The California Council for Interior Design Certification (CCIDC) board is working to replace the CCRE and the three national examinations with one certification examination that will be accessible online at numerous examination sites throughout California, beginning in 2009.

During the past eight years, it has been required for anyone wanting to be a Certified Interior Designer to pass one of the three recognized national examinations, namely the CQRID, the NCIDQ, or both parts of the NKBA, as well as a supplemental California Codes and Regulations Examination, the CCRE. Only one national examination was recognized, until eight years ago. These examinations were added to the necessary education and experience described in Section 5800 of the Business & Professions Code.

The purpose for this change in examinations is to bring the certification in interior design in California in line with Section 139 of the California Business and Professions Code and to make it available to those who fall under the three categories of education and experience under the law. This also applied to those with “experience only”.

For Candidates and Students, only passing in the examination will not be adequate to allow qualification and they will still need to meet all the other requirements to become a Certified Interior Designer. CCRE will be extended for anyone interested as a way for CCIDC to honor students that have passed one of the national examinations.

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