Part 4 — Registration of Members Registers
18 Approval by Joint Board
Joint Board by the council to which it was made, with or without
comment from that council.
(2) The Joint Board shall consider, with respect to each application
referred to it, whether
(a) the applicant is eligible to apply under section 17(2);
(b) the applicant has at least one full-time employee who is a
registered architect who shall take responsibility for the
architectural work of the applicant and at least one full-time
employee who is an engineer who shall take responsibility
for the engineering work of the applicant;
(c) the presence of any ownersh ip interests in the applicant will
give rise to conflicts with the professional responsibilities of
the firm;
(d) the granting of a certificate of authorization to the appl icant
will give rise to unauthorized practice or otherwise lead to
circumvention of this Act or the Engineering and
Geoscience Professions Act;
(e) any detriment to the public would result from the applican t
becoming entitled to engage in the practice of both
engineering and architecture.
RSA 2000
(3) After considering an application for a certificate of
authorization referred to it, the Joint Board shall recommend
(a) in the case of an applica tion by an engineer or engineers
firm, to the Council,
(b) in the case of an applicatio n by a registered architect or an
architects firm, to the council of the Engineers Association,
or
(c) in the case of an applica tion by a proposed architects and
engineers firm or other applicant, to the Council and to the
council of the Engineers Association,
whether to grant a certificate of authorization, based on the criteria
considered by it under subsection (2).
RSA 2000 cA-44 s18;2011 c3 s33