2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 396a - Interior Designers
Section 20-377s - Inclusion of certificate of registration number in advertisement and written communication. Prohibitions. Transfer. Expiration of certificate. Renewal fees.

(a) A registered interior designer shall include his or her certificate of registration number in any advertisement and may include his or her certificate of registration number in any written communication.

(b) No person shall: (1) Present or attempt to present, as his own, the certificate of another, (2) knowingly give false evidence of a material nature to the commissioner for the purpose of procuring a certificate, (3) use or attempt to use a certificate which has expired or which has been suspended or revoked, (4) represent himself falsely as, or impersonate, a registered interior designer, or (5) represent in any manner that his certificate of registration constitutes an endorsement of the quality of his workmanship or of his competency by the commissioner.

(c) Certificates of registration issued to an interior designer shall not be transferable or assignable.

(d) All certificates of registration issued under the provisions of sections 20-377k to 20-377v, inclusive, shall expire annually.

(e) The fee for renewal of a certificate of registration as an interior designer shall be one hundred ninety dollars, provided any architect licensed in this state shall not be required to pay such fee.

(P.A. 87-519, S. 9, 13; P.A. 89-251, S. 142, 203; P.A. 94-36, S. 3, 42; P.A. 98-3, S. 59; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 254; P.A. 12-169, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 87-519, S. 9 effective July 1, 1988; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (e) to increase the registration fee from $75 to $150; P.A. 94-36 amended Subsec. (d) to delete expiration schedule, amended Subsec. (f) to eliminate reference to prorated fees for license applications and deleted Subsec. (g) which allowed late fees for license renewals, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 98-3 deleted obsolete provision from Subsec. (d) and deleted obsolete Subsec. (f); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (e) to increase registration fee from $150 to $190; P.A. 12-169 amended Subsec. (a) to replace requirement to exhibit certificate of registration upon request with provision requiring inclusion of certificate of registration number in any advertisement and allowing inclusion of such number in any written communication and amended Subsec. (b)(5) to delete provision re inclusion of certificate number as part of any advertisement, effective July 1, 2012.

See Sec. 21a-4(c) re fines for late certificate renewals.