18VAC10-20-730: Competency for assignments

A. The professional must undertake to perform professional assignments only when qualified by education or experience and licensed or certified in the profession involved. A licensed professional may perform assignments related to interior design, provided the professional does not represent as certified in the profession unless the professional is certified by the board. The professional may accept an assignment requiring education or experience outside of the field of the professional's competence, but only to the extent that services are restricted to those phases of the project for which the professional is qualified. All other phases of such project must be the responsibility of licensed or certified associates, consultants, or employees.

B. A professional must not misrepresent to a prospective or existing client or employer the professional's qualifications and the scope of the professional's responsibility in connection with work for which the professional is claiming credit.

C. The professional must meet the minimum standards and requirements pertaining to the practice of the professional's own profession, as well as other professions if incidental work is performed.