Wisconsin § 443.16 Change of name.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 443.16 — Change of name.

Wisconsin § 443.16

Ch. 443Examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, professional land surveyors, and registered interior designers

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Bluebook

Wis. Stat. § 443.16 (2026).

Text

443.16  No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, or interior design in this state under any other given name or any other surname than that under which the person was originally licensed or registered to practice in this or any other state, in any instance in which the examining board, after a hearing, finds that practicing under the changed name operates to unfairly compete with another practitioner or to mislead the public as to identity or to otherwise result in detriment to the profession or the public. This section does not apply to a change of name resulting from marriage or divorce.

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443.16 No person may practice architecture, landscape architecture, professional engineering, or interior design in this state under any other given name or any other surname than that under which the person was originally licensed or registered to practice in this or any other state, in any instance in which the examining board, after a hearing, finds that practicing under the changed name operates to unfairly compete with another practitioner or to mislead the public as to identity or to otherwise result in detriment to the profession or the public. This section does not apply to a change of name resulting from marriage or divorce.

Legislative History

443.16 History History: 1979 c. 98 s. 1 ; 1979 c. 167 s. 20 ; 1979 c. 337 s. 15 ; 1979 c. 355 ; 1993 a. 463 , 465 , 491 ; 1997 a. 300 ; 2009 a. 123 ; 2021 a. 195 .