The Florida Senate

481.223  Prohibitions; penalties.--

(1)  A person may not knowingly:

(a)  Practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered architect;

(b)  Practice interior design unless the person is a registered interior designer unless otherwise exempted herein;

(c)  Use the name or title "architect" or "registered architect," or "interior designer" or "registered interior designer," or words to that effect, when the person is not then the holder of a valid license issued pursuant to this part;

(d)  Present as his or her own the license of another;

(e)  Give false or forged evidence to the board or a member thereof;

(f)  Use or attempt to use an architect or interior designer license that has been suspended, revoked, or placed on inactive or delinquent status;

(g)  Employ unlicensed persons to practice architecture or interior design; or

(h)  Conceal information relative to violations of this part.

(2)  Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

History.--ss. 14, 19, ch. 79-273; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 15, 23, 24, ch. 88-383; s. 111, ch. 91-224; s. 4, ch. 91-429; ss. 234, 305, ch. 94-119; s. 417, ch. 97-103.