The department:

1. A. shall administer, coordinate and enforce the provisions of the Interior Designers Act. The department may investigate allegations of violations of the provisions of the Interior Designers Act;
2. B. shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes and policies of the Interior Designers Act, including rules relating to professional conduct, standards of professional examination and licensure, and reasonable license, application, renewal and late fees;
3. C. shall require a licensee, as a condition of the renewal of the license, to undergo continuing education requirements pursuant to the Interior Designers Act;
4. D. shall maintain an official roster showing the name, address and license number of each interior designer licensed pursuant to the Interior Designers Act;
5. E. may adopt a common seal for use by licensed interior designers; and
6. F. shall do all other things reasonable and necessary to carry out the provisions of the Interior Designers Act.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 53, § 5; 2003, ch. 408, § 27; 2007, ch. 245, § 4; 2023, ch. 190, § 31.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2023 amendment, effective July 1, 2023, moved the administration, coordination and enforcement of the provisions of the Interior Designers Act from the interior design board to the department of regulation and licensing, and clarified language in the section; in the section heading, deleted "board" and added "department"; in the introductory clause and Subsection A, deleted "board" and added "department"; in Subsection B, deleted "and the establishment of ethical standards of practice for a licensed interior designer in New Mexico"; and deleted former Subsection E and redesignated former Subsections F and G as Subsections E and F, respectively.

Temporary provisions. — Laws 2023, ch. 190, § 52 provided that on July 1, 2023:

A. all functions, appropriations, money, records and files of the interior design board relating to the Interior Designers Act shall be transferred to the regulation and licensing department;

B. all contractual obligations of the interior design board relating to the Interior Designers Act shall be binding on the regulation and licensing department; and

C. the rules, orders and decisions of the interior design board relating to the Interior Designers Act shall remain in effect until repealed or amended.

The 2007 amendment, effective June 15, 2007, changes references from interior designer to licensed interior designer.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, deleted former Subsections C and D, concerning employment of director and contracting for office space and administrative services, and redesignated the subsequent subsections accordingly.