RELATES TO:
KRS 323.010,
323.400,
323.406(1),
323.408,
323.410(1),
(3)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
323.210(2) authorizes the
board to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out the
purposes of KRS Chapter 323.
KRS
323.406(1) authorizes the
board to establish criteria of education, experience, and testing for those
persons seeking certification as a certified interior designer that are
reasonable and necessary.
KRS
323.410(1)(c) requires the
board issue a certificate as a certified interior designer to persons who meet
the standards of education, experience, and testing established by the board.
This administrative regulation establishes the requirements for obtaining
certification as a certified interior designer.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Board" is defined by
KRS
323.010(1) and
323.400(1).
(2) "CIDA" means the Council for Interior
Design Certification which was formerly known as the Foundation for Interior
Design Education Research (FIDER).
(3) "NAAB" means the National Architectural
Accrediting Board.
Section
2. Accredited Degrees.
(1) The
board shall determine if an applicant's education and experience in the field
of interior design are sufficient to establish eligibility for
certification.
(2) The board shall
certify an applicant who has obtained:
(a) A
four (4) or five (5) year professional accredited degree;
(b) At least two (2) years of acceptable
full-time employment in the performance of interior design services, in
accordance with Section 3 of this administrative regulation; and
(c) A passing score on the NCIDQ
examination.
Section
3. Degrees from Programs Not Accredited by CIDA or NAAB.
(1)
(a) In
lieu of the education and experience requirements of Section 2(2)(a) and (b) of
this administrative regulation, the board may find an applicant eligible for
certification if, prior to January 1, 2012, the applicant:
1. Has received a degree from a program not
accredited by CIDA or NAAB; and
2.
Otherwise meets the requirements of this section.
(b) An applicant seeking to qualify under
this section shall obtain a passing score on the NCIDQ examination.
(2) To qualify under this section,
the applicant shall be a graduate of a nonaccredited program of:
(a) Five (5) years or more which included at
least 150 semester credits, of which ninety (90) or more are interior design
related, or 225 quarter credits, of which 135 or more are interior design
related, and who has completed at least two (2) years of acceptable interior
design experience;
(b) Four (4)
years or more which included at least 120 semester credits, of which sixty (60)
or more are interior design related, or 180 quarter credits, of which ninety
(90) or more are interior design related, and who has completed at least three
(3) years of acceptable interior design experience;
(c) Three (3) years or more which included at
least sixty (60) semester credits of interior design related coursework, or
ninety (90) quarter credits of interior design related coursework, and who has
completed at least four (4) years of acceptable interior design experience;
or
(d) Two (2) years or more which
included at least forty (40) semester credits of interior design related
coursework, or sixty (60) quarter credits of interior design related
coursework, and who has completed five (5) years of acceptable interior design
experience.
(3) The
experience required by subsection (2) of this section shall meet the criteria
established in this section.
Section
4.
(1) Full-time employment
shall include at least thirty-five (35) hours per week in the performance of
interior design services.
(2) To be
acceptable, experience shall be obtained under the supervision of:
(a) An interior designer who has passed the
NCIDQ examination;
(b) A licensed
architect; or
(c) An interior
designer who is licensed, certified, or registered by a state or provincial
regulatory agency.
Section
5. The board shall certify any architect licensed in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky upon application and payment of the fee prescribed in
201 KAR
19:440, Section 1(3).
