Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 50-11-.01 - Requirements

(1) Beginning with applications for renewal of certificates of registration which expire on March 31, 2009, a registered interior designer must have completed twelve (12) hours of acceptable continuing education during the two-year period immediately preceding each biennial renewal date as a condition for registration renewal. Of these, at least six (6) hours must be in Public Protection Subjects acquired in Structured Education Activities. The remaining units may be in Related Practice Subjects acquired in Structured Educational Activities or in Public Protection. Computerized courses are accepted from Approved Programs. Certificate subjects for public protection units must indicate the course qualification for health, safety, and welfare.

(2) An applicant for registration renewal who has been initially registered in Georgia as a registered interior designer for one year, but less than two, at the date of registration expiration must have completed six (6) hours of acceptable continuing education during the period between initial registration and the expiration date as a condition for registration renewal.

(3) An applicant for registration renewal who has been initially registered in Georgia as a registered interior designer for less than one year at the date of registration expiration will not be required to complete any hours of continuing education prior to that first registration expiration date as a condition for registration renewal.

(4) All applicants for biennial registration renewal will report having completed the continuing education required in this section as part of the application for registration renewal.

(5) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section will result in non-renewal of the registered interior designer certificate of registration. Registered interior designers whose certificates of registration have expired for non-renewal are prohibited from identifying themselves as registered interior designers.

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 50-11-.01

O.C.G.A. Secs. 43-1-4, 43-4-9, 43-4-32.

Original Rule entitled "Requirements" adopted. F. May 19, 1993; eff. June 8, 1993. Amended: F. Mar. 28, 2008; eff. Apr. 17, 2008.