PURPOSE: This rule is to prescribe the regulations necessary to administer the renewal procedures of 324.418, RSMo.

1. (1) The registration renewal date for registered interior designers shall be August 31 of each even-numbered year.

2. (2) A registrant shall submit to the council on or before the registration renewal date the following: 20 CSR 2193-3

   *Original authority: 324.412, RSMo 1998, amended 1999

   1. (A) An application for renewal on a form and 324.418, RSMo 1998, amended 2004. furnished to the applicant by the division;
   2. (B) The required fee;
   3. (C) Proof of current completion of continuing education in interior design or architecture as required by section 324.418.2, RSMo, and 20 CSR 2193-5.010.
3. (3) Any registrant who fails to complete continuing education requirements shall not be eligible for registration renewal.
4. (4) The registration of a “registered interior designer,” which is not renewed within three
5. (3) months after the renewal date, shall be suspended automatically.
6. (5) The registrant has the right to reinstate the suspended certificate of registration within nine (9) months of the date of suspension. In order to reinstate the suspended registration, the registrant shall submit the required reinstatement fee, as well as the other items set forth in section (2) of this rule.
7. (6) An application for renewal or reinstatement, if accompanied by all items required hereunder, shall be deemed submitted as of the date received by the council or the date postmarked by the United States Postal Service, whichever is earlier.
8. (7) Any registration suspended and not reinstated within nine (9) months of the suspension date shall expire and be void. Such individuals shall be required to reapply for registration under section 324.415, RSMo, and Chapter 2 of these rules. Any person whose registration has expired may, upon demonstration of current qualifications and payment of required fees, be reregistered or reauthorized under the person’s original registration number.
9. (8) The council should mail to each registrant, at least sixty (60) days prior to the registration renewal date, a notice of the expiration and an application for renewal of registration to the registrant at the registrant’s address on file with the council. Failure of the council to mail, or the registrant to receive the notice and application for renewal shall not excuse the registrant from the requirements for renewal required by law or these rules.

AUTHORITY: sections 324.412, RSMo 2000 and 324.418, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 193-3.020. Original rule filed Feb. 25, 2000, effective Aug. 30, 2000. Moved to 20 CSR 2193-3.020, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed Dec. 15, 2006, effective June 30, 2007.