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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 10. Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers And Landscape Architects
Chapter 20. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Regulations
5/6/2026

18VAC10-20-770. Organization and styling of practice.

A. A firm must offer or practice only the professions shown on its board-issued registration. The regulant designated by the firm to be the responsible person must exercise direct control and personal supervision of the work being offered or practiced.

B. Nothing will be contained in the name, letterhead, or other styling of a professional practice implying a relationship, ability, or condition that does not exist. Professional services that the firm is not properly registered to provide must not be included in the name.

C. An assumed, fictitious, or corporate name must not be misleading as to the identity, responsibility, or status of those practicing professionals employed or contracted by the registrant. Any advertisement, sign, letterhead, business card, directory, or any other form of representation must avoid reference to any service that cannot be provided for under a responsible person.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-404 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR130-01-2 § 12.9, eff. October 18, 1985; amended, Virginia Register Volume 4, Issue 8, eff. March 1, 1988; Volume 6, Issue 20, eff. September 1, 1990; Volume 7, Issue 14, eff. May 8, 1991; Volume 8, Issue 7, eff. February 1, 1992; Volume 10, Issue 15, eff. May 19, 1994; Volume 23, Issue 1, eff. February 1, 2007; Volume 32, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2016; Volume 42, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2026.

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