Alabama § 34-15C-2 Legislative Findings

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§ 34-15C-2 — Legislative Findings

Alabama § 34-15C-2

Title 34Professions and Businesses

Ch. 15CAlabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010

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Ala. Code § 34-15C-2 (2026).

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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, designer, interior design, or interior designer in this state. The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is to establish a registration process for those interior designers who choose to obtain the credentials required to seal and submit construction documents for commercial interior projects in certain spaces less than 5,000 contiguous square feet within a building which has a total area of 2,500 square feet or more to building officials for review and permitting purposes. The Legislature further finds and declares that this chapter is not intended to prohibit any person from making plans and specifications for or administering th

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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, designer, interior design, or interior designer in this state. The Legislature declares that the purpose of this chapter is to establish a registration process for those interior designers who choose to obtain the credentials required to seal and submit construction documents for commercial interior projects in certain spaces less than 5,000 contiguous square feet within a building which has a total area of 2,500 square feet or more to building officials for review and permitting purposes. The Legislature further finds and declares that this chapter is not intended to prohibit any person from making plans and specifications for or administering the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any building upon any farm for the use of any farmer, any single family residence of any size, or of any other type building which has a total area of less than 2,500 square feet, provided the building is not a school, church, auditorium, or other building intended for the assembly occupancy of people. Except as expressly provided in Section 34-15C-9, nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prohibit any person who is not a registered interior designer from conducting any activity not prohibited by any other state law. Further, registration under this chapter may not be required by this state or by any city, town, county, or other governmental entity or official for the submission, review, approval, or issuance of permits for plans and specifications for or to administer the erection, enlargement, or alteration of any building upon any farm for the use of any farmer, any single family residence of any size, or of any other type building which has a total area of less than 2,500 square feet, provided the building is not a school, church, auditorium, or other building intended for the assembly occupancy of people, nor for any activity other than the submission to building officials of construction documents for commercial interior projects in certain spaces up to 5,000 contiguous square feet, within a building which has a total area of 2,500 square feet or more.