IDCC Support Senate Bill 1312
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• The interior design profession has grown-up over the last few decades. Many interior designers provide complex design services requiring in-depth education and experience with local, state and federal safety, health and welfare codes.
• We are currently the only design profession in the built environment that is excluded from being regulated for competency in California. Although California has a certification process through a non-profit organization, this does not provide formal oversight and enforcement by the State.
• Interior designers in California are impacted by a nuance in the newly adopted International Building Code (IBC) regulations which refers to “registered design professionals.” Unfortunately, this distinction will preclude many qualified interior designers from performing services within a specific scope of work. “Certified Interior Designers” are not recognized by the IBC because Certification just regulates a Title, instead of the Scope of Work of a Practice Act. Senate Bill 1312, sponsored by Senator Leland Yee, does just that.
• The Coalition has worked hard and listened on our “Listening Tours” to ensure that anyone who wishes to become an “RID” will have the appropriate time necessary to take those steps. At the same time, interior designers who provide “non-code related services” would not be harmed or hindered in any way, and would be able to continue to use the term “interior designer.”
• Establishes the Practice and title of “Registered Interior Designer” in order to safeguard life, health, property and to promote the public welfare.
• Sets education, experience and examination requirements for qualification as a Registered Interior Designer. The examination requirement, the NCIDQ, meets standards found in the California Business and Professions Code, and is used in all other states.
• Provides for a fee-based registration process by modifying the current Board of Architecture to become the Board of Architecture and Interior Design, and establishes disciplinary and enforcement actions within the Board.
• “Grandfather’s-in” interior designers and Certified Interior Designers with education and/or experience, and provides a four-year window for them to prepare and qualify for registration through the new process.
Leadership in legislation for consumer protection. www.idc-ca.org
Download the SB 1312 General Legislative Timeline here.
Click here to download the IDCC sample letter.
AND
Click here to download the IDCC sample letter instructions.
• The interior design profession has grown-up over the last few decades. Many interior designers provide complex design services requiring in-depth education and experience with local, state and federal safety, health and welfare codes.
• We are currently the only design profession in the built environment that is excluded from being regulated for competency in California. Although California has a certification process through a non-profit organization, this does not provide formal oversight and enforcement by the State.
• Interior designers in California are impacted by a nuance in the newly adopted International Building Code (IBC) regulations which refers to “registered design professionals.” Unfortunately, this distinction will preclude many qualified interior designers from performing services within a specific scope of work. “Certified Interior Designers” are not recognized by the IBC because Certification just regulates a Title, instead of the Scope of Work of a Practice Act. Senate Bill 1312, sponsored by Senator Leland Yee, does just that.
• The Coalition has worked hard and listened on our “Listening Tours” to ensure that anyone who wishes to become an “RID” will have the appropriate time necessary to take those steps. At the same time, interior designers who provide “non-code related services” would not be harmed or hindered in any way, and would be able to continue to use the term “interior designer.”
Senate Bill 1312
• Establishes the Practice and title of “Registered Interior Designer” in order to safeguard life, health, property and to promote the public welfare.
• Sets education, experience and examination requirements for qualification as a Registered Interior Designer. The examination requirement, the NCIDQ, meets standards found in the California Business and Professions Code, and is used in all other states.
• Provides for a fee-based registration process by modifying the current Board of Architecture to become the Board of Architecture and Interior Design, and establishes disciplinary and enforcement actions within the Board.
• “Grandfather’s-in” interior designers and Certified Interior Designers with education and/or experience, and provides a four-year window for them to prepare and qualify for registration through the new process.
Leadership in legislation for consumer protection. www.idc-ca.org
Download the SB 1312 General Legislative Timeline here.
