Ariz. Admin. Code § 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 statements or fail to disclose any
material facts requested in connection with an application for registration or
certification, or in response to a subpoena.
2. A registrant shall not engage in fraud,
deceit, misrepresentation 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 pertaining to the registrant's area of
practice.
5. If a registrant
violates any state or federal criminal statute, 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 consent of all parties involved.
9. A registrant shall make full disclosure to
all parties concerning:
a. Any transaction
involving payments to any person for the purpose of securing a contract,
assignment, or engagement, except payments for actual and substantial technical
assistance in preparing the proposal; 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 registrant's professional services, to a
project or engagement.
10. A registrant shall not solicit, receive,
or accept compensation from material, equipment, or other product or services
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
registrant 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.azpls.org. The Board of Technical
Registration adopted the standards on June 15, 2001, and incorporated them into
this subsection by reference. This incorporation by reference does not include
any later amendments or editions and is available 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, email and telephone 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
professional 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 professional engagements or assignments in branches of engineering 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 registrant 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 corporation.
21.
A registrant shall not enter into a contract for expert witness 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.
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