"Don" wrote in message
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| In the city and county I lived in (Cape Coral, Lee County) there was
no
| business classification for *designer*.
| The closest classification was Interior Designer.
| Nor is there a classification for CAD anything.
| Things may be different now as its been 2 years or more since I
checked into
| it.
| Calling yourself a *desgner* in public in FL can get you nailed big
time.

thats because designers in FL make pills.
hence the term "designer drugs"

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| "Tom Cular" wrote in message
| news:XvgNh.2040$yo3.964@trnddc04...
| Don,
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| I think we had this conversation a couple of years ago; if you are
not a"
| licensed design professional", i.e. a P.E. or R.A., then you're a
| draftsman or cad operator; nothing more as far as the laws of most
states
| are concerned. I think the day of the unlicensed "designer" is
nearing an
| end, if it hasn't already ended.
|
| Tom
| "Don" wrote in message
| ...
| "3D Peruna" wrote
| Not misleading, but illegal in most states. "Plan Stamping" or
the
| reviewing of plans prepared by others is not legal in any of the
states
| I'm registered in...
|
| Its all a matter of wording.
| Just cause YOU call it *reviewing* doesn't make it so.
| I know plenty of architects and engineers that have boilerplate
sheets
| made up with stuff like standard details of headers, footing steel,
sill
| sections, etc. that simply date and stamp them and sell them to the
| homeowner or others for a few hundred bux. The homeowner or builder
| includes them with the rest of the permit package and everyone's
happy.
| When the code changed in 1992 requiring architects and/or engineers
to
| stamp ALL plans submitted for permit this created a finacial boon
for all
| of them. Architects and engineers design less than 5% of all the
homes in
| SW FL but they make money off of ALL of them, by law.
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