Section 61-24C-11 - License required; penalty. (Repealed effective July 1, 2012.)
61-24C-11. License required; penalty. (Repealed effective July 1, 2012.)
A. After the results of the first examination held pursuant to the Interior Designers Act [61-24C-1 NMSA 1978]are announced, no person shall knowingly:
(1) use the name or title of licensed interior designer when the person is not the holder of a current, valid license issued pursuant to the Interior Designers Act;
(2) use or present as the person's own the license of another;
(3) give false or forged evidence to the board or a board member for the purpose of obtaining a license;
(4) use or attempt to use an interior design license that has been suspended, revoked or placed on inactive status; or
(5) conceal information relative to violations of the Interior Designers Act.
B. A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced under the provisions of the Criminal Sentencing Act [31-18-12 NMSA 1978] to imprisonment in the county jail for a definite term of less than one year or to the payment of a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or to both imprisonment or fine, in the discretion of the judge.