NAC623.594. Standards for program: Faculty members and other instructional personnel.

     1. The program of interior design completed by an applicant must ensure that its faculty members and instructional personnel are qualified and adequate in number to carry out the objectives of the program.

     2. The criteria for satisfaction of the standard set forth in subsection 1 are whether:

     (a) Faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program represent more than one professional point of view, type of design background and type of design experience;

     (b) Faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program have academic or professional experience, or both, appropriate to their areas of responsibility;

     (c) Faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program participate in relevant professional or scholarly associations, or both;

     (d) Faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program engage in any scholarly research, practice or other creative activities leading to professional growth and the advancement of the profession;

     (e) A majority of the faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program who supervise the interior design studio have earned a degree in interior design;

     (f) A majority of the faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program who supervise the interior design studio have passed the complete examination of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification; and

     (g) The number of faculty members and other instructional personnel of the program is sufficient to carry out the objectives of the program.

     3. The minimum requirements for satisfaction of the standard set forth in subsection 1 are compliance with at least two of the criteria set forth in subsection 2.

     4. As used in this section:

     (a) “Faculty members” means permanent employees with teaching responsibilities.

     (b) “Instructional personnel” means adjunct or temporary employees with teaching responsibilities, including graduate assistants.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design by R139-04, eff. 10-8-2004)