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

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The board may suspend for a definite
				period or revoke any license of registration on those grounds mentioned in the
				Act, which include:
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;
18.
a. that the holder of the license has been
				guilty of:
i. making or filing a report which
				the licensee knows to be false;
ii.
				intentionally or negligently failing to file a report or record required by
				state or federal law; or
iii.
				willfully impeding or obstructing such filing or inducing another person to do
				so;
b. such reports or
				records shall include only those which are signed in the capacity as an
				interior designer.
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.