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17-35-601. Title.
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17-35-601. Title.
This subchapter, §§ 17-35-701, 17-35-702, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803 may be cited as the “Arkansas Residential Interior Designers Title Registration Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-35-601
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17-35-601. Title.
This subchapter, §§ 17-35-701, 17-35-702, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803 may be cited as the “Arkansas Residential Interior Designers Title Registration Act”.
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17-35-701. Creation.
(a) There is created the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
(b)(1) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall consist of seven (7) members. Of the seven (7) members of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers:
(A) Five (5) shall be registered residential interior designers, one (1) of whom may be a professional full-time design educator, registered or unregistered;
(B) One (1) shall be an architect licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers who provides design services; and
(C) One (1) shall be a consumer.
(2) Members shall be appointed for terms of five (5) years.
(3) Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term.
(4) No State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers member shall serve consecutive terms.
(c)(1) A majority of the members on the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall constitute a quorum.
(2) Decisions of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall be made by a majority vote of a quorum.
(d) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall hold at least two (2) regular meetings each year and such other meetings as are deemed necessary.
(e)(1) The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers shall elect annually from its members a chair and vice chair to hold office for one (1) year and an executive secretary who may or may not be a member of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers.
(2) The executive secretary shall hold the office at the pleasure of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers and may receive a salary determined by the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-35-701
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17-35-702. Powers and duties of the board.
The State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers:
(1) Shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this section and §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803;
(2) May investigate allegations of misconduct and suspend registrations concerning the provisions of this section and §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803;
(3) Shall adopt rules in the manner prescribed by the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., to carry out the purposes and policies of this section and §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803, including rules relating to professional conduct, standards of performance and professional examination and registration, registration renewal requirements, application, renewal, and late fees, suspension and revocation of registrations, and the establishment of a code of ethics for persons registered under this section and §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803;
(4) Shall set fees for registration, registration renewals, examinations, and all other administrative expenses;
(5) May require a registrant, as a condition of the renewal of his or her registration, to satisfy continuing education requirements;
(6) Shall maintain an official roster showing the name, address, and registration number of each interior designer registered under this section and §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803;
(7) Shall require registrants to display their registration numbers on all business and advertising instruments, including business cards, stationery, and contracts;
(8) Shall conduct hearings and keep records and minutes necessary to carry out its functions;
(9)
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-35-702
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-35-702. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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17-35-801. Registration of residential interior designers.
(a) It is unlawful for any person who, after January 1, 1994, is not registered under §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, 17-35-702, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803 as a residential interior designer to advertise as a registered residential interior designer, to use the title of “registered residential interior designer” or any other words, letters, figures, or other devices for the purpose of implying, directly or indirectly, that the person is registered under §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, 17-35-702, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803.
(b) It is unlawful for any company, partnership, association, corporation, or other similar organization to advertise that it is in the position to provide the services of a registered residential interior designer unless the persons providing such services are in the responsible charge of a registered residential interior designer.
(c) An applicant for registration as a registered residential interior designer shall establish to the satisfaction of the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers that the applicant:
(1) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age;
(2) Has not been convicted of an offense that bears directly on the fitness of the applicant to be registered;
(3) Has passed or supplied proof of passage of the examination required by §§ 17-35-601 — 17-35-606, 17-35-701, 17-35-702, and 17-35-801 — 17-35-803; and
(4) Meets any other requirements established by the board.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-35-801
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-35-801. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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17-35-803. Registration renewal.
(a) Every registered residential interior designer shall annually renew his or her registration, submit proof of completion of continuing education units as required by the State Board of Registered Residential Interior Designers, and pay the renewal fee established by the board.
(b) It is unlawful for any residential interior designer who fails to renew his or her registration to continue to use the title of “registered residential interior designer”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-35-803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 17-35-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.