{"id":170,"date":"2012-07-23T21:54:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T21:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/?p=170"},"modified":"2012-07-25T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:22:09","slug":"the-value-of-certification-for-interior-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/the-value-of-certification-for-interior-designers\/","title":{"rendered":"The value of certification for interior designers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Certified Interior Designer&#8221; is a LEGAL TITLE\u00a0 and a professional appellation recognized by California law (Business &amp; Professions Code 5800).\u00a0 No one else can use the title unless they have met the requirements of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccidc.org\" target=\"_blank\">CCIDC<\/a> and have become a &#8220;Certified Interior Designer&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p>There is a big difference between Certified Interior Designers and those who are not certified.\u00a0 CIDs have proven credentials: education, experience and passage of an examination that covers Calif. Building Codes, Business Practices, Ethics and Design Standards.\u00a0 CIDs are held accountable by a code of ethics and they promote the health, safety and welfare of the public.<\/p>\n<p>CIDs receive a stamp with their name and certification number for their drawings and construction documents, identifying them as qualified professionals under California law.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccidc.org\/a_stamp.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Certified Interior Designer stamp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ccidc.org\/a_stamp.gif\" alt=\"Certified Interior Designer stamp\" width=\"193\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Certified Interior Designer stamp<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Certification by the California Council for Interior Design Certification (CCIDC)\u00a0 is the highest and the only legal credential an interior designer can have in the state of California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccidc.org\/about_ccidc.html\" target=\"_blank\">CCIDC&#8217;s Mission Statement<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;. . . is to establish and implement professional standards and educational requirements, educate the public, and facilitate interior design professional&#8217;s compliance with our standards and code of ethics in order to provide for the protection, health, safety and welfare of the public.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In short,\u00a0 \u201cPublic Protection Through Examination and Certification&#8221;<br \/>\n<a title=\"August 1, 2012 is the deadline to register for the Fall IDEX Exam\" href=\"http:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/deadline-for-fall-idex\/\">Register for the IDEX exam before August 1, 2012<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.IDEXprep.com\" target=\"_blank\">Enroll in our IDEX Prep Online Class<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Certified Interior Designer&#8221; is a LEGAL TITLE\u00a0 and a professional appellation recognized by California law (Business &amp; Professions Code 5800).\u00a0 No one else can use the title unless they have met the requirements of CCIDC and have become a &#8220;Certified &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/the-value-of-certification-for-interior-designers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[19,21,15,18,20],"class_list":["post-170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccidc-idex","category-idexprep","tag-business-professions-code-5800","tag-california-law-for-interior-designers","tag-ccidc","tag-certified-interior-designer","tag-health-safety-and-welfare-of-the-public"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idexprep.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}