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 interior
designer" or any title designation sign, card, or device indicating that
the person is a registered interior designer unless the person is
registered with the agency under this article.

    (b) A person may not:

        (1) present as the person's own registration under this article the
registration of another person;

        (2) make any false statement or representation or make a
material 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 violates
this 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 practicing
interior design if the person does not use a title or designation under
this 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 interior
designer by a court with jurisdiction in a civil judicial proceeding for
negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct, or other breach of a
standard of care in the practice of interior design, the interior
designer must, within a reasonable time, remove the designer's name
from the electronic registry maintained by the agency under
IC 25-1-5.5.

    (b) An interior designer against whom a civil judgment described
in subsection (a) has been entered may not be registered under this
article.

As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.37.