327.171. Professional license, renewal.
Professional license, renewal.
327.171. 1. The professional license, issued to every architect inMissouri, including certificates of authority issued to corporations asprovided in section 327.401, shall be renewed on or before the certificaterenewal date, provided that the required fee is paid. The board mayestablish, by rule, continuing education requirements as a condition torenewing the license of an architect, provided that the board shall notrequire more professional development hours than that which is recommendedby the American Institute of Architects or its successor organization, butnot to exceed thirty such hours. The license of any architect or thecertificate of authority issued to any corporation which is not renewedwithin three months of the certificate renewal date shall be suspendedautomatically, subject to the right of the holder of such suspendedcertificate to have the certificate reinstated within nine months of thedate of suspension, if the reinstatement fee is paid. Any license orcertificate of authority suspended and not reinstated within nine months ofthe suspension date, as provided in this section, shall expire and be voidand the holder of such expired certificate shall have no rights orprivileges under such license or certificate; but any person or corporationwhose certificate has expired as provided in this section may within thediscretion of the board, upon payment of the required fee, be relicensed orreauthorized under such person's or such corporation's original licensenumber.
2. Each application for the renewal of a license or of a certificateof authority shall be on a form furnished to the applicant and shall beaccompanied by the required fee, but no renewal fee need be paid by anyarchitect over the age of seventy-five.
(L. 1969 S.B. 117, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al., A.L. 1999 H.B. 343)