ASID’s recent message to designers clarifying their position re: legislation may look like waving the white flag, but when you read between the lines, and fully understand the background, a very different story emerges, which makes it clear that the tiger has definitely not changed its stripes. Read the full explication here.
Posts Tagged ‘practice act’
ASID – Backpeddling as Fast as They Can
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged Allied member, anti-competitve, anti-consumer, asid, building code, certification, codes, credentials, damage control, Florida, health, IBC, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, International Building Code, legislation, legislative strategy, license, licensing, member, membership, Minnesota, nanny state, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registered design professional, registration, regulation, safety, Tennessee, Texas, title act, welfare on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Practice Act Hearing in Maryland March 17
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged Alabama, anti-competitive, asid, cartel, certification, DC, Delaware, grandfathering, HB 1168, hearing, House Economic Matters Committee, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, Maryland, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, sunset review, Virginia, Washington on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please attend the hearing for Maryland SB 1168 on March 17th in Annapolis. This proposed practice act would be the most restrictive in the nation, allowing only 325 designers to continue to work – and there will be *no* grandfathering of those who are not already certified!
Proof needed to DEREGULATE Florida’s Anti-Competitive Law – by March 5
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged anti-competitive, asid, certification, credentials, Crist, deregulation, Florida, Gaetz, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, Senate Select Committee on Florida's Economy on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Governor Crist has indicated that he is interested in deregulating professions that have been faltering under the burden of excessive and redundant governmental regulation which is stifling Floridians’ ability to earn a living, as well as hindering growth of the state’s economy. Both the Governor’s office and Senator Gaetz are seeking real life examples of how the current anti-consumer, anti-competitive practice law has negatively impacted your ability to market yourself and/or how it has restricted you from practicing to the full scope of your abilities and caused you to turn down business that you would otherwise be able to perform.
Wake up and smell the coffee… SB 337 will hurt your ability to compete!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, Interior Design Protection Council (IDPC), tagged Alabama, asid, certification, credentials, Indiana, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, interior designer, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registered, registration, state registered on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This bill will benefit a very small minority of interior designers who will be able to market themselves as “State Registered” and YOU WILL NOT.
We simply cannot allow this group to monopolize all the business in Indiana
URGENT – Immediate Action Needed In Indiana Against SB337!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged asid, certification, credentials, IN, Indiana, Interior Design, interior design law, interior design legislation, interior design regulation, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, opposition, practice act, registration, regulation, SB 337, Senate on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Urgent action needed to oppose IN SB337, which goes to the Senate floor on Tuesday February 24th.
New Alabama Practice Act Will Put Most Designers Out of Business – Protect Your Right to Practice!
Posted in Interior Design Legislation Opposition, tagged ADAD, AL, Alabama, Alabama Interior Design Consumer Protection Act, Alabama State Board of Registration for Interior Designers, consumer protection, credentials, decorator, IJ, Institute for Justice, interior decorator, Interior Design, interior design legislation, kitchen design, legislation, license, licensing, NCIDQ, NKBA, opposition, practice act, unconstitutional on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Protect Your Right to Practice! NEW Alabama practice act in the works that will put most designers in the state out of business.
Follow Me!
Facebook Blog Network
Technorati
Become a Fan on Facebook!
Pages
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Blog Directories
-
Zillow
Wallpaper
Tags
Pages
Meta
-
