| 1 | The Business Regulation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the practice of interior design; |
| 7 | amending s. 481.223, F.S.; authorizing retired interior |
| 8 | designers to use the title "interior designer, retired"; |
| 9 | prohibiting a person from performing certain acts without |
| 10 | employing a registered interior designer; providing an |
| 11 | effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 481.223, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 481.223 Prohibitions; penalties; injunctive relief.-- |
| 18 | (1) A person may not knowingly: |
| 19 | (a) Practice architecture unless the person is an |
| 20 | architect or a registered architect; |
| 21 | (b) Practice interior design unless the person is a |
| 22 | registered interior designer unless otherwise exempted herein. |
| 23 | However, a licensed interior designer who relinquishes or does |
| 24 | not renew his or her license may use the title "interior |
| 25 | designer, retired" but may not render any interior design |
| 26 | services; |
| 27 | (c) Use the name or title "architect" or "registered |
| 28 | architect," or "interior designer" or "registered interior |
| 29 | designer," or words to that effect, when the person is not then |
| 30 | the holder of a valid license issued pursuant to this part; |
| 31 | (d) Present as his or her own the license of another; |
| 32 | (e) Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member |
| 33 | thereof; |
| 34 | (f) Use or attempt to use an architect or interior |
| 35 | designer license that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on |
| 36 | inactive or delinquent status; |
| 37 | (g) Employ unlicensed persons to practice architecture or |
| 38 | interior design; or |
| 39 | (h) Conceal information relative to violations of this |
| 40 | part; or. |
| 41 | (i) Use an unlicensed individual to provide engineering or |
| 42 | architectural services, plumbing or electrical work, landscape |
| 43 | services, or other work requiring a licensed professional if the |
| 44 | work is performed for an interior design construction contract |
| 45 | administered by a registered interior designer or by a |
| 46 | registered interior designer performing project management or |
| 47 | oversight as the owner's representative. |
| 48 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |