{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.38v2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.38v2","heading":"Registration of licensed interior designers -","body":"Certificate of title.\n\nA. Except as otherwise provided in the State Architectural and\n\nLicensed Interior Designers Act, no license shall be issued to any\n\nperson to represent that the person is a \"licensed interior\n\ndesigner\" nor shall any person be allowed to use the term or\n\npractice licensed interior design unless the person pays to the\n\nBoard the required fees and/or penalties if applicable as\n\nestablished by the rules of the Board and:\n\n1. Holds an accredited professional degree in interior design\n\nfrom an interior design program accredited by the Council for\n\nInterior Design Accreditation or its successor, or from an interior\n\ndesign program determined by the Board to be substantially\n\nequivalent to an accredited program;\n\n2. Provides proof of a minimum of two (2) years of full-time\n\ndiversified and appropriate experience within established standards\n\nas the Board shall prescribe; and\n\n3. Provides to the Board proof of passage of the examination\n\nadministered by the Council for Interior Design Qualification or its\n\nsuccessor or an equivalent examination as determined by the Board.\n\nB. The Board may waive the requirements of the State\n\nArchitectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act for an individual\n\nwho holds a current valid registration or license from another\n\nstate, jurisdiction or foreign country where the requirements for\n\nregistration or licensure are substantially equivalent to those\n\nrequired for licensure in this state and pays the required fees\n\nand/or penalties, if applicable, to the Board.\n\nC. This section does not apply to a person licensed to practice\n\narchitecture pursuant to the laws of this state.\n\nD. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the\n\nBoard to regulate or prohibit persons who are rendering interior\n\ndesign services and are not licensed interior designers under the\n\nprovisions of this act or to adopt regulations that would exceed the\n\npowers and responsibilities expressly authorized under this act.\n\nE. Certificate of authority shall be subject to the following:\n\n1. The use of the title \"Licensed Interior Designer\" by a\n\npartnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability\n\ncompany or limited liability partnership is allowed to those\n\nentities listed, provided:\n\na. one or more of the directors, partners, officers,\n\nshareholders, members, managers, or principals is a\n\nlicensed interior designer and is in good standing\n\nwith the Board, and\n\nb. the partnership, firm, association, corporation,\n\nlimited liability company or limited liability\n\npartnership has been issued a certificate of authority\n\nby the Board;\n\n2. The Board shall have the power to issue, revoke, deny or\n\nrefuse to renew a certificate of authority for a partnership, firm,\n\nassociation, corporation, limited liability company or limited\n\nliability partnership as provided for in this act;\n\n3. A partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited\n\nliability company or limited liability partnership shall file with\n\nthe Board an application for a certificate of authority on a form\n\napproved by the Board which shall include the names, addresses,\n\nstate of registration or licensure and registration or license\n\nnumber of all directors, partners, officers, shareholders, members,\n\nmanagers or principals of the partnership, firm, association,\n\ncorporation, limited liability company or limited liability\n\npartnership. In the event there shall be a change in any of these\n\npersons during the term of certification, the change shall be filed\n\nwith the Board within thirty (30) days after the effective date of\n\nthe change. If all the requirements of this section and the Board's\n\ncurrent rules have been met, the Board shall issue a certificate of\n\nauthority to the partnership, firm, association, corporation,\n\nlimited liability company or limited liability partnership;\ne\n\npersons during the term of certification, the change shall be filed\n\nwith the Board within thirty (30) days after the effective date of\n\nthe change. If all the requirements of this section and the Board's\n\ncurrent rules have been met, the Board shall issue a certificate of\n\nauthority to the partnership, firm, association, corporation,\n\nlimited liability company or limited liability partnership;\n\n4. The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of\n\nincorporation or register a foreign corporation or any other entity\n\nwhich includes among the objectives for which it is established the\n\nwords \"Licensed Interior Designer\" or any modification or derivation\n\nof these words, unless the Board has issued for the applicant either\n\na certificate of title for an entity, or a letter indicating the\n\neligibility for an exemption pursuant to the requirements of this\n\nact. The firm applying shall supply the certificate of authority or\n\nletter from the Board with its application for incorporation or\n\nregistration;\n\n5. The Secretary of State shall not register any trade name or\n\nservice mark which includes the words as set forth in paragraph 4 of\n\nthis subsection in its firm name or logotype except those entities\n\nor individuals holding certificates of authority issued under the\n\nprovisions of this section or letters of eligibility issued by the\n\nBoard; and\n\n6. Upon application for renewal and upon compliance with the\n\nprovisions of this act and the rules of the Board, a certificate of\n\nauthority shall be renewed as provided by this act.\n\nF. No license for licensed interior designers or a certificate\n\nof authority for a partnership, firm, association, corporation,\n\nlimited liability company or limited liability partnership, shall be\n\nissued or renewed for longer than two (2) years. A license or\n\ncertificate of authority may be renewed upon application, compliance\n\nwith the rules of the Board and payment of fees prior to or on June\n\n30 of alternate years. A new license to replace a lost, destroyed\n\nor mutilated license shall be issued by the Board upon payment of a\n\nfee established in accordance with the rules of the Board.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"edb22ee98f1006d156e95eea2301e48632db8a2cc615244b22909bffea34df6c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.38v1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}