Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLIII - Interior Designers
Chapter 11 - Revocation or Suspension of Licenses of Registration
Section XLIII-1101 - Authority of Board to Suspend or Revoke

1. that the license or any renewal thereof was obtained by fraud, misstatement, or misrepresentation of fact;

2. that the holder of the license or any applicant therefor has committed any act of fraud or deceit in his professional conduct or has been convicted of a felony;

3. that an applicant for a license has represented himself to be a licensed interior designer or a registered interior designer prior to the time of issuance of a license to him except as authorized by the Act;

4. that the holder of a license or an applicant therefor has been found by the board to have aided and abetted any person not licensed in violating any provisions of the Act;

5. that the holder of a license has failed to comply with the requirements of this Act or with any rule, regulation, or order of the board pursuant to authority granted by the Act;

6. that the holder of the license has been guilty of gross incompetence, dishonesty, or gross negligence in the practice of interior design;

7. that the holder of the license has been guilty of affixing his seal or stamp or name to any specification, drawing, or other related document which was not prepared by him or under his responsible supervision and control, or permitting his seal, stamp, or name to be affixed to any such document;

8. that the holder of a license has been guilty of affixing his seal or stamp or name to any plan, specification, drawing or other document which depicts work which he is not competent or licensed to perform;

9. that the holder of the license has been convicted of a felony, in which case the record of conviction is conclusive evidence of such conviction;

10. that the holder of the license has been guilty of willfully misleading or defrauding any person employing him as an interior designer;

11. that the holder of the license has been guilty of willfully violating the provisions of the Act or any lawful rule or regulation adopted by the board pursuant to law;

12. that the holder of the license has been guilty of attempting to obtain, obtaining, or renewing, by bribery, by fraudulent misrepresentation, or through an error of the board, a license to use the title licensed interior designer;

13. that the holder of the license has been guilty of having a license to practice interior design, or a license to use the title licensed interior designer or registered interior designer, revoked, suspended, or otherwise acted against, including the denial of licensure, by the licensing authority of another jurisdiction for any act which would constitute a violation of this part of this Chapter;

14. that the holder of the license has been convicted or found guilty of a crime in any jurisdiction which directly relates to the provision of interior design services or to the ability to provide interior design services. A plea of nolo contendere shall create a rebuttable presumption of guilt to the underlying criminal charge. However, the board shall allow the person being disciplined to present any evidence relevant to the underlying charge and the circumstances surrounding such plea;

15. that the holder of the license has been guilty of false, deceptive, or misleading advertising;

16. that the holder of the license has been guilty of aiding, assisting, procuring, or advising any unlicensed person to use the title licensed interior designer or registered interior designer contrary to this Act or to a rule of the board;

17. that the holder of the license has been guilty of failing to perform any statutory or legal obligation placed upon an interior designer;

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19. that the holder of the license has been guilty of making deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the provision of interior design services;

20. that the holder of the license has been guilty of accepting and performing professional responsibilities which the licensee knows or has reason to know that he is not competent or licensed to perform;

21. that the holder of the license has been guilty of rendering or offering to render architectural services.