2016 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 161.3426.

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.

History:

1Sp2001 c 8 art 3 s 5; 2014 c 227 art 2 s 6