Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 203 - Interior Designer Advisory Committee to the Mississippi State Board of Architecture › Chapter 5 - Professional Code of Conduct › Rule 30-203-5.4 - Full Disclosure

Current through June 25, 2024
A. A Certified
				Interior Designer, making public statements on certified interior design
				questions, shall disclose when the Certified Interior Designer is being
				compensated for making such statement.
B. A Certified Interior Designer shall
				accurately represent to a prospective or existing client or employer the
				Certified Interior Designer's qualifications and the scope of the Certified
				Interior Designer's responsibility in connection with work for which the
				Certified Interior Designer is claiming credit.
C. It shall be the responsibility of each
				Certified Interior Designer to clearly and appropriately state prior experience
				of the Certified Interior Designer and/or the firm the Certified Interior
				Designer is representing in presenting qualifications to prospective clients,
				both public and private. If a Certified Interior Designer uses visual
				representations of prior projects or experience, all certified interior
				designers-of-record must be clearly identified. Certified interior
				designer-of-record means persons or entities which provided the plans,
				specifications and/or interior design documents.
D. A Certified Interior Designer who has been
				an employee of another Certified Interior Designer may not claim unconditional
				credit for projects contracted for in the name of the previous employer. The
				Certified Interior Designer shall indicate, next to the listing for each
				project, that individual experience gained in connection with the project was
				acquired as an employee, the time frame in which the project was performed, and
				identify the previous Certified Interior Design firm. The Certified Interior
				Designer shall also describe the nature and extent of the Certified Interior
				Designer's participation in the project.
E. A Certified Interior Designer who was
				formerly a principal in a firm may legitimately make additional claims provided
				the Certified Interior Designer discloses the nature of ownership in the
				previous firm (e.g. stockholder, director or officer) and identifies with
				specificity the Certified Interior Designer's responsibilities for that
				project.
F. A Certified Interior
				Designer who presents a project that has received awards recognition must
				comply with the requirements of Rule 5.4(B) and (C) with regard to project
				presentation to the public and prospective clients.
G. Projects which remain incomplete and which
				are listed as credit shall be listed as "incomplete" or a similar designation.
Commentary - Many important projects require a team
				  of designers to do the work. There have been instances when individual members
				  of that team have claimed greater credit for the project than was appropriate
				  to their actual work performed. It should be noted that a young Certified
				  Interior Designer who develops experience working under a more senior Certified
				  Interior Designer has every right to claim credit for the work which the young
				  Certified Interior Designer actually performed. On the other hand, the public
				  must be protected from believing that the younger Certified Interior Designer's
				  role was greater than was the fact. If a brochure represents an employee's
				  involvement on a specific project while employed by another firm, the brochure
				  provided shall include the employee's specific responsibilities on the project
				  and the Certified Interior Designer of record for the project.
H. The certificate holder shall
				not falsify or permit misrepresentation of an associate's academic
				qualifications. The Certified Interior Designer shall not misrepresent or
				exaggerate the Certified Interior Designer's degree of responsibility in or for
				the subject matter or prior assignments. Brochures or other presentations
				incidental to the solicitation of employment shall not misrepresent pertinent
				facts concerning employer, employees, location of offices or residency,
				associates, joint ventures, or past accomplishments with the intent and purpose
				of enhancing the Certified Interior Designer's qualifications and/or
				work.
I. If, in the course of the
				Certified Interior Designer's work on a project, a Certified Interior Designer
				becomes aware of a decision taken by the Certified Interior Designer's employer
				or client against the Certified Interior Designer's advice, which violates
				applicable federal, state or municipal building laws and regulations and which
				will, in the Certified Interior Designer's judgment, materially and adversely
				affect the safety to the public of the finished project, the Certified Interior
				Designer shall:
1. Report the decision to the
				architect of record, the local building inspector or other public official
				charged with enforcement of the applicable state or municipal building laws and
				regulations; and
2. Refuse to
				consent to the decision; and
3. In
				circumstances where the Certified Interior Designer reasonably believes that
				other such decisions will be taken notwithstanding the Certified Interior
				Designer's objection, the Certified Interior Designer shall terminate the
				Certified Interior Designer's services with reference to the project.
Commentary - In the circumstances described, the
				  Certified Interior Designer is compelled to report the matter to the architect
				  of record or a public official even though to do so may substantially harm the
				  Certified Interior Designer's client. Note that the circumstances are a
				  violation of building laws which adversely affect the safety to the public of
				  the finished project. While a proposed technical violation of building laws
				  (e.g., a violation which does not affect safety) will cause a responsible
				  Certified Interior Designer to take action to oppose its implementation, it
				  does not make such a proposed violation trigger the provisions of this
				  rule.