| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to eligibility requirements for registration as an |
|
|
interior designer. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 1053.155, Occupations Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 1053.155. APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO EXAMINATION. |
|
|
(a) An applicant for a certificate of registration must apply to |
|
|
the board, on a form prescribed by the board, for admission to the |
|
|
registration examination. |
|
|
(b) An application for admission to the registration |
|
|
examination must be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the |
|
|
board that the applicant: |
|
|
(1) has satisfied the educational and experience |
|
|
eligibility requirements for taking the examination of the National |
|
|
Council for Interior Design Qualification or a comparable |
|
|
examination [graduated from an interior design educational program
|
|
|
recognized and approved by the board]; and |
|
|
(2) has professional experience in the field of |
|
|
interior design. |
|
|
(c) The board shall adopt rules establishing standards for: |
|
|
(1) the recognition and approval of interior design |
|
|
educational programs; and |
|
|
(2) the amounts and types of professional experience |
|
|
necessary for registration examination eligibility. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |