§ 8305. Requirements for certification. 1. To qualify for
certification to use the title "certified interior designer", an
applicant shall fulfill all the following requirements:

(a) Application: file an application with the department;

(b) Education: have received at least seven years of professional
training consisting of academic study and work experience relating to
interior design and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
These seven years shall contain at least two but not more than five
years of post secondary education, including an associate degree or the
equivalent, in an approved program of interior design;

(c) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(d) Examination: (1) pass an examination satisfactory to the board in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations, and (2) pass a separate
examination satisfactory to the board relative to the fire, safety and
building codes of the state;

(e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(f) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;

(g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the
department; and

(h) Fees: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for
admission to the two department conducted examinations and for an
initial license, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each
reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial
license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted
examination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial
registration period.

2. On recommendation of the board, the department may exempt:

(a) from the requirement of subparagraph one of paragraph (d) of
subdivision one of this section, an applicant who holds a license of
certification to practice as an interior designer issued to him or her
upon examination by a legally constituted board of examiners in any
other state or political subdivision of the United States, provided that
at the time the license or certificate was issued by such state or
political subdivision the applicant met the requirements of paragraph
(b) of subdivision one of this section for certification to use the
title "certified interior designer" established by this article; or

(b) from the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision
one of this section provided the applicant submits, prior to January
first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, satisfactory evidence that the
applicant has held himself or herself out as an interior designer and
has prepared interior design documents in accordance with the
requirements set forth in section eighty-three hundred three of this
article for a minimum of seven years, has received a secondary school
diploma or equivalent, and has passed the examinations required under
paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section.