N.Y. Education Law § 8305: Requirements for certification

§ 8305. Requirements for certification. 1. To qualify for

certification to use the title "certified interior designer", an

applicant shall fulfill all the following requirements:

(a) Application: file an application with the department;

(b) Education: have received at least seven years of professional

training consisting of academic study and work experience relating to

interior design and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.

These seven years shall contain at least two but not more than five

years of post secondary education, including an associate degree or the

equivalent, in an approved program of interior design;

(c) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(d) Examination: (1) pass an examination satisfactory to the board in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations, and (2) pass a separate

examination satisfactory to the board relative to the fire, safety and

building codes of the state;

(e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(f) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;

(g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department; and

(h) Fees: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for

admission to the two department conducted examinations and for an

initial license, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each

reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial

license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted

examination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial

registration period.

2. On recommendation of the board, the department may exempt:

(a) from the requirement of subparagraph one of paragraph (d) of

subdivision one of this section, an applicant who holds a license of

certification to practice as an interior designer issued to him or her

upon examination by a legally constituted board of examiners in any

other state or political subdivision of the United States, provided that

at the time the license or certificate was issued by such state or

political subdivision the applicant met the requirements of paragraph

(b) of subdivision one of this section for certification to use the

title "certified interior designer" established by this article; or

(b) from the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision

one of this section provided the applicant submits, prior to January

first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, satisfactory evidence that the

applicant has held himself or herself out as an interior designer and

has prepared interior design documents in accordance with the

requirements set forth in section eighty-three hundred three of this

article for a minimum of seven years, has received a secondary school

diploma or equivalent, and has passed the examinations required under

paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section.