Ind. Code ch. 25-20.7-5

in effect

Ind. Code § 25-20.7-5-1 Prohibited activities; penalty

Sec. 1. (a) A person may not use the title "registered interior designer" or any title designation sign, card, or device indicating that the person is a registered interior designer unless the person is registered with the agency under this article. (b) A person may not: (1) present as the person's own registration under this article the registration of another person; (2) make any false statement or representation or make a material omission of fact of any kind in obtaining a registration; (3) impersonate any other registered interior designer; or (4) use an expired, suspended, or revoked registration. (c) A person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally violates this section commits a Class B misdemeanor. As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.

Ind. Code § 25-20.7-5-2 Person allowed to practice interior design

Sec. 2. This article does not prevent a person from practicing interior design if the person does not use a title or designation under this chapter. As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.

Ind. Code § 25-20.7-5-3 Civil judgments; removal from registry

Sec. 3. (a) If a civil judgment is entered against an interior designer by a court with jurisdiction in a civil judicial proceeding for negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct, or other breach of a standard of care in the practice of interior design, the interior designer must, within a reasonable time, remove the designer's name from the electronic registry maintained by the agency under IC 25-1-5.5. (b) An interior designer against whom a civil judgment described in subsection (a) has been entered may not be registered under this article. As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.

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