§ 8305 — Requirements for certification

§ 8305. Requirements for certification. 1. To qualify for\ncertification to use the title "certified interior designer", an\napplicant shall fulfill all the following requirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) Education: have received at least seven years of professional\ntraining consisting of academic study and work experience relating to\ninterior design and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.\nThese seven years shall contain at least two but not more than five\nyears of post secondary education, including an associate degree or the\nequivalent, in an approved program of interior design;\n (c) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (d) Examination: (1) pass an examination satisfactory to the board in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations, and (2) pass a separate\nexamination satisfactory to the board relative to the fire, safety and\nbuilding codes of the state;\n (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (f) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;\n (g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (h) Fees: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for\nadmission to the two department conducted examinations and for an\ninitial license, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each\nreexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial\nlicense for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted\nexamination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial\nregistration period.\n 2. On recommendation of the board, the department may exempt:\n (a) from the requirement of subparagraph one of paragraph (d) of\nsubdivision one of this section, an applicant who holds a license of\ncertification to practice as an interior designer issued to him or her\nupon examination by a legally constituted board of examiners in any\nother state or political subdivision of the United States, provided that\nat the time the license or certificate was issued by such state or\npolitical subdivision the applicant met the requirements of paragraph\n(b) of subdivision one of this section for certification to use the\ntitle "certified interior designer" established by this article; or\n (b) from the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision\none of this section provided the applicant submits, prior to January\nfirst, nineteen hundred ninety-six, satisfactory evidence that the\napplicant has held himself or herself out as an interior designer and\nhas prepared interior design documents in accordance with the\nrequirements set forth in section eighty-three hundred three of this\narticle for a minimum of seven years, has received a secondary school\ndiploma or equivalent, and has passed the examinations required under\nparagraph (d) of subdivision one of this section.\n