Section R4-30-301. Rules of Professional Conduct

All registrants shall comply with the following rules of professional conduct:

1.        A registrant shall not submit any materially false state- ments or fail to disclose any material facts requested in connection with an application for registration or certifi- cation, or in response to a subpoena.

2.        A registrant shall not engage in fraud, deceit, misrepre- sentation or concealment of material facts in advertising, soliciting, or providing professional services to members of the public.

3.        A registrant shall not commit bribery of a public servant as proscribed in A.R.S. § 13-2602, commit commercial bribery as proscribed in A.R.S. § 13-2605, or violate any federal statute concerning bribery.

4.        A registrant shall comply with state, municipal, and county laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations pertain- ing to the registrant’s area of practice.

5.        A registrant shall not violate any state or federal criminal statute involving dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement, theft, forgery, perjury, bribery, or breach of fiduciary duty. The Board may take action against a registrant’s license or certificate if a violation of the law is reasonably related to a registrant’s area of practice.

6.        A registrant shall apply the technical knowledge and skill that would be applied by other qualified registrants who practice the same profession in the same area and at the same time.

7.        A registrant shall not accept an engagement if the duty to a client or the public would conflict with the registrant's personal interest or the interest of another client without making a full written disclosure of all material facts of the conflict to each person who might be related to or affected by the engagement.

8.        A registrant shall not accept compensation for services related to the same engagement from more than one party without making a full written disclosure of all material facts to all parties and obtaining the express written con- sent of all parties involved.

9.        A registrant shall make full disclosure to all parties con- cerning:

a.         Any transaction involving payments to any person for the purpose of securing a contract, assignment, or engagement, except payments for actual and sub- stantial technical assistance in preparing the pro- posal; or

b.        Any monetary, financial, or beneficial interest the registrant holds in a contracting firm or other entity providing goods or services, other than the regis- trant’s professional services, to a project or engage- ment.

10.     A registrant shall not solicit, receive, or accept compensa- tion from material, equipment, or other product or ser- vices suppliers for specifying or endorsing their products, goods or services to any client or other person without full written disclosure to all parties.

11.     If a registrant’s professional judgment is overruled or not adhered to under circumstances where a serious threat to the public health, safety, or welfare may result, the regis- trant shall immediately notify the responsible party appropriate building official, or agency, and the Board of the specific nature of the public threat.

12.     If called upon or employed as an arbitrator to interpret contracts, to judge contract performance, or to perform any other arbitration duties, the registrant shall render decisions impartially and without bias to any party.

13.     To the extent applicable to the professional engagement, a registrant shall conduct a  land survey engagement in accordance with the April 12, 2001 Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Association (APLS) Arizona Boundary Survey Minimum Standards, available at www.azapls.org and from APLS, 3346 East Menadota Drive, Phoenix, AZ. The Board of Technical Registration adopted them on June 15, 2001 and incorporated them into this subsec- tion by reference. This incorporation by reference does not include any later amendments or editions and is avail- able at the office of the Board of Technical Registration.

14.     A registrant shall comply with any subpoena issued by the Board or its designated administrative law judge.

15.     A registrant shall update the registrant’s address and tele- phone number of record with the Board within 30 days of the date of any change.

16.     A registrant shall not sign, stamp, or seal any professional documents not prepared by the registrant or a bona fide employee of the registrant.

17.     Except as provided below and in subsections (18) and (19), a registrant shall not accept any professional engagement or assignment outside the registrant’s profes- sional registration category unless:

a.         The registrant is qualified by education, technical knowledge, or experience to perform the work; and

b.        The work is exempt under A.R.S. § 32-143.

18.     A registered professional engineer may accept profes- sional engagements or assignments in branches of engi- neering other than that branch in which the registrant has demonstrated proficiency by registration but only if the registrant has the education, technical knowledge, or experience to perform such engagements or assignments.

19.     Except as otherwise provided by law, a registrant may act as the prime professional for a given project and select collaborating professionals; however, the registrant shall perform only those professional services that the regis- trant is qualified by registration to perform and shall seal and sign only the work prepared by the registrant or by the registrant's bona fide employee.

20.     A registrant who is designated as a responsible registrant shall be responsible for the firm or corporation. The Board may impose disciplinary action on the responsible registrant for any violation of Board statutes or rules that is committed by a non-registrant employee, firm, or cor- poration.

21.     A registrant shall not enter into a contract for expert wit- ness services on a contingency fee basis or any other arrangement in a disputed matter where the registrant's fee is directly related to the outcome of the dispute.

Historical Note

Adopted effective August 3, 1983 (Supp. 83-4).

Amended effective December 18, 1991 (Supp. 91-4).

Amended effective May 1, 1995 (Supp. 95-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 6 A.A.R. 1018, effective February 25, 2000 (Supp. 00-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 8

A.A.R. 903, effective February 14, 2002 (Supp. 02-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 791, effective

February 12, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final

rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 2798, effective August 7, 2004 (Supp. 04-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 1609, effective July 1, 2006 (Supp. 06-2). Amended by

final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 128, effective March 10,

2013 (Supp. 13-1).