The board may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue a certificate of registration, issue a private or public reprimand regarding a registered interior designer, assess and collect administrative fines against a registered interior designer not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or proceed with any combination of the foregoing, for any of the following conduct:

(1) Fraud, deceit, dishonesty, or misrepresentation, whether knowing or unknowing, in the pursuit of his or her practice or in obtaining any certificate of registration.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7

Terms Used In Alabama Code 34-15C-11

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(2) Gross negligence, misconduct, or incompetence in the pursuit of his or her practice.
(3) Conviction of a felony, until civil rights are restored.
(4) Incompetency as adjudged by a court having jurisdiction.
(5) Violating or directly or indirectly aiding or abetting in a violation of Section 34-15C-9.
(6) Practicing in this state in violation of any standards of professional conduct as may be established by rule of the board.
(7) Failure to pay any fee or fine assessed by the board.
(8) Failure to comply with any order of the board.
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