| (3) The Board has final authority to determine whether
to award or deny credit claimed by a Registered Interior Designer
for continuing education activities.
(j) Violations of continuing education requirements
and administrative penalties:
(1) Falsely attesting to compliance with minimum continuing
education requirements shall be subject to an administrative penalty
in the amount of $500;
(2) Failure to timely complete minimum continuing education
requirements shall be subject to an administrative penalty in the
amount of $100 for every hour of deficiency per calendar year;
(3) Failure to maintain a detailed record of continuing
education activities shall be subject to an administrative penalty
of $100 for every hour of claimed continuing education for which a
Registered Interior Designer is unable to provide proof of compliance;
and
(4) Failure to timely respond to or comply with a continuing
education audit or verification shall be subject to an administrative
penalty of $250 per failure.
(k) The administrative penalties identified in subsection
(j) of this section are considered appropriate for a first-time violation
of continuing education requirements. If a Registered Interior Designer
was previously found to have violated the Board's continuing education
requirements in a warning or Order of the Board, the Board may increase
the penalty up to a factor of two for a second or subsequent violation,
in addition to consideration of suspension or revocation of registration
under §5.242 of the Board's rules.
(l) The administrative penalties identified in subsection
(j) of this section are to be applied to each individual violation
of the Board's continuing education requirements. If a Registered
Interior Designer has committed multiple violations, the Registered
Interior Designer shall be subject to a separate administrative penalty
for each violation.
(m) If a Registered Interior Designer is registered
to practice more than one of the professions regulated by the Board
and the Registered Interior Designer completes a continuing education
activity that is directly related to more than one of those professions,
the Registered Interior Designer may submit that activity for credit
for all of the professions to which it relates. The Registered Interior
Designer must maintain a separate detailed record of continuing education
activities for each profession.
(n) A Registered Interior Designer may receive credit
for up to 24 CEPH earned during any single calendar year. A maximum
of 12 CEPH that is completed in excess of the continuing education
requirements for a calendar year may be carried forward to satisfy
the continuing education requirements for the next calendar year.
(o) As the term is defined in §5.39(a) of the
Board's rules, a military service member is entitled to two years
of additional time to complete any CEPH requirements.
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