Board of Certified Interior Designers
B. Price
500 N. Calvert Street
Room 308
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3651
1-888-218-5925
410 333-0021 FAX
bprice@dllr.state.md.us
| Report Date |
Total Hours Annually |
HSW Annually |
Distance Learning Accepted |
Self-Study Accepted |
| biennially |
1 CEU 50 minutes contact time
|
N/A |
Yes |
No |
Completion Requirements
1 CEU or 10 contact hours biennially.
All continuing education courses must be approved by the Maryland Board of Certified Interior Designers.
Renewal Dates
Renewal occurs two years from date of license issuance.
Applications for renewal are mailed approximately 60 days before expiration of the certification.
Statute
Annotated Code of Maryland, Business Occupations and Professions Article Title 8
Special Designations or Stipulations
A certificate holder who is granted a certificate during the second year of a certificate term may renew the certificate for the next full term if the certificate holder earns at least one-half of a continuing education unit in one or more courses approved by the Board.
Audit Potential
Random
Allowed Carry-Over Hours
None
Applicable Course Study
“Continuing education course” includes the following subject matters:
(a) Technical or aesthetic aspects of interior design;
(b) Client relations and communications;
(c) Compliance with appropriate federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as related to the practice of interior design; and
(d) Other courses which foster improvement, advancement, and extension of professional skills and knowledge related to the practice of interior design.
Determination of Value:
1) Each hour of attendance or instruction of the approved continuing education course shall equal 1/10th of 1 CEU (1 hour).
2) Credits for the approved continuing education courses will be based upon the number of hours of attendance or instruction.
3) College courses taken for academic credit qualify only if approved pursuant to the regulations. Credit for completed and approved college courses may vary, but in any event, may not exceed eight-tenths of 1 CEU (8 hours).
4) Credits may not be considered earned until the completion of the approved continuing education course.
“Continuing education course” means a course which contributes directly to the enhancement of professional competency of an individual to provide interior design services and has a clear purpose and objective of protecting health, safety and welfare of the public.
Approved continuing education course” means a continuing education course approved by the Board. In order to qualify as the approved continuing education course, the continuing education course shall:
(1) Meet the criteria established by the regulations; and
(2) Be submitted in an outline form acceptable to the Board at least two months in advance of any regularly scheduled Board meeting in order to be considered at the respective meeting.
Proof of Compliance
An applicant for a certificate of renewal shall provide to the Board a signed statement, under penalty of perjury, on an appropriate form supplied by the Board, setting forth the following minimum information for qualification;
(1) Name of the qualified sponsor;
(2) Location of the approved continuing education course;
(3) Title and description of the approved continuing education course;
(4) Dates attended;
(5) Number of hours claimed; and
(6) Other information the Board considers appropriate.
The Board, at the Board’s discretion, may verify the information submitted by a certificate holder.
The certificate holder shall be responsible for maintaining records used to support credit claimed. The records shall be maintained by the certificate holders fro a period of at least 2 years from the date of completion of the approved continuing education course.
Non-CompliancE Penalties
Failure to comply with the regulations set forth shall result in non-renewal of the certificate.
Disallowed Credits
The Board shall have final authority with regard to the approval of courses, sponsors, credit, value for courses, and other matters related to the continuing education requirements.
The following standards will be used for the determination of credit with regard to the approved continuing education courses:
(1) Successful completion of the approved continuing education course offered by the qualified sponsor;
(2) Services as a teacher, lecturer, or instructor in interior design and related subjects qualifying for continuing education credit, to be considered by the Board on a case-by-case basis, provided that:
(a) Credit may not be given for repetitious presentations or those that cover, in the Board’s opinion, substantially the same material, and
(b) Not more than 1 CEU (10 hours) may be earned, with no carryover provision for excess hours.
Exceptions and Exemptions
The Board may issue a certificate renewal to a certificate holder who has not fully complied with the continuing education requirements set fort in the requirements if the certificate holder’s failure to fulfill the requirements was due to one or more of the following reasons:
(a) Military service on extended active duty with the armed forces of the United States;
(b) Physical or mental disability, illness, or other similar extenuating circumstances, as supported by an appropriate documentation from a licensed or certified health care professional;
(c) Other good and valid causes, as may be determined by the Board in the Board’s sole discretion.
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