Nev. Admin. Code § 623.740 - Use of corporate or fictitious names
1. Every
corporate or fictitious name proposed for use by a registrant's firm,
partnership, association or corporation must be submitted to the Board for
review and approval before it is adopted and used by the firm, partnership,
association or corporation.
2. A
registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation may do business
under a fictitious name if the name is submitted to the Board for review and is
approved by the Board before it is adopted and used by the business. The
decision by the Board to approve or disapprove the name will be based upon
whether the proposed name complies with the wording and intent of the Board's
applicable code of ethics, guidelines for corporate and fictitious names for
registered architects, interior designers or residential designers and chapter
623 of NRS.
3. The name of a
registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation may include names of
natural persons only as follows:
(a) The name
of a living registrant who is a member of the business or a former registrant
who is or was a member of the business and who is retired or deceased. The
status of a retired member must be indicated on the letterhead of a
registrant's business by the word "retired." The status of a deceased member
must be indicated on the letterhead of a registrant's business by the word
"deceased" or numerals showing the years of the member's birth and
death.
(b) The name of a person who
is a member of another architectural or engineering business or business for
the practice of landscape architecture only if the person is a living
registered architect or landscape architect or licensed professional engineer
and is clearly indicated as being an architect, landscape architect or
professional engineer.
(c) The name
of a person who is a member of another registered interior designer business or
residential designer business only if the person is a living registered
interior designer or residential designer and is clearly indicated as being a
registered interior designer or residential designer.
4. A firm, partnership, association or
corporation which is authorized by the Board to use a corporate or fictitious
name shall file with the Board the name of each stockholder, director or other
member of the business and shall display all the names and the professional
status of each registrant on its letterhead.
5. Every architectural firm, registered
interior designer firm or residential designer firm, partnership, association
or corporation shall notify the Board in writing within 30 days after:
(a) Any change in the ownership or management
of the firm, partnership, association or corporation; and
(b) Any change of a fictitious name that
occurs after the initial approval of the Board.
6. A licensee may not use the name of a
registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation or represent a
registrant's firm, partnership, association or corporation in a manner which
reflects the association of another licensee who is not a member of that
business.
7. A registrant's firm,
partnership, association or corporation requesting to use the plural term
"architects," "registered interior designers" or "residential designers" must
have more than one such Nevada registrant employed with the firm.
8. The Board will approve or deny an
application for a name based upon the protection of the general public, which
may include, without limitation, the denial of an application if the Board
determines the proposed name is potentially false, deceptive or misleading to
the general public.
9. As used in
this section:
(a) "Fictitious name" means a
name that is not the real name of each registrant who is a member of a firm,
partnership, association or corporation.
(b) "Member" means a person who holds not
less than 1 percent financial interest in a firm, partnership, association or
corporation.
(c) The terms
"registrant," "registered architect," "registered landscape architect,"
"professional engineer," "registered interior designer" and "registered
residential designer" include only persons registered or licensed in this
State.
Notes
NRS 623.140
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