(a) An Applicant for Interior Design registration by
examination in Texas must meet the eligibility and application requirements
contained in §5.33(b) and (c) of this chapter, and successfully
complete all sections of the NCIDQ examination or a predecessor or
other examination deemed equivalent by the Council for Interior Design
Qualification (CIDQ). Alternatively, prior to December 31, 2018, an
applicant may obtain Interior Design registration by examination by
successfully completing all sections of the Architectural Registration
Examination (ARE), or another examination NCARB deems equivalent to
the ARE, after fulfilling the requirements of §1.21 and §1.41
of this title relating to Board approval to take the ARE for architectural
registration by examination.
(b) Each Applicant must achieve a passing score in
each division of the NCIDQ examination. Scores from individual divisions
may not be averaged to achieve a passing score.
(c) An examination fee may be refunded as follows:
(1) The application fee paid to the Board is not refundable
or transferable.
(2) The Board, on behalf of an examinee, may request
a refund of a portion of the examination fee paid to CIDQ for scheduling
all or a portion of the registration examination. A charge for refund
processing may be withheld by CIDQ. Refunds of examination fees are
subject to the following conditions:
(A) An examinee, because of extreme hardship, must
have been precluded from scheduling or taking the examination or a
portion of the examination. For purposes of this subsection, extreme
hardship is defined as a serious illness or accident of the examinee
or a member of the examinee's immediate family or the death of an
immediate family member. Immediate family members include the spouse,
child(ren), parent(s), and sibling(s) of the examinee. Any other extreme
hardship may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
(B) A written request for a refund based on extreme
hardship must be submitted not later than thirty (30) days after the
date the examination or portion of the examination was scheduled or
intended to be scheduled. Documentation of the extreme hardship that
precluded the examinee from scheduling or taking the examination must
be submitted by the examinee as follows:
(i) Illness: verification from a physician who treated
the illness.
(ii) Accident: a copy of an official accident report.
(iii) Death: a copy of a death certificate or newspaper
obituary.
(C) Approval of the request and refund of the fee or
portion of the fee by CIDQ.
(3) An examination fee may not be transferred to a
subsequent examination.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §5.51 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7860; amended to be effective April 4, 2004, 29 TexReg 3471; amended to be effective December 24, 2008, 33 TexReg 10323; amended to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 4701; amended to be effective September 18, 2013, 38 TexReg 6040; amended to be effective January 11, 2017, 42 TexReg 14; amended to be effective January 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 7403 |