# KRS § 323.010: 323.010 Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** KRS § 323.010
- **Heading:** 323.010 Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Kentucky
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 323 / Section 323.010

## Text

323.010 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Architects;

(2) An "architect" is any person who engages in the practice of architecture as

hereinafter defined;

(3) The "practice of architecture" is the rendering or offering to render certain services,

hereinafter described, in connection with the design and construction of a structure

or group of structures which have as their principal purpose human habitation or

use, and the utilization of space within and surrounding such structures. The

services referred to in the previous sentence include planning, providing preliminary

studies, designs, drawings and specifications, and administration of construction

contracts;

(4) A "building" is a structure which has as its principal purpose human habitation or

use;

(5) "Use group" is the classification of a building or structure based on the purpose for

which it is used, as set forth in the Kentucky Building Code;

(6) "Consultant" is an individual, partnership, or firm acting subordinately and in a

position of service to an architect engaged in the practice of architecture as defined;

and

(7) "Administration of construction contracts" means:

(a) Conducting periodic site visits;

(b) Reviewing shop drawings and reviewing other submittals required of the

contractor by the terms of the construction contract documents;

(c) Reporting to the owner any violations of applicable building codes and any

substantial deviations from the contract documents that the architect observes;

or

(d) Reporting to the building official any violations of applicable building codes

that the architect observes.

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