The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 121)
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§ 121. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Architect” means a person who is licensed to practice architecture under this chapter.
(2) “Board” means the “Vermont Board of Architecture.”
(3) “Disciplinary action” includes any action taken against a licensee by the Board or
on appeal from the Board, when that action suspends, revokes, limits, or conditions
a license in any way, and includes reprimands and dismissals.
(4) “Plans” or “working drawings” mean any drawings or graphic representations or any
combination of drawings or graphic representations, or reproductions thereof, prepared
for the purpose of illustrating proposed or intended designs for the construction,
enlargement, or alteration of any building or project.
(5) The “practice of architecture” means providing professional services such as consultation,
investigation, evaluation, planning, designing (including structural design), or responsible
supervision of construction in connection with any building or structure that has
as its principal purpose human occupancy or habitation.
(6) “Responsible control” means that amount of control over and detailed knowledge of
the content of technical submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised
by licensed architects applying the required professional standard of care.
(7) “Supervision” means work prepared under the regular, personal review of a licensed
architect’s control and as to which the architect has detailed professional knowledge.
(8) “Technical submissions” means designs, drawings, specifications, studies, and other
technical reports prepared in the course of executing a portion of a construction
project. (Amended 1985, No. 248 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 52, § 5a; 1999, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)