On the Official Internet Site of the Florida Legislature, the 2012 Statutes are listed for the “Florida Disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers.” This is just a sampling of the many statutes regarding discipline which could put your Interior Design license in jeopardy: “Attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing, by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentation, or through […]
Tag Archives: Board of Architecture and Interior Design
11
Jan
What Interior Design Services Require a State of Florida License?
On the State of Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), it states that an Interior Designer is someone who designs, or provides consultation, drawings, specifications and administration of design construction contracts relating to nonstructural interior elements of a commercial building or structure. Interior design includes reflected ceiling plans (a scale diagram of a […]
8
Dec
Reporting Requirements for Criminal Convictions to Florida’s DBPR
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, also known as the “DBPR,” effective October 1st, 2009, adopted the following new reporting requirement for all criminal convictions. Florida Statute Section 455.227(1)(t) states Failing to report in writing to the board or, if there is no board, to the department within 30 days after the licensee is […]
25
Mar
Board of Architecture and Interior Design receives an Opinion from Judge Hinkle for Locke v. Shore
Federal District Judge Robert L. Hinkle has entered an order, Opinion on the Merits, in the case of Locke v. Shore in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Under this ruling it states that a person must be a registered interior designer to provide commercial interior design services in the […]