161.3418 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
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161.3418 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.
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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.
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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 .
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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.