To whom it may concern:

My name is Angela Shirley and I have worked in Virginia as an Interior Designer. I write this comment in STRONG support of the continued regulation of the interior design profession in Virginia.

I have worked with an Architectural and Engineering firm located in Virginia as a Senior Interior Designer. Eliminating regulation of Interior Design would gravely harm my colleagues who are Virginia Certified Interior Designers, Interior Design small businesses, and others in the Commonwealth.

For example, RFPs (Request for Proposals) and RFQs (Request for Qualifications) in the Commonwealth of Virginia and for Federal Government Projects that include Interior Design Services require that the Interior Designer providing these services be a Certified Interior Designer. Eliminating the regulation would bar Virginia interior designers from submitting for these proposals.

Regulating interior design is being practiced in Washington D.C., Maryland, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, all have statutes in place for the regulation of the title and/or practice of Interior Design.

Please consider that continued regulation is vital to the practice, profession, industry, consumers, and the public’s health, safety, and welfare. I ask you to not eliminate the regulation of this profession.

Sincerely,

Angela Shirley