Certified Interior Designer (CID) FAQs

As long as interior designers certified or otherwise, design below the minimum standards in compliance with the statutory exemptions that require an architect or engineers oversight, there is no need for a stamp.  The California Building Code in conjunction with the oversight and judgment of the local building official, who has jurisdiction over the project, [...]

No one has a “right” to submit plans for permit, not even architects or engineers.  It is a “privilege” not a right, and the local building official and the plan check submittal policies of the local jurisdiction make that determination.

No, any person, who acts as a primary contractor on a project without holding a proper, valid, and current contractor’s license is in violation of State law.  Contractors are also required have proper worker’s compensation insurance for their employees, be bonded and display their license numbers at all times.  You do not need to be [...]

Most, if not all State and Federal projects require a licensed architect or engineer as the “Prime” professional and the interior designer works as a consultant to the prime. They do not need to be licensed, registered or certified as the license of the prime professional trumps all others.  There is no Federal law requiring [...]

All CIDs are required to obtain 10 CEUs every 2 years related to their practice of interior design. CCIDC has had mandatory CEU requirements since 1991, long before many other State licensed professions began following with similar requirements.