Maryland · Interior Designer seal requirements
Maryland Interior Designer seal requirements: proper sizing, signing and sealing of documents
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Maryland certifies interior designers, and COMAR 09.18.02.06 fixes the seal in detail: a depiction of the Great Seal of Maryland in the center, the certification number above it, "Certified Interior Designer" above the number, the certificate holder's name below the depiction, and "State of Maryland" below the name. The diameter is set at exactly 2 inches. Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403 requires the certificate holder to sign, seal and date any interior design document before it is issued to a client or submitted to a public authority.
COMAR 09.23.03.11, the citation usually given for the Maryland engineer seal, is "Failure to Respond" and has nothing to do with seals. The seal itself is COMAR 09.23.01.03, in the procedural regulations; signing and sealing is 09.23.03.09 and the titleblock is 09.23.03.10. COMAR Subtitle 09.18 is the Board of Certified Interior Designers; the board sits in the Maryland Department of Labor, Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing, and the profession is governed by Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 8.
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Maryland Interior Designer seal
- Seal requirements
- COMAR 09.18.02.06; Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403
- Legend
- “Certified Interior Designer, State of Maryland”
- Diameter
- Exactly 2 inches. "The diameter of the seal shall be 2 inches."
- Expiration date
- No expiration or renewal date appears on the seal. COMAR 09.18.02.06C lists the seal's contents exhaustively — Great Seal depiction, certification number, "Certified Interior Designer", the holder's name and "State of Maryland" — and nothing else; § 8-403 adds a date of sealing on the document, not on the seal.(COMAR 09.18.02.06C; Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403(a))
- Signature date
- The certificate holder must sign, seal and date the document before issuing it to a client or submitting it to a public authority.(Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403(a))
- City on seal
- No city, address or place of business is required. The five items listed in COMAR 09.18.02.06C do not include one.(COMAR 09.18.02.06C)
- Before a certified interior designer issues to a client or submits to a public authority any interior design document, including drawings, plans, schedules, reports, or specifications, the certified interior designer who prepared or approved the document shall sign, seal, and date the document.(Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403(a))
- Any interior design document issued or submitted as described in § 8-403(a) shall be identified as the interior design document.(Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 8-403(b))
- A certificate holder may sign and seal plans, specifications, drawings, reports, or any other interior design documents only if the certificate holder is competent in the subject matter by reason of education or experience or both, and either personally prepared the documents or approved them.(COMAR 09.18.02.06A)
- "Approved" means the certificate holder had direct knowledge and responsible control over the content of the interior design documents during their preparation, and performed substantive review and had authority to make revisions.(COMAR 09.18.02.06B)
- The individual seal shall contain: a depiction of the Great Seal of Maryland in the center of the seal; the certification number of the certificate holder above the depiction; the words "Certified Interior Designer" above the certification number; the name of the certificate holder below the depiction; and the words "State of Maryland" below the name.(COMAR 09.18.02.06C)
- The diameter of the seal shall be 2 inches.(COMAR 09.18.02.06D)
- A certified interior designer may not seal, stamp, or sign, or permit to have a certified interior designer's name, signature, or stamp be affixed to, any plans, drawings, specifications, or other documents which were not prepared by a certified interior designer or under the certified interior designer's responsible supervising control and direction.(COMAR 09.18.02.02D)
Maryland interior designer seal questions
Is the Great Seal of Maryland optional artwork?▾
No. COMAR 09.18.02.06C(1) makes a depiction of the Great Seal of Maryland the required centre of the certified interior designer's seal, and it fixes the position of every other element relative to that depiction — number and title above, name and "State of Maryland" below. (COMAR 09.18.02.06C)
Is the sealing rule where you would expect to find it?▾
The sealing requirement is regulation .06 inside COMAR chapter 09.18.02, which is titled "Code of Ethics" — it is not in a separate seal chapter. (COMAR 09.18.02.06)