CHAPTER 5. UNLAWFUL PRACTICE

IC 25-20.7-5
    Chapter 5. Unlawful Practice

IC 25-20.7-5-1
Prohibited activities; penalty
    Sec. 1. (a) A person may not use the title "registered interiordesigner" or any title designation sign, card, or device indicating thatthe person is a registered interior designer unless the person isregistered with the agency under this article.
    (b) A person may not:
        (1) present as the person's own registration under this article theregistration of another person;
        (2) make any false statement or representation or make amaterial 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 violatesthis section commits a Class B misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.

IC 25-20.7-5-2
Person allowed to practice interior design
    Sec. 2. This article does not prevent a person from practicinginterior design if the person does not use a title or designation underthis chapter.
As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.

IC 25-20.7-5-3
Civil judgments; removal from registry
    Sec. 3. (a) If a civil judgment is entered against an interiordesigner by a court with jurisdiction in a civil judicial proceeding fornegligence, recklessness, willful misconduct, or other breach of astandard of care in the practice of interior design, the interiordesigner must, within a reasonable time, remove the designer's namefrom the electronic registry maintained by the agency underIC 25-1-5.5.
    (b) An interior designer against whom a civil judgment describedin subsection (a) has been entered may not be registered under thisarticle.
As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.