La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLIII-1101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLIII-1101 - Authority of Board to Suspend or Revoke

A. The board may suspend for a definite period or revoke any license of registration on those grounds mentioned in the Act, which include:

1. that the license or any renewal thereof was obtained by fraud, misstatement, or misrepresentation of fact;

2. that the holder of the license or any applicant therefor has committed any act of fraud or deceit in his professional conduct or has been convicted of a felony;

3. that an applicant for a license has represented himself to be a licensed interior designer or a registered interior designer prior to the time of issuance of a license to him except as authorized by the Act;

4. that the holder of a license or an applicant therefor has been found by the board to have aided and abetted any person not licensed in violating any provisions of the Act;

5. that the holder of a license has failed to comply with the requirements of this Act or with any rule, regulation, or order of the board pursuant to authority granted by the Act;

6. that the holder of the license has been guilty of gross incompetence, dishonesty, or gross negligence in the practice of interior design;

7. that the holder of the license has been guilty of affixing his seal or stamp or name to any specification, drawing, or other related document which was not prepared by him or under his responsible supervision and control, or permitting his seal, stamp, or name to be affixed to any such document;

8. that the holder of a license has been guilty of affixing his seal or stamp or name to any plan, specification, drawing or other document which depicts work which he is not competent or licensed to perform;

9. that the holder of the license has been convicted of a felony, in which case the record of conviction is conclusive evidence of such conviction;

10. that the holder of the license has been guilty of willfully misleading or defrauding any person employing him as an interior designer;

11. that the holder of the license has been guilty of willfully violating the provisions of the Act or any lawful rule or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to law;

12. that the holder of the license has been guilty of attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing, by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentation, or through an error of the board, a license to use the title licensed interior designer;

13. that the holder of the license has been guilty of having a license to practice interior design, or a license to use the title licensed interior designer or registered interior designer, revoked, suspended, or otherwise acted against, including the denial of licensure, by the licensing authority of another jurisdiction for any act which would constitute a violation of this part of this Chapter;

14. that the holder of the license has been convicted or found guilty of a crime in any jurisdiction which directly relates to the provision of interior design services or to the ability to provide interior design services. A plea of nolo contendere shall create a rebuttable presumption of guilt to the underlying criminal charge. However, the board shall allow the person being disciplined to present any evidence relevant to the underlying charge and the circumstances surrounding such plea;

15. that the holder of the license has been guilty of false, deceptive, or misleading advertising;

16. that the holder of the license has been guilty of aiding, assisting, procuring, or advising any unlicensed person to use the title licensed interior designer or registered interior designer contrary to this Act or to a rule of the board;

17. that the holder of the license has been guilty of failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon an interior designer;

18.

a. that the holder of the license has been guilty of:

i. making or filing a report which the licensee knows to be false;

ii. intentionally or negligently failing to file a report or record required by state or federal law; or

iii. willfully impeding or obstructing such filing or inducing another person to do so;

b. such reports or records shall include only those which are signed in the capacity as an interior designer.

19. that the holder of the license has been guilty of making deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the provision of interior design services;

20. that the holder of the license has been guilty of accepting and performing professional responsibilities which the licensee knows or has reason to know that he is not competent or licensed to perform;

21. that the holder of the license has been guilty of rendering or offering to render architectural services.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLIII-1101

Promulgated by the Department of Commerce, Board of Examiners of Interior Designers, LR 11:340 (April 1985), amended by the Department of Economic Development, Board of Examiners of Interior Designers, LR 17:1078 (November 1991), amended by the Office of the Governor, Board of Examiners of Interior Designers, LR 30:1014 (May 2004), LR 34:1925 (September 2008).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:3179 and R.S. 37:3181.