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The Interior Designer Handbook publishes reference information about the interior design profession in the United States for general information only, and nothing on the site is legal, financial, tax or career advice for a specific reader. Statutes, board fees, exam fees, dues and software prices change; the retrieval date of every figure is recorded in the site's source list, and readers should confirm a figure with the cited source before paying a fee or signing a contract.

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