Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010

• Section 34-15C-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.
• Section 34-15C-2 Legislative findings
  The Legislature finds and declares that this chapter is not intended to restrict the practice of interior design or the use of the terms design,...
• Section 34-15C-3 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers. (2) NCIDQ....
• Section 34-15C-4 Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers
  (a) There is created the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers, to be comprised of seven members appointed by the Governor in the manner set...
• Section 34-15C-5 Powers and duties of board
  The board shall perform the following duties, subject to the other provisions of this chapter: (1) Administer fully this chapter and any rules promulgated by...
• Section 34-15C-6 Qualification for certificate of registration
  (a) Applications for registration shall be submitted on forms prescribed and furnished by the board. The board shall promptly notify any applicant of the requirements...
• Section 34-15C-7 Waiver of registration requirements; reciprocity
  The board may waive the requirements for registration and grant registration to any applicant who submits proof of current registration as an interior designer in...
• Section 34-15C-8 Seal
  (a) A registered interior designer shall obtain a seal bearing the name of the registered interior designer, a design authorized by the board, the legend...
• Section 34-15C-9 Prohibited activities
  (a) Any person who is not a registered interior designer who uses the title registered interior designer on any sign, card, listing, advertising, business name,...
• Section 34-15C-10 Applicability and exceptions
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit any person from making plans and specifications for or administering the erection, enlargement, or alteration...
• Section 34-15C-11 Violations
  The board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue a certificate of registration, issue a private or public reprimand regarding a registered interior designer, assess...
• Section 34-15C-12 Disciplinary action
  (a) Any time that the board has reason to believe that a registered interior designer is subject to discipline, notice of the charges placed against...
• Section 34-15C-13 Conflicts of interest
  (a) The registered interior designer shall attempt to avoid all conflicts of interest with a client or employer. If a conflict of interest is unavoidable,...
• Section 34-15C-14 Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers Fund
  All fees received by the board shall be deposited into a fund in the State Treasury known as the Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers...
• Section 34-15C-15 Authorization to practice
  (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a registered interior designer may submit sealed, stamped drawings to building officials for a commercial interior...
• Section 34-15C-16 Participation in certain business entity relationships
  It shall be lawful for any person registered pursuant to this chapter to participate as owners with architects or professional engineers, or both, in partnerships,...
• Section 34-15C-17 Administrative procedure
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall be subject to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
• Section 34-15C-18 Sunset provision
  The board shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, as provided in Chapter 20, Title 41, as an enumerated agency as provided in Section...
• Section 34-15C-19 Relation to prior board
  The existence and functioning of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design, formerly created and functioning pursuant to Sections 34-15B-1 to 34-15B-18, inclusive,...

Last modified: May 3, 2021