# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 18 — Board of Certified Interior Designers

### Chapter 01 — General Regulations

**Authority:** Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§8-101, 8-206, 8-207, 8-302—8-305, 8-307, and 8-309; Business Regulation Article, §§2-106.1 and 2-106.2; Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date:

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 31, 1994 (21:4 Md. R. 272); emergency status extended at 21:11 Md. R. 948; adopted permanently effective August 15, 1994 (21:16 Md. R. 1382)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective July 17, 1995 (22:14 Md. R. 1052)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2003 (30:14 Md. R. 932); adopted permanently effective November 10, 2003 (30:22 Md. R. 1579)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03A amended effective April 23, 2007 (34:8 Md. R. 767); March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 300); May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 524)

#### Regulation .01 Purpose.

*COMAR 09.18.01.01*

This chapter is intended to carry out the provisions of Business Regulation Article, §§2-106.1 and 2.106.2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 8, Annotated Code of Maryland. In particular, it is intended to set various fees in order to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the State Board of Architects, the State Board of Certified Interior Designers, the State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects, the State Board for Professional Engineers, and the State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.

#### Regulation .02 Definitions.

*COMAR 09.18.01.02*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meaning indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Board” means the State Board of Certified Interior Designers.

  (2) “Certificate fee” means the fee paid by an applicant or certificate holder, as applicable, in connection with the issuance and renewal of a certificate and the issuance of a reciprocal certificate.

  (3) “Design boards” means collectively the:

    (a) State Board of Architects;

    (b) Board;

    (c) State Board of Examiners of Landscape Architects;

    (d) State Board for Professional Engineers; and

    (e) State Board for Professional Land Surveyors.

  (4) “NCIDQ” means the National Council of Interior Design Qualification.

  (5) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

#### Regulation .03 Fees and Costs.

*COMAR 09.18.01.03*

A. The Secretary and the design boards have agreed to average their direct and indirect costs, based on the calculation of costs performed by the Secretary in consultation with the design boards. Based on these calculations, the Board sets the following fees:

  (1) Certificate fee — $86;

  (2) Nonrefundable initial application fee payable in connection with:

    (a) An application for certificate — $39;

    (b) An application for certificate by reciprocity — $56;

  (3) Reinstatement fee — $112.

B. An applicant shall pay the examination fees directly to the NCIDQ, as these fees are established by NCIDQ.