Interior Design Legislation

A recent legislative report on state occupational licensing requirements recommended that wisconsin eliminate the existing title registration for interior designers because it is such a burdensome requirement.

Interior design legislation. However as a professional association asid will not support legislation that limits or restricts the practice of interior design. According to iida about half the states in the us puerto rico and the canadian provinces have some form of interior design legislation. At its june 2018 meeting the interior design society board of directors approved position statements that clearly state where our organization stands on two key issues title or practice legislation and certification.

Interior design regulations vary by state across the nation. Interior design regulation in the united states began in the 1970s as a way to protect the rights of interior designers to practice to allow designers to practice to the fullest extent of their abilities and to establish and maintain professional standards that protect the health safety and welfare of the general public. Contrary to popular belief interior design legislation does not restrict business for unregistered designers.

Instead interior design laws expand business opportunities for registered interior designers. At the heart of our work is preserving our members constitutional rights such as free speech in this case the right to call oneself an interior designer. Proponents of regulating interior design argue that the proposed legislation expanding the scope of interior design services would reduce the cost of conducting business.