Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.21v2: Persons, firms, corporations, limited liability

companies or limited liability partnerships excepted from act.

A. The State Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act

shall not apply to any persons, firms, corporations, limited

liability companies or limited liability partnerships that do not

hold a license or certification in any jurisdiction for exempted

Code Use Groups defined by the State Architectural and Licensed

Interior Designers Act, providing such persons and/or entities shall

not represent such person or entity to be an architect, licensed

interior designer, or other title of profession or business using a

form of the words, "Architect" or "Licensed Interior Designer".

This act shall not prevent such persons and/or entities from

advertising or selling their services.

Any architect, landscape architect or licensed interior designer

from any jurisdiction who contracts, provides or holds out to the

public that he or she is able to provide professional services in

Oklahoma is required to hold a license or certificate of authority

as needed from the Board, even on exempt Code Use Groups, and an

architect, landscape architect, or licensed interior designer is

required to sign, seal and date all construction documents and

technical submissions.

B. Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the

preparation of technical submissions or the administration of

construction contracts by employees of a person or entity lawfully

engaged in the practice of architecture when such employees are

acting under the responsible control of an architect.

C. The following shall govern design competitions in the state:

1. Nothing in this act shall prohibit a person or firm from

participating in an architectural design competition involving only

architectural programming, planning, schematic design or design

development information provided to a sponsor; and

2. The competition winner, prior to seeking the commission for

architectural services on the proposed project, shall apply for

licensing in this state within ten (10) days of notification of

winning the competition and complete the process within thirty (30)

days.