STATES THAT CURRENTLY HAVE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERIOR DESIGNERS &/OR DECORATORS

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ALABAMA (AL) / ARKANSAS (AR) / CALIFORNIA (CA) / CONNECTICUT (CT)
FLORIDA (FL) / GEORGIA (GA) / ILLINOIS (IL) / IOWA (IA) / KENTUCKY (KY)
LOUISIANA (LA) / MAINE (ME) / MARYLAND (MD) / MINNESOTA (MN)
MISSOURI (MO) / NEVADA (NV) / NEW JERSEY (NJ) / NEW MEXICO (NM)
NEW YORK (NY) / TENNESSEE (TN) / TEXAS (TX) / VIRGINIA (VA)
WASHINGTON D.C. (DC) / WISCONSIN (WI)
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ALABAMA (AL) Interior Designers
State License Required: “Practice Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Designers
Functional Analysis & Records Disposition Authority

ARKANSAS (AR) Interior Designers & Decorators
State License Required – “Title Act”, Registered Interior Designers "RID"

Regulatory Agency:
State Board of Residential Interior Designers

CALIFORNIA (CA) Interior Designers & Decorators
Voluntary Self-Certification "Certified Interior Designer" (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
The California Council for Interior Design Certification

CONNECTICUT (CT) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Interior Design Licensing

FLORIDA (FL) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Practice Act” "Certificate of Authorization"

Regulatory Agency:
Board of Architecture and Interior Design

GEORGIA (GA) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act” Registered Interior Designers (RID)

Regulatory Agency:
Georgia State Board of Architects and Interior Designers

ILLINOIS (IL) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Division of Professional Regulation

IOWA (IA) Interior Designers & Decorators
State License Required – “Title Act” – “Registered Interior Designer” (RID)

Regulatory Agency:
Professional Licensing Division

KENTUCKY (KY) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act” "Certified Interior Designer" (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
State of Kentucky

LOUISIANA (LA) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Practice Act” "Registered Interior Designer" (RID)

Regulatory Agency:
State Board of Examiners

MAINE (ME) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
The Board of Architects, Landscape Architects and Interior Designers

MARYLAND (MD) Interior Designers
State License Required  - “Title Act” "Certified Interior Designer" (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
State Board of Certified Interior Designers

MINNESOTA (MN) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act” “Certified Interior Designer” (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design

MISSOURI (MO) Interior Designers
State License Required “Title Act” "Registered Interior Designer" (RID)

Regulatory Agency:
Missouri Division of Professional Registration

NEVADA (NV) Interior Designers
State License Required “Practice Act” “Registered Interior Designer” (RID) -

Regulatory Agency:
Nevada State Board of Architecture,  Interior Design and Residential Design

NEW JERSEY (NJ) Interior Designers & Decorators

Regulatory Agency:
State of New Jersey

NEW MEXICO (NM) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Interior Design Board

NEW YORK (NY) Interior Designers & Decorators
State License - Voluntary – “Title Act” - "Certified Interior Designer" (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
Office of the Professions

TENNESSEE (TN) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Architectural & Engineering Examiners

TEXAS (TX) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners

VIRGINIA (VA) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act” - "Certified Interior Designer" (CID)

Regulatory Agency:
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation

WASHINGTON D.C. / District of Columbia Interior Designers
State License Required – “Practice Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs

WISCONSIN (WI) Interior Designers
State License Required – “Title Act”

Regulatory Agency:
Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing

 

State requirements and licensing for Interior Designer and Decorators may change at any time. Please contact your State for updates and current requirements.