S 1141: Relates to the educational and examination requirements for certification as a certified interior designer; provides an exemption from the education requirements for architects licensed under article one hundred forty-seven of the education law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1141 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the requirements for certification for certified interior designers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8305 of the education law, as added by chapter 905 2 of the laws of 1990, paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chap- 3 ter 653 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 4 § 8305. Requirements for certification. 1. To qualify for certif- 5 ication to use the title "certified interior designer", an applicant 6 shall fulfill all the following requirements: 7 (a) Application: file an application with the department; 8 (b) Education: have [received at least seven years of professional 9 training consisting of academic study and work experience relating to 10 interior design and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations. 11 These seven years shall contain at least two but not more than five 12 years of post secondary education, including an associate degree or the 13 equivalent, in an approved program of interior design] met the educa- 14 tional requirements required to sit for an examination offered by a 15 national certifying organization for interior design professionals, 16 provided that such certifying organization is approved by the commis- 17 sioner; 18 (c) Experience: have met experience [satisfactory to the board and in 19 accordance with the commissioner's regulations] requirements deemed 20 necessary to sit for an examination offered by a national certifying 21 organization for interior design professionals provided that such certi- 22 fying organization is approved by the commissioner; 23 (d) Examination: (1) pass an examination satisfactory to the board in 24 accordance with the commissioner's regulations, and (2) [pass a separate 25 examination satisfactory to the board relative to the fire, safety and EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03484-01-5 
 S. 1141 2 1 building codes of the state] provide a verification from a national 2 certifying organization for interior design professionals that an appli- 3 cant has passed an examination offered by such certifying organization 4 for interior design professionals, and that the applicant is a certif- 5 icate holder in good standing from such certifying organization for 6 interior design professionals, provided that such certifying organiza- 7 tion is approved by the commissioner; 8 (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age; 9 (f) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship; 10 (g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- 11 ment; and 12 (h) Fees: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for 13 admission to the two department conducted examinations and for an 14 initial license, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for each reexamina- 15 tion, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license 16 for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examina- 17 tion, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registra- 18 tion period. 19 2. On recommendation of the board, the department may exempt: 20 (a) from the requirement of subparagraph one of paragraph (d) of 21 subdivision one of this section, an applicant who holds a license of 22 certification to practice as an interior designer issued to [him or her] 23 the applicant upon examination by a legally constituted board of examin- 24 ers in any other state or political subdivision of the United States, 25 provided that at the time the license or certificate was issued by such 26 state or political subdivision the applicant met the requirements of 27 paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section for certification to 28 use the title "certified interior designer" established by this article; 29 [or] 30 (b) from the requirements specified in paragraph (b) of subdivision 31 one of this section provided the applicant submits, prior to January 32 first, nineteen hundred ninety-six, satisfactory evidence that the 33 applicant has [held himself or herself out as] presented the applicant 34 to be an interior designer and has prepared interior design documents in 35 accordance with the requirements set forth in section eighty-three 36 hundred three of this article for a minimum of seven years, has received 37 a secondary school diploma or equivalent, and has passed the examina- 38 tions required under paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this 39 section[.]; or 40 (c) from the requirements of subparagraph one of paragraph (b) of 41 subdivision one of this section, an architect licensed under article one 42 hundred forty-seven of this chapter. 43 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 44 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective imme- 45 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 46 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 47 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.