Bill > SB991

This bill modifies provisions related to interior designers by integrating their regulation into the existing Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Professional Landscape Architects, renaming it to include "Licensed Interior Designers." This change abolishes the separate Interior Design Council and transfers its powers and responsibilities to the newly expanded board. The bill also updates definitions to include "licensed interior designer" and clarifies the scope of practice for interior design, distinguishing it from architecture, engineering, land surveying, and landscape architecture. It establishes requirements for licensure, including education, experience, and passing an examination, and outlines grounds for disciplinary action, such as refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license. Additionally, the bill addresses the confidentiality of certain professional records and clarifies the process for peer review and lessons learned within design professions, ensuring that while internal lessons learned remain confidential, other peer review documents are subject to discovery. The bill also repeals existing sections related to the Interior Design Council and its fund, with these repeals becoming effective upon the appointment of two new members to the interior design division of the expanded board.

Labor and Employment

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