NRS623.180. Certificate: Issuance; expiration; prorated fees; synonymous with registration; unauthorized use or display unlawful.

      1.  No person may practice:

      (a) Architecture or use the title of architect;

      (b) Residential design or use the title of residential designer; or

      (c) As a registered interior designer or use the title of registered interior designer,

Ê in this State without having a certificate of registration issued to him or her pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

      2.  Whenever the requirements for registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter have been fully complied with and fulfilled by an applicant, the Board shall issue to the successful applicant a certificate as a registered architect, registered interior designer or residential designer. Each certificate of registration issued by the Board expires on December 31 of each year. The Board shall, by regulation, establish a schedule of prorated fees for a certificate of registration that is issued for less than 1 year.

      3.  The certificate is synonymous with registration with a serial number and seal. A person who is issued a certificate may practice architecture or residential design or may practice as a registered interior designer in this State, subject to the provisions of this chapter and the regulations of the Board.

      4.  The unauthorized use or display of a certificate of registration is unlawful.

      [18:220:1949; 1943 NCL § 537.18]—(NRS A 1973, 1696; 1975, 582; 1981, 759; 1983, 1920; 1993, 2468; 1995, 1698; 1997, 202; 2001, 1786)