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481.24  Interior design; transitional licensure.--

(1)  All architects licensed as interior designers under this part prior to the effective date of this act shall have their licenses carried forward and shall have all duties, rights, and privileges granted to licensees under this part, as amended by this act.

(2)  All persons previously licensed to use the title "interior designer" or "registered interior designer" shall automatically be qualified for interior design licensure under this part, provided that their license was not inactive, expired, suspended, or revoked on October 1, 1994. However, any person licensed under this subsection who has not passed one of the examinations authorized in s. 481.209(2)(e), within 3 years of the date of making application under this subsection, must show completion of 10 hours of board-approved continuing education classes relating to building and barrier-free code regulation prior to having the license issued under this subsection renewed. This continuing education requirement shall be in addition to any other continuing education required by this part. However, any person who is also a state-certified general, building, or residential contractor, or any person who has within the 3 years prior to application under this subsection completed 10 hours of approved continuing education on building and barrier-free code regulation, shall not be required to complete the 10 hours of continuing education related to building and barrier-free code regulation.

History.--s. 309, ch. 94-119; s. 10, ch. 95-389.