Sec.20-377t-1. Application for certificate of registration as interior designer

Any person seeking a certificate of registration as an Interior Designer shall apply to the Commissioner of Consumer Protection on an application form provided by said Commissioner. Such application form shall include:

(a) Applicant’s name;

(b) Applicant’s social security number;

(c) Applicant’s date and place of birth;

(d) Applicant’s firm or business name;

(e) Applicant’s business address;

(f) Applicant’s residence address;

(g) Information about Applicant’s history of licensure or registration as an interior designer from any state or territory of the United States. Such information is to include an explanation of any refusal, revocation, suspension or lapse of certificate or license;

(h) The Applicant must submit satisfactory proof that he/she has fulfilled one of the following:

(1) (A) has passed the Uniform National Examination established by the National Council for Interior Design Qualifications;

(B) has passed any other examination with standards or requirements equal to or greater than those established by such council;

(2) has passed, prior to October 1, 1988, the Uniform National Examination established by the Interior Design Society;

(3) is an architect licensed in the State of Connecticut;

(4) is currently registered in another state having registration or licensing standards or requirements equal to or greater than the standards or requirements of Public Act 87-519; or

(5) has used or was identified by the title of "interior designer" for one year or more immediately preceeding October 1, 1983;

(i) such other information as the commissioner may require;

(j) Applicant’s signature, date of said signature and said Applicant’s signature verified under oath; and

(k) If the Applicant is claiming comparability under Subsection (h) 1 (B), he must provide documents and materials necessary for the Commissioner to determine equivalency.

(Effective February 1, 1989; Amended August 26, 1996)