2001 Minnesota Statutes

     161.3418 Licensing requirements. 

    Subdivision 1.    Licensed professional required.  Each 
 design-builder shall employ, or have as a partner, member, 
 officer, coventurer, or subcontractor, a person duly licensed 
 and registered to provide the design services required to 
 complete the project and do business in the state. 

    Subd. 2.    Contracting for licensed professional.  A 
 design-builder may enter into a contract to provide professional 
 or construction services for a project that the design-builder 
 is not licensed, registered, or qualified to perform, so long as 
 the design-builder provides those services through 
 subcontractors with duly licensed, registered, or otherwise 
 qualified individuals in accordance with sections 161.3410 to 
 161.3428. 

    Subd. 3.    Liability.  (a) Nothing in this section 
 authorizing design-build contracts is intended to limit or 
 eliminate the responsibility or liability owed by a professional 
 on a design-build project to the state, county, or city, or 
 other third parties under existing law. 

    (b) The design service portion of a design-build contract 
 must be considered a service and not a product. 

    HIST: 1Sp2001 c 8 art 3 s 5