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Home » US Law » 2022 Code of Alabama » Title 34 - Professions and Businesses. » Chapter 15C - Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010.

Section 34-15C-1 – Short Title.

Section 34-15C-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Interior Design Registration Act of 2010. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2.(b))

Section 34-15C-10 – Applicability and Exceptions.

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 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 […]

Section 34-15C-11 – Violations.

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 and collect administrative fines against a registered interior designer not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or proceed with any combination of the foregoing, for any of the […]

Section 34-15C-12 – Disciplinary Action.

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 the registered interior designer and the time and place of the hearing of such charges by the board shall be served on the accused, pursuant to […]

Section 34-15C-13 – Conflicts of Interest.

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, the registered interior designer shall immediately inform the client or employer of any business association, interest, or circumstance which may influence the professional judgment, decisions, […]

Section 34-15C-14 – Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers Fund.

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 Fund, which is hereby established. The fund shall be utilized, in the discretion of the board, to regulate the practice of […]

Section 34-15C-15 – Authorization to Practice.

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 project in any space of less than 5,000 contiguous square feet within a building of any size provided that all of the following requirements are […]

Section 34-15C-16 – Participation in Certain Business Entity relationships..

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, corporations, professional corporations, professional associations, and other business entity relationships. Such participation may include, where applicable, and without limitation, service as an […]

Section 34-15C-17 – Administrative Procedure.

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. (Act 2010-706, p. 1715, §2(b).)

Section 34-15C-18 – Sunset Provision.

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 41-20-3, and shall have a termination date of October 1, 2013, and every four years thereafter, unless continued pursuant to the Alabama Sunset Law. (Act 2010-706, […]

Section 34-15C-19 – Relation to Prior Board.

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, is continued pursuant to this newly created Chapter 15C. All rights, duties, property, real or personal, and all other effects existing in the name […]

Section 34-15C-2 – Legislative Findings.

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, 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 […]

Section 34-15C-3 – Definitions.

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. The National Council for Interior Design Qualification. (3) REGISTERED INTERIOR DESIGNER. An interior design professional, as defined by the NCIDQ, who is approved and registered by the […]

Section 34-15C-4 – Alabama Board for Registered Interior Designers.

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 forth in this section. The members of the Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Design serving on August 1, 2010, pursuant […]

Section 34-15C-5 – Powers and Duties of Board.

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 the board pursuant to this chapter. (2) Prescribe, make, adopt, and amend such rules pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act as the […]

Section 34-15C-6 – Qualification for Certificate of Registration.

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 and the schedule of fees established by the board for registration. (b) The board shall register an applicant to become a registered interior […]

Section 34-15C-7 – Waiver of Registration Requirements; Reciprocity.

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 another state, the District of Columbia, or a territory of the United States that requires standards for registration which are substantially equivalent to […]

Section 34-15C-8 – Seal.

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 Registered Interior Designer, the words State of Alabama, and the registration number of the registered interior designer. (b) Plans, specifications, and other documents prepared and issued by […]

Section 34-15C-9 – Prohibited Activities.

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, stationery, or in any other manner knowingly implies or indicates that he or she is a registered interior designer shall be guilty of a Class A […]