Texas Interior Design License

A note about criminal backgrounds for aspiring tbae registrants.

Texas interior design license. Registered interior designers the title registered interior designer is a regulated term. To qualify for the title recognition of certified interior designer professionals must have a combination of six to eight years of education and experience and pass the idex exam. The texas association for interior design taid is an association representing all the business and legislative aspects of the interior design industry in texas and anyone paying dues to 75 annually and supporting the goals of taid may be a member regardless of whether or not he or she is an interior designer or is even in the design industry.

Texas interior design laws include a title act only not a practice act. Please refer to rule 5 32 and rule 5 33 to review the requirements and application procedures for interior design registration by reciprocal transfer. Texas issues a registration only rid which means you have the right to use the title registered interior designer rather than a license to practice as is the case with architects and landscape architects.

Businesses that offer architecture interior design or landscape architecture services in the state of texas are required to be registered with tbae. Look for design firms hiring entry level positions. Texas does not issue an interior design license.

Registration by examination or prior exam. Individuals may apply for licensure as a registered interior designer in texas by two methods. Apply to work for an interior design firm.

Application process apply to texas by online application and electronic payment. You ll need to work with an interior designer who is registered in the state of texas and you still need to meet all seven educational requirements from the ncidq. Registered interior designers architects and landscape architects must be registered by the texas board of architectural examiners and adhere to specific standards and criteria set forth in law including the completion of continuing professional education every year.

To use your ncidq certificate as a way to earn your interior design license and expand your horizons as a certified or registered interior designer you must first fill out a rather lengthy application. Only those individuals who have become registered with the state of texas as an interior designer may legally call themselves a registered interior designer to learn more about what is considered interior design visit the laws enforcement section of this site. Registered interior designers registration by reciprocal transfer.