Louisiana § RS 37:3177 - Examinations
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§ RS 37:3177. Examinations
A.(1) A person desiring to be registered as an interior designer shall apply to the board for registration. Each applicant shall apply to the board on a form and in the manner prescribed by the board. To be eligible for the examination, an applicant shall submit satisfactory evidence of having successfully completed at least four years of study at the high school level, and in addition meets at least one of the following requirements:
(a) Is a graduate from an interior design program of five years or more and has completed one year of interior design experience.
(b) Is a graduate from an interior design program of four years or more and has completed two years of interior design experience.
(c) Has completed at least three years in an interior design curriculum and has completed three years of interior design experience.
(d) Is a graduate from an interior design program of at least two years and has completed four years of interior design experience.
(2) All such education shall have been obtained in a program, school, or college of interior design accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research or in an unaccredited program, school, or college of interior design approved by the board. The board shall adopt rules providing for the review and approval of unaccredited programs, schools, and colleges of interior design, and courses of interior design study based on a review and inspection by the board of the curriculum of accredited programs, schools, and colleges of interior design in the United States, including those programs, schools, and colleges accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research. The board shall adopt rules providing for the review and approval of interior design experience required by this Subsection.
B. The examination shall cover such subjects and be graded on such basis as the board shall establish by rule. The board may adopt all or part of the examination and recommended grading procedures of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.
Acts 1990, No. 846, §1; Acts 1999, No. 426, §1.
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