an accredited school of engineering or after receiving an education as provided in this section shall count as equivalent years of satisfactory engineering experience.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1983 S.B. 324, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1719, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.231

327.231. Application, form, fee. — Applications for licensure as a professional engineer shall be typewritten on prescribed forms furnished to the applicant. The application shall contain the applicant's statements showing the applicant's education, experience, results of previous engineering examinations, if any, and such other pertinent information as the board may require. Each application shall contain a statement that it is made under oath or affirmation and that its representations are true and correct to the best knowledge and belief of the person signing such application, subject to the penalties of making a false affidavit or declaration and shall be accompanied by the required fee.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.241

327.241. Examination for licensure, requirements. — 1. After it has been determined that an applicant possesses the qualifications entitling the applicant to be examined, each applicant for examination and licensure as a professional engineer in Missouri shall appear before the board or its representatives for examination at the time and place specified.

The examination or examinations shall be of such form, content and duration as shall be determined by the board to thoroughly test the qualifications of each applicant to practice as a professional engineer in Missouri.
Any applicant to be eligible for a license must make a grade on each examination of at least seventy percent.
The engineering examination shall consist of two parts; the first part may be taken by any person after such person has satisfied the educational requirements of section 327.221, or who is in his or her final year of study in an accredited school of engineering; and upon passing part one of the examination and providing proof that such person has satisfied the educational requirements of section 327.221 and upon payment of the required fee, such person shall be an engineer-intern, subject to the other provisions of this chapter.
Any engineer-intern, as defined in subsection 4 of this section, may take part two of the engineering examination and upon passing it and having acquired at least four years of satisfactory engineering experience shall be entitled to receive a license, subject, however, to the other provisions of this chapter.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 4 and 5 of this section, the board may, in its discretion, provide by rule that any person who has graduated from and holds an engineering degree from an accredited school of engineering may thereupon be eligible to take both parts of the engineering examination and that upon passing said examination and acquiring four years of satisfactory engineering experience, after graduating and receiving a degree as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive a license to practice as a professional engineer, subject, however, to the other provisions of this chapter.
Any person who has graduated from and has received a degree in engineering from an accredited school of engineering may take both parts of the examination and upon passing and having acquired four years of satisfactory engineering experience shall be entitled to receive a license to practice as a professional engineer, subject, however, to the other provisions of this chapter.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1977 S.B. 439, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1983 S.B. 324, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2021 H.B. 273 merged with H.B. 476)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.251

327.251. Reexamination, when. — If an applicant fails to make the grade specified in section 327.241, such applicant may apply for reexamination in accordance with the guidelines established by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or its successor.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.261

327.261. Professional license, renewal. — 1. The professional license issued to every professional engineer in Missouri, including certificates of authority issued to corporations as hereinafter provided, shall be renewed on or before the license renewal date, provided that the required fee is paid. The board may establish, by rule, continuing education requirements as a condition to renewing the license of a professional engineer, provided that the board shall not require more professional development hours than that which is recommended by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or its successor organization, but not to exceed thirty such hours. The license of any professional engineer or the certificate of authority of any such corporation which is not renewed by the certificate renewal date shall expire on the renewal date and be void and the holder of the expired license or certificate shall have no rights or privileges under such license or certificate; but any person or corporation whose license or certificate has expired as aforesaid may within three months of the certificate renewal date or at the discretion of the board, upon payment of the required fee, be renewed, relicensed, or reauthorized under such person's or such corporation's original license number.

Each application for the renewal of a license or of a certificate of authority shall be on a form furnished to the applicant and shall be accompanied by the required fee; but no renewal fee need be paid by any professional engineer over the age of seventy-five.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.271

327.271. Inactive license, requirements — return to active. — 1. A professional engineer licensed in this state may apply to the board for inactive license status on a form furnished by the board. Upon receipt of the completed inactive status application form and the board's determination that the license meets the requirements established by rule, the board shall declare the licensee inactive and shall place the licensee on an inactive status list. A person whose license is inactive shall not offer or practice professional engineering within this state, but may continue to use the title "professional engineer" or the initials "P.E." after such person's name.

If a licensee is granted inactive status, the licensee may return to active status by notifying the board in advance of such intention, by paying appropriate fees as determined by the board, and by meeting all established requirements of the board including the demonstration of current knowledge, competency and skill in the practice of professional engineering as a condition of reactivation.
In the event an inactive licensee does not maintain a current license in any state for a five-year period immediately prior to requesting reactivation, that person may be required to take the principles and practice of engineering examination.

(L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.272

327.272. Practice as professional land surveyor defined. — 1. A professional land surveyor shall include any person who practices in Missouri as a professional land surveyor who uses the title of "surveyor" alone or in combination with any other word or words including, but not limited to "registered", "professional" or "land" indicating or implying that the person is or holds himself or herself out to be a professional land surveyor who by word or words, letters, figures, degrees, titles or other descriptions indicates or implies that the person is a professional land surveyor or is willing or able to practice professional land surveying or who renders or offers to render, or holds himself or herself out as willing or able to render, or perform any service or work, the adequate performance of which involves the special knowledge and application of the principles of land surveying, mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant requirements of law, all of which are acquired by education, training, experience and examination, that affect real property rights on, under or above the land and which service or work involves:

(1) The determination, location, relocation, establishment, reestablishment, layout, or retracing of land boundaries and positions of the United States Public Land Survey System;

(2) The monumentation of land boundaries, land boundary corners and corners of the United States Public Land Survey System;

(3) The subdivision of land into smaller tracts and preparation of property descriptions;

(4) The survey and location of rights-of-way and easements;

(5) Creating, preparing, or modifying electronic or computerized data relative to the performance of the activities in subdivisions (1) to (4) of this subsection;

(6) Consultation, investigation, design surveys, evaluation, planning, design and execution of surveys;

(7) The preparation of any drawings showing the shape, location, dimensions or area of tracts of land;

(8) Monumentation of geodetic control and the determination of their horizontal and vertical positions;

(9) Establishment of state plane coordinates;

(10) Topographic surveys and the determination of the horizontal and vertical location of any physical features on, under or above the land;

(11) The preparation of plats, maps or other drawings showing elevations and the locations of improvements and the measurement and preparation of drawings showing existing improvements after construction;

(12) Layout of proposed improvements;

(13) The determination of azimuths by astronomic observations.

None of the specific duties listed in subdivisions (4) to (13) of subsection 1 of this section are exclusive to professional land surveyors unless they affect real property rights. For the purposes of this section, the term "real property rights" means a recordable interest in real estate as it affects the location of land boundary lines. The validity of any document prepared between August 27, 2014, and August 28, 2015, by a provider of utility or communications services purporting to affect real property rights shall remain valid and enforceable notwithstanding that any legal description contained therein was not prepared by a professional land surveyor.
Professional land surveyors shall be in responsible charge of all drawings, maps, surveys, and other work product that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the practice of architecture or professional engineering or professional landscape architecture as provided in sections 327.091, 327.181, and 327.600.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the practice of title insurance business or the business of title insurance as provided in chapter 381, or to preclude the practice of law or law business as governed by the Missouri supreme court and as provided in chapter 484.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2015 H.B. 1052, A.L. 2016 S.B. 833)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.341

327.341. Reexamination, when. — If an applicant fails to make the required grade specified in section 327.331, such applicant may apply for reexamination in accordance with the guidelines established by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying or its successor.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.381

327.381. Board may license architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect without examination, when. — The board may license, in its discretion, any architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect licensed in another state or territory of the United States, province of Canada, or in another country, when such applicant has qualifications which are at least equivalent to the requirements for licensure as an architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect in this state, and provided further that the board may establish by rule the conditions under which it shall require any such applicant to take any examination it considers necessary, and provided further that any such application is accompanied by the required fee.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)

(1971) Board of Registration for Architects is not required to issue a certificate on the basis of reciprocity. Bloom v. Missouri Board of Architects, P.E. & L.S. (A.), 474 S.W.2d 861.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.392

327.392. Professional engineering license issued, when. — 1. The board shall upon application issue a professional engineering license to any individual who holds a degree at the bachelor's level or higher in engineering and who has at least twenty years of satisfactory engineering experience, and who passes part two of the examination defined in section 327.241, provided that any such application is accompanied by the required fee.

The board shall upon application issue a professional engineering license to any individual who holds a degree from an Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET, INC.) or its equivalent and a doctorate in engineering from an institution that offers Engineering Accreditation Commission programs, and who passes part two of the examination defined in section 327.241, provided that any such application is accompanied by the required fee. The doctorate degree must be approved by the board for the candidate to qualify.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1494 merged with S.B. 819, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.401

327.401. Right to practice not transferable — corporation, certificate of authority required, exception. — 1. The right to practice as an architect or to practice as a professional engineer or to practice as a professional land surveyor or to practice as a professional landscape architect shall be deemed a personal right, based upon the qualifications of the individual, evidenced by such individual's professional license and shall not be transferable; but any architect or any professional engineer or any professional land surveyor or any professional landscape architect may practice his or her profession through the medium of, or as a member or as an employee of, a partnership or corporation if the plans, specifications, estimates, plats, reports, surveys or other like documents or instruments of the partnership or corporation are signed and stamped with the personal seal of the architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect by whom or under whose immediate personal supervision the same were prepared and provided that the architect or professional engineer or professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect who affixes his or her signature and personal seal to any such plans, specifications, estimates, plats, reports or other documents or instruments shall be personally and professionally responsible therefor.

Any domestic corporation formed under the corporation law of this state, or any foreign corporation, now or hereafter organized and having as one of its purposes the practicing of architecture or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architecture and any existing corporation which amends its charter to propose to practice architecture or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architecture shall obtain a certificate of authority for each profession named in the articles of incorporation or articles of organization from the board which shall be renewed in accordance with the provisions of section 327.171 or 327.261 or 327.351, as the case may be, and from and after the date of such certificate of authority and while the authority or a renewal thereof is in effect, may offer and render architectural or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural services in this state if:

(1) At all times during the authorization or any renewal thereof the directors of the corporation shall have assigned responsibility for the proper conduct of all its architectural or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural activities in this state to an architect licensed and authorized to practice architecture in this state or to a professional engineer licensed and authorized to practice engineering in this state or to a professional land surveyor licensed and authorized to practice professional land surveying in this state, or to a professional landscape architect licensed and authorized to practice professional landscape architecture in this state, as the case may be; and

(2) The person or persons who is or are personally in charge and supervises or supervise the architectural or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architectural activities, as the case may be, of any such corporation in this state shall be licensed and authorized to practice architecture or professional engineering or professional land surveying or professional landscape architecture, as the case may be, as provided in this chapter; and

(3) The corporation pays such fees for the certificate of authority, renewals or reinstatements thereof as are required.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1368, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2003 S.B. 478, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2019 H.B. 355)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.411

327.411. Personal seal, how used, effect of. — 1. Each architect and each professional engineer and each professional land surveyor and each professional landscape architect shall have a personal seal in a form prescribed by the board, and he or she shall affix the seal to all final technical submissions. Technical submissions shall include, but are not limited to, drawings, specifications, plats, surveys, exhibits, reports, and certifications of construction prepared by the licensee, or under such licensee's immediate personal supervision. Such licensee shall either prepare or personally supervise the preparation of all documents sealed by the licensee, and such licensee shall be held personally responsible for the contents of all such documents sealed by such licensee, whether prepared or drafted by another licensee or not.

The personal seal of an architect or professional engineer or professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect shall be the legal equivalent of the licensee's signature whenever and wherever used, and the owner of the seal shall be responsible for the architectural, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architectural documents, as the case may be, when the licensee places his or her personal seal on such technical submissions to be used in connection with, any architectural or engineering project, survey, or landscape architectural project. Licensees shall undertake to perform architectural, professional engineering, professional land surveying and professional landscape architectural services only when they are qualified by education, training, and experience in the specific technical areas involved.
Notwithstanding any provision of this section, any architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect may, but is not required to, attach a statement over his or her signature, authenticated by his or her personal seal, specifying the particular technical submissions, or portions thereof, intended to be authenticated by the seal, and disclaiming any responsibility for all other technical submissions relating to or intended to be used for any part or parts of the architectural or engineering project or survey or landscape architectural project.
Nothing in this section, or any rule or regulation of the board shall require any professional to seal preliminary or incomplete documents.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2003 S.B. 478, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al. merged with H.B. 2226, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.421

327.421. Political subdivisions not to use unlicensed architects, professional engineers or professional land surveyors. — This state and its political subdivisions including counties, cities and towns, or legally constituted boards, agencies, districts, commissions and authorities of this state shall not engage in the construction of public works involving the practice of architecture, engineering or land surveying, unless the architectural and engineering drawings, specifications and estimates and the plats and surveys have been prepared by an architect, professional engineer or professional land surveyor whose license is current and in good standing, as the case may require.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.442

327.442. Disciplinary hearing for censure of license to be held, when. — 1. At such time as the final trial proceedings are concluded whereby a licensee, or any person who has failed to renew or has surrendered his or her certificate of licensure or authority, has been adjudicated and found guilty, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a felony prosecution pursuant to the laws of this state, the laws of any other state, territory, or the laws of the United States of America for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a licensee pursuant to this chapter or any felony offense, an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty, or an act of violence, or for any felony offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not sentence is imposed, the board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors and professional landscape architects may hold a disciplinary hearing to singly or in combination censure or place the licensee named in the complaint on probation on such terms and conditions as the board deems appropriate for a period not to exceed five years, or may suspend, for a period not to exceed three years, or revoke the license or certificate.

Anyone who has been revoked or denied a license or certificate to practice in another state may automatically be denied a license or certificate to practice in this state. However, the board for architects, professional engineers, professional land surveyors and professional landscape architects may establish other qualifications by which a person may ultimately be qualified and licensed to practice in Missouri.

(L. 2009 S.B. 296, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.451

327.451. Charges of improper conduct, how filed, contents — administrative hearing commission to hear. — 1. Any person who believes that an architect or a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor or a professional landscape architect has acted or failed to act so that his or her license or certificate of authority should, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, be suspended or revoked, or who believes that any applicant for a license or certificate of authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter is not entitled to a license or a certificate of authority, may file a written affidavit with the executive director of the board which the affiant shall sign and swear to and in which the affiant shall clearly set forth the reasons for the affiant's charge or charges that the license or certificate of an architect or professional engineer or professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect should be suspended or revoked or not renewed or that a license or certificate should not be issued to an applicant.

If the affidavit so filed does not contain statements of fact which if true would authorize, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, suspension or revocation of the accused's license or certificate, or does not contain statements of fact which if true would authorize, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the refusal of the renewal of an existing license or certificate or the refusal of a license or certificate to an applicant, the board shall either dismiss the charge or charges or, within its discretion, cause an investigation to be made of the charges contained in the affidavit, after which investigation the board shall either dismiss the charge or charges or proceed against the accused by written complaint as provided in subsection 3 of this section.
If the affidavit contains statements of fact which if true would authorize pursuant to the provisions of this chapter the revocation or suspension of an accused's license or certificate, the board shall cause an investigation to be made of the charge or charges contained in the affidavit and unless the investigation discloses the falsity of the facts upon which the charge or charges in the affidavit are based, the board shall file with and in the administrative hearing commission a written complaint against the accused setting forth the cause or causes for which the accused's license or certificate of authority should be suspended or revoked. Thereafter, the board shall be governed by and shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 621.
If the charges contained in the affidavit filed with the board would constitute a cause or causes for which pursuant to the provisions of this chapter an accused's license or certificate of authority should not be renewed or a cause or causes for which pursuant to the provisions of this chapter a certificate should not be issued, the board shall cause an investigation to be made of the charge or charges and unless the investigation discloses the falsity of the facts upon which the charge or charges contained in the affidavit are based, the board shall refuse to permit an applicant to be examined upon the applicant's qualifications for licensure or shall refuse to issue or renew a license or certificate of authority, as the case may require.
The provisions of this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the board on its own initiative from instituting and conducting investigations and based thereon to make written complaints in and to the administrative hearing commission.
If for any reason the provisions of chapter 621 become inapplicable to the board, then, and in that event, the board shall proceed to charge, adjudicate and otherwise act in accordance with the provisions of chapter 536.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.461

327.461. Contract with unlicensed architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape architect unenforceable by them. — Every contract for architectural or engineering or land surveying or landscape architectural services entered into by any person who is not an architect or professional engineer or professional land surveyor or professional landscape architect, as the case may be, and who is not exempt from the provisions of this chapter, shall be unenforceable by the unlicensed or unauthorized person, whether in contract, quantum meruit or other legal theory, regardless of whether a benefit has been conferred.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1999 H.B. 343, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.465

327.465. Certificate of registration or authority not required, when — definitions. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Design-build", a project for which the design and construction services are furnished under one contract;

(2) "Design-build contract", a contract between the owner, owner's agent, tenant, or other party and a design-build contractor to furnish the architecture, engineering, and related design services, and the labor, materials, and other construction services required for a specific public or private construction project;

(3) "Design-build contractor", any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or other legal entity that furnishes architecture or engineering services and construction services either directly or through subcontracts.

Any design-build contractor that enters into a design-build contract for public or private construction shall be exempt from the requirement that such person or entity hold a certificate of registration or such corporation hold a certificate of authority if the architectural, engineering, or land surveying services to be performed under the contract are performed through subcontracts with:

(1) Persons who hold a certificate of registration for the appropriate profession; or

(2) Corporations that hold current certificates of authority from the board for the appropriate profession.

Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the enforcement of a design-build contract by a design-build contractor who only furnishes, but does not directly or through its employees perform the architectural, engineering, or surveying required by the contract and who does not hold itself out as able to perform such services.

(L. 2002 S.B. 786)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.600

327.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 327.600 to 327.635, the following terms mean:

(1) "Practice of professional landscape architecture", the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are necessary to the purposes specified in the definition of landscape architecture, but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture, and shall not include the making of final land plats for official approval or recording;

(2) "Professional landscape architecture", the performance of professional services, including but not limited to consultations, research, analysis, planning, design, or responsible supervision in connection with feasibility studies, design surveys, formulation of graphic and written criteria to govern the planning and design of land construction programs, preparation, review, and analysis of master plans for land use and development, production of site plans, landscape grading and landscape drainage plans, irrigation plans, planting plans, and construction details, specifications, and reports for land development, design coordination, construction observation and the inspection of landscape architectural construction for the purpose of compliance with drawings and specifications.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al. § 1, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.603

327.603. License required to use title of professional landscape architect. — 1. No person shall practice or offer to practice, or hold himself or herself out as a professional landscape architect or as being able to practice landscape architecture in this state or to use in connection with his or her name or otherwise assume, or advertise unless he or she is licensed as required by this chapter. Nothing in sections 327.600 to 327.635 shall be construed to require licensing of employees of the state of Missouri or its political subdivisions while performing duties for the state of Missouri or a political subdivision, provided the project does not jeopardize the public health, safety and welfare. Sections 327.600 to 327.635 shall not be construed to prohibit those persons engaged in nursery occupations, gardeners, landscape contractors, home builders or residential developers from preparing planting plans and items incidental thereto, provided the project scope does not jeopardize the public health, safety and welfare; nor shall sections 327.600 to 327.635 be construed to prevent the practice of any other legally recognized profession as governed by applicable law. Nothing contained in this section shall under any circumstances be construed as in anyway affecting the laws relating to the practice, licensing, certification or registration of architects, professional engineers and professional land surveyors. An architect, professional engineer or professional land surveyor licensed, certified or registered to practice his or her profession or occupation pursuant to the provisions of any law to regulate the practice of such profession or occupation is exempt from licensing as a professional landscape architect, and nothing contained in this section shall under any circumstances be construed as in anyway precluding an architect or professional engineer from performing any of the services included within the definition of the term landscape architecture in section 327.600.

Professional landscape architects shall be in responsible charge of all landscape architectural designs that can affect the health, safety, and welfare of the public within their scope of practice.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al. § 2, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 339.190

339.190. Real estate licensee, immunity from liability, when. — 1. A real estate licensee shall be immune from liability for statements made by engineers, land surveyors, geologists, environmental hazard experts, wood-destroying inspection and control experts, termite inspectors, mortgage brokers, home inspectors, or other home inspection experts unless:

(1) The statement was made by a person employed by the licensee or the broker with whom the licensee is associated;

(2) The person making the statement was selected by and engaged by the licensee. For purposes of this section, the ordering of a report or inspection alone shall not constitute selecting or engaging a person; or

(3) The licensee knew prior to closing that the statement was false or the licensee acted in reckless disregard as to whether the statement was true or false.

A real estate licensee shall not be the subject of any action and no action shall be instituted against a real estate licensee for any information contained in a seller's disclosure for residential, commercial, industrial, farm, or vacant real estate furnished to a buyer, unless the real estate licensee is a signatory to such or the licensee knew prior to closing that the statement was false or the licensee acted in reckless disregard as to whether the statement was true or false.
A real estate licensee acting as a courier of documents referenced in this section shall not be considered to be making the statements contained in such documents.
A real estate licensee shall not be the subject of any action and no action shall be instituted against a real estate licensee for the accuracy of any information about the size or area, in square footage or otherwise, of a property or of improvements on the property if the real estate licensee obtains the information from a third party and the licensee discloses the source of the information prior to an offer to purchase being transmitted to the seller, unless the real estate licensee knew the information was false at the time the real estate licensee transmitted or published the information or the licensee acted with reckless disregard as to whether such information was true or false.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1211 § 1, A.L. 2011 H.B. 220 merged with S.B. 325, A.L. 2019 S.B. 36)

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 341.170

341.170. Qualifications of applicants for master plumber's license. — 1. Applicants for a master plumber's license shall be at least twenty-five years of age and shall have had three years or more experience as a licensed journeyman plumber theretofore licensed by any county or city operating under plumbing laws or regulations equal to the requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. The applicant shall possess the ability to direct other persons in the installation of plumbing and drainage and shall be skilled in planning, designing and installing plumbing and drainage facilities and shall have a thorough knowledge of the accepted standards, principles and art of plumbing for the protection of the public health.

An applicant for a license as a journeyman plumber shall be at least twenty-one years of age and shall have had at least five years' experience as an apprentice under the direction and supervision of a master plumber licensed under the provisions of sections 341.090 to 341.220 or a master plumber licensed under the plumbing laws and regulations of any county or city operating under laws or regulations equal to the requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. He shall have a practical knowledge of plumbing and shall be skilled in the art of installing plumbing and drainage facilities and shall have knowledge of the accepted standards and principles of plumbing and sewer or drainage facilities for the protection of the public health.
An applicant for a master drainlayer's license shall be at least twenty-five years of age and shall have had three years' or more experience as a licensed journeyman drainlayer theretofore licensed by any county or city operating under plumbing laws or regulations equal to the requirements of sections 341.090 to 341.220. The applicant shall possess the ability to direct other persons in the installation of drains and sewers and shall be skilled in planning, designing and installing sewer and drain facilities and shall have a thorough practical knowledge of the accepted standards, principles and art of drainlaying for the protection of the public health.
An applicant for a journeyman drainlayer's license shall have worked at drainlaying under the supervision of a licensed master plumber or master drainlayer for a period of at least one year and shall possess a knowledge of drainlaying and the ability to lay drains and shall have a thorough understanding of sewer and drain installation and shall have the ability to install all types of sewers and drains conformable with standard engineering principles and specifications.
Any licensed master plumber or journeyman plumber desirous of engaging in the business of drainlaying shall secure a drainlayer's license and no master plumber or journeyman plumber shall engage in the business of drainlaying without first securing a drainlayer's license.

(L. 1943 p. 831 § 5)

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