RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 169 (SB 257) 2024 Regular Session Foil
Existing law creates the St. Bd. of Examiners of Interior Designers (board) within the office
of the governor consisting of seven members appointed by the governor and confirmed by
the Senate.
Existing law provides that the seven members of the board will serve four-year terms, or
until their successors are appointed to take office.
Prior law provided that the board shall consist of the following board members:
(1)Three members of the board shall be selected from a list of nine names from its
membership submitted by the American Society of Interior Designers.
(2)Two members shall be selected from the list of licensed or registered interior
designers whose licenses are in good standing at the time of appointment.
(3)One member shall be selected from a list of three names from its membership
submitted by the International Interior Design Association.
(4)One member shall be an interior design educator selected from a list of three names
submitted by the Interior Design Educators Counsel, Inc.
New law provides that the seven member board shall consist of six registered interior
designers and one member selected from the public appointed by the governor from a list of
names of qualified candidates submitted by the board.
New law requires that the six registered interior designers appointed to the board shall be in
good standing with the board, reside in the state, possess a NCIDQ certification, and have
provided interior design services as a registered interior designer for at least five years prior
to being appointed to the board.
New law requires that the one member from the public appointed to the board shall represent
the health, safety, and welfare of consumers in the state and be a resident in the state and
shall not be an immediate family member of any registered interior designer.
New law provides the procedure to fill board member vacancies.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 37:3173)