Section 8-308 – Certificate — Continuing Education
(a) (1) To qualify for renewal of a certificate under this subtitle, a certificate holder shall earn during each 2-year certificate term at least one continuing education unit in two or more courses that the Board approves. (2) A continuing education unit consists of 10 hours of study. (b) A certificate holder who is granted a certificate during the […]
Section 8-309 – Certificate — Reinstatement
The Board shall reinstate the certificate of an interior designer who has failed to renew the certificate for any reason if the interior designer: (1) meets the renewal requirements under § 8–307 of this subtitle; (2) pays to the Board the reinstatement fee as set by the Board; (3) submits to the Board a reinstatement application on the […]
Section 8-310 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Grounds
(a) (1) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 8-312 of this subtitle, the Board may deny a certificate to any applicant, reprimand any certificate holder, or suspend or revoke a certificate if the applicant or certificate holder: (i) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or renews or attempts to obtain or renew a certificate for the applicant or certificate […]
Section 8-311 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Commencement of Proceedings
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board shall bring proceedings under § 8-310 of this subtitle on the complaint made to the Board by a member of the Board or any other individual. (b) (1) A complaint shall: (i) be in writing; and (ii) state specifically the facts on which the complaint is based. (2) If the complaint […]
Section 8-312 – Denials, Reprimands, Suspensions, and Revocations — Hearings
(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Board takes any final action under § 8-310 of this subtitle, it shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Board. (2) A hearing shall be held: (i) in accordance with regulations adopted by […]
Section 8-313 – Appeal
Any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board in a contested case, as defined in § 10-202 of the State Government Article, may take an appeal as allowed in §§ 10-222 and 10-223 of the State Government Article.
Section 8-206.1 – Maintenance of List of Certificate Holders
(a) In this section, “code official” means a public official responsible for the review of building permit documents or the issuance of building permits. (b) The Board shall: (1) keep a list of the names and mailing addresses of all certificate holders; (2) provide each code official with a copy of the list annually; and (3) provide any other person […]
Section 8-401 – Disclosure
A certified interior designer shall state in each of the designer’s interior design documents that the document is not an architectural or engineering drawing, specification, or design and is not to be used for construction of any load-bearing column, load-bearing framing, or load-bearing wall or structure.
Section 8-207 – Establishment of Fees; Fee Schedule; Distribution of Fees; Annual List
(a) (1) The Board may set reasonable fees for its services. (2) The fees charged shall be set so as to produce funds to approximate the cost of maintaining the Board and shall be based on the calculations performed by the Secretary under § 2–106.2 of the Business Regulation Article. (b) The Board shall publish the fee schedule set […]
Section 8-402 – Compensation
A certified interior designer shall disclose to a client or a prospective client the way that compensation, including commission, is to be paid for certified interior design services.