The guide examines several existing and pending title and practice acts around the U.S. that could have a significant affect on kitchen and bath specialists.

ALABAMA 
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act
Title: “Interior Designer”/”Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 60 quarters or 48 tri-semester credit hours/4 years for the registered level
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) /NCIDQ and an additional exam to be offered by the Board for the registered level Grandfather
Year Passed:
Title Act: 1982
Practice Act: 2001

ARKANSAS 
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Grandfather Clause: Expired 12/31/95 (Reopened, expired 12/31/98)

CALIFORNIA
Type of Act: Title Act
Self-Certification: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: None
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6-8 years depending on education
Examination Required: NCIDQ or CQRID or CKD and CBD exams plus the CCRE

COLORADO
Type of Act: Permitting Statute
Title: None
Examination Required: NCIDQ

CONNECTICUT
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: Follows NCIDQ requirements
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1983, amended 1987

FLORIDA
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act
Title: “Interior Designer”
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed:
Title Act: 1988, amended 1989
Practice Act: 1994

GEORGIA
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years or first professional degree
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 4 years (no experience specified)
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1992, amended 1994

ILLINOIS
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Interior Designer”/”Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1990, amended 1994

INDIANA
Pending legislation

IOWA
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 2005

KENTUCKY
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Total Education Plus Experience Required: To become certified in Kentucky prior to January 1, 2009 interior designer must have a total of seven years of interior design education and experience. After this time, interior designers will need a minimum of a four year degree from a FIDER accredited school and two years of interior design experience.
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 2002

LOUISIANA
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed:
Title Act: 1984, amended 1990, 1995, 1997
Practice Act: 1999

MAINE
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1993

MARYLAND
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1991, amended 1997

MASSACHUSETTS
Pending legislation

MICHIGAN
Pending legislation

MINNESOTA
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: Board determined
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1992, amended 1995

MISSISSIPPI
Pending legislation

MISSOURI
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1998

NEBRASKA
Pending legislation

NEVADA
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1995

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Pending legislation

NEW JERSEY
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 2002

NEW MEXICO
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1989

NEW YORK
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 7 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1990

OHIO
Pending legislation

OKLAHOMA
Type of Act: Title
Title: “Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 2006

PENNSYLVANIA
Pending legislation

PUERTO RICO
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act
Title: “Interior Designer”/”Interior Decorator”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years or 480 hours
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 2 years (no experience specified)
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1973, amended 1976

RHODE ISLAND
Pending legislation
SOUTH CAROLINA
Pending legislation

TENNESSEE
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1991, amended 1995, amended 1997

TEXAS
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1991

VIRGINIA
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Certified Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 4 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1990, amended 1994

WASHINGTON STATE
Pending legislation

WASHINGTON, DC
Type of Act: Title/Practice Act 
Title: “Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years (as required by NCIDQ to take exam)
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ
Year Passed: 1986

WISCONSIN
Type of Act: Title Act
Title: “Wisconsin Registered Interior Designer”
Post-HS Education Required: 2 years
Total Education Plus Experience Required: 6 years
Examination Required: NCIDQ

The following states have no title or practice acts: Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Arizona, Utah, West Virginia, North Carolina