It is important to keep the regulation of interior designers active.   Our homes are very important places of support for both business and personal activities, always, and especially at this challenging time.  It is probably that a great number of people will continue to work from home after this health crisis is resolved.  The NCIDQ qualifications are a huge factor in determining those persons who have the education and the knowledge to work with people in their homes, with the efficiency factors and the functionality along with codes and aesthetics and floor plan modifications.   Anyone can call themselves an interior decorator - the qualified and educated Interior Designer is ever so much more than that.   The American Society of Interior Designers has worked for several decades to promote the professionalism of this profession, and it has been long and hard.   Even now ASID is not commonly recognized by the general public, unfortunately, as the standard that it represents.  I take great pride in the help with their interiors that I have been able to bring to my clients in many areas of the country over the past 30+years.