CODE OF VIRGINIA

QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS AND MANAGERS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANIES RENDERING SERVICE OF ARCHITECTS, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, LAND
SURVEYORS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, AND USING THE TITLE OF CERTIFIED INTERIOR
DESIGNERS (§ 13.1-1111)

Not less than two-thirds of the membership interests of a professional limited
liability company rendering the services of architects, professional engineers,
land surveyors, or landscape architects, or using the title of certified
interior designers, or any combination thereof, shall be held by individuals
duly licensed or professional business entities legally authorized to render the
services of architects, professional engineers, land surveyors, or landscape
architects, or by individuals or professional business entities legally
authorized to use the title of certified interior designers, and the remainder
of the membership interests may be held only by individuals who are employees of
the professional limited liability company whether or not those employees are
licensed to render professional services or authorized to use a title. For those
professional limited liability companies using the title of certified interior
designers and providing the services of architects, professional engineers or
land surveyors, or any combination thereof, not less than two-thirds of the
membership interests of the professional limited liability company shall be held
by individuals who are duly licensed. No other professional limited liability
company, except for a professional limited liability company engaged in the
practice of accounting as described in § 13.1-1112, may have as a member anyone
other than an individual or a professional business entity that is duly licensed
or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services as
those for which the professional limited liability company was organized.As an
additional prerequisite for a professional limited liability company’s
engaging in the practice of the professions of architecture, professional
engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture, or using the title of
certified interior designer, or any combination thereof, that professional
limited liability company shall secure a certificate of authority, which may be
renewable and may be either general or limited, from the Board for Architects,
Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and
Landscape Architects. The certificate of authority shall be issued or renewed by
the Board when in its discretion the professional limited liability company is
in compliance with rules and regulations which shall be promulgated by the Board
consistent with its jurisdiction to provide adequate safeguards for the
public’s health, welfare and safety. The fees for a certificate of
authority as described above shall be the same fees as provided for in Chapter 4
(§ 54.1-400 et seq.) of Title 54.1.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 574; 1998, c. 27; 2000, cc. 191, 763; 2009, c. 309.