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Note: TPIC lumps "Building Designer" AND "Engineer". However, unless one is an engineer, one can NOT determine proper loads and/or Von Mises stresses, etc. and as such, only the engineer can be held responsible for these issues as they relate to truss design, truss suitability and truss placement!

Section 15.11 (7) Prohibition. No person shall represent, directly or indirectly, that he, she or it has the qualifications or meets the requirements established under this section if the person does not have those qualifications or does not meet those requirements. 2002, c.9, s. 27,; 2006, c.19, SChed.O., s.1(7)." Source: Ontario Building Code, Qualifications, Section 15.11(7), Prohibition, Building Code Act, 2006, p. 20

PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT:
(m) permitting, counselling or assisting a person who is not a practitioner to engage in the practice of professional engineering except as provided for in the Act or the regulations,

Source: Professional Engineers of Ontario website, Engineers Act of Ontario, R.R.O. 1990,
REGULATION 941, Section 72, Professional Misconduct, Downloaded March 6, 2010,
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900941_e.htm