1. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:

(a) A person engaging in architectural work as an employee of a registered architect or residential designer, if the work does not include responsible charge of design or supervision, or a consultant retained by a registered architect or residential designer.

(b) A person hired by the Federal Government to practice architecture on federal land.

(c) A professional engineer licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 625 of NRS who designs buildings as permitted by chapter 625 of NRS.

(d) A contractor licensed pursuant to the provisions of chapter 624 of NRS who provides his or her own drawings for his or her own construction activities.

(e) Any person who prepares plans, drawings or specifications for:

(1) Buildings for his or her own private residential use;

(2) Farm or ranch buildings used as such; or

(3) Buildings owned by that person or his or her employer when an architect, a registered interior designer, a residential designer or a licensed professional engineer is also engaged by that person or his or her employer for work on the same building.

(f) A person engaging in work related to interior design as an employee of a registered interior designer, if the work does not include responsible charge of interior design or supervision, or a consultant retained by a registered interior designer.

(g) Any person who prepares drawings of the layout of materials or furnishings used in interior design or provides assistance in the selection of materials or furnishings used in interior design, including, without limitation:

(1) Decorative accessories;

(2) Wallpaper, wallcoverings or paint;

(3) Linoleum, tile, carpeting or floor coverings;

(4) Draperies, blinds or window coverings;

(5) Lighting fixtures which are not part of a structure;

(6) Plumbing fixtures which are not a part of a structure; and

(7) Furniture or equipment,

if the preparation or implementation of those drawings or the installation of those materials or furnishings is not regulated by any building code or other law, ordinance, rule or regulation governing the alteration or construction of a structure.

(h) Any person who holds a certificate of registration issued by the State Fire Marshal to provide approved interior materials and furnishings used in interior design to the extent authorized by the certificate.

2. Any person exempted by the provisions of this section is not thereby absolved from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise accrue.

3. The exemptions provided by this section do not entitle any person who does not hold a certificate of registration to hold himself or herself out to the public or advertise himself or herself as an architect, registered interior designer or residential designer.

[33:220:1949; 1943 NCL § 537.33] — (NRS A 1959, 494; 1963, 821; 1973, 1699; 1975, 585; 1979, 1898; 1983, 1924; 1993, 2471; 1995, 1702; 1997, 1035; 1999, 2548) — (Substituted in revision for NRS 623.330)