An architect applying for a business practice license should be a duly licensed architect possessing at least two years of practical experience in architectural work.

An architect applying for a business practice license shall file application along with architect's license certificate documents substantiating practical experience at the competent county (city) government authority. Said documents should manifest the following information of the applicant. A business practice license is issued following the evaluation and registration of the applicant's information; where applicant's business practice is located in a special municipality, application should be filed at the local public works department:
1.the name and address of the place of practice; and
2.the full name, sex, age, photograph, place of residence and license certificate number of the architect.

The architect is not authorized to start operating the business practice prior to the issuance of the official business practice license.

The business practice license shall be valid for a period of six years. An architect issued a business practice license intending to continue practice operations should file for the issuance of a replacement business practice license with the competent special municipality or county (city) government authority where the practice is located, at least three months prior to the expiration of the valid business practice license. The architect should attach the original business practice license and the seminar attendance substantiating documents issued by a duly accredited body or group of the Ministry of the Interior.
The procedure for the aforementioned replacement business practice license issuance application, documents required, the pertinent processing charges and fees, and other regulations for observance are subject to the discretion of the Ministry of the Interior.
The certification conditions and procedure for the seminar attendance documents issued by the “body” or “group” and other related regulations for observance stated in Paragraph 1 of this article are subject to the discretion of the Ministry of the Interior.
In the matter of a business practice license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Architects Act prior to the enforcement of the provisions stated in the three preceding paragraphs, its validity period shall be six years from the enforcement date of the procedures provided in the two preceding paragraphs. Application for replacement license shall be as provided in Paragraph 1 of this article.

Upon the approval and issuance of the architect business practice licenses, the respective municipality or county (city) authorities are obliged to report such license issuances to the Ministry of the Interior for record purposes; moreover, a public announcement or bulletin should be posted to its effect. The same procedure should be observed during the cancellation or revocation of the business practice license.

In the event that the architect should decide to change its business address or employ or dismiss architects and other technical persons to attend to the operations of the practice, architect is required to report such changes to the municipality or county (city) government authority for due registration.

In the event the architect moves practice to a location outside the jurisdiction of the county/city practice was previously registered, the architect is required to apply for a transfer authorization with the competent government authority under which such practice is originally registered. The government authority registering the new location should immediately issue a business practice license and report the matter to the central competent authority for reference purposes.

Where an architect decides to close his/her business practice, architect is required to present the valid business practice license to the competent government authority under which it is registered and apply for business practice license revocation or cancellation.

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The municipality or county (city) government authority should prepare an architect's business practice registration book; entries recorded in the book should include the following information:
1.All information contained in the business practice license application form;
2.The certificate number of the business practice license;
3.The full name(s), date of employment or dismissal of the architects and technical employees attending to matters of the practice;
4.Amendments to the registered information;
5.The types, the period of validity and the reasons of the rewards and punishments imposed; and
6.Date and reasons of business practice termination.
A duplicate of the aforementioned registration book should also be prepared to serve as the record for submission to the Ministry of the Interior.