This regulation sets rules for Manitoba interior design institute members, including conduct, client disclosures, confidentiality, identification of work, and limits on advertising and using the institute’s name.
Interior Designers Practise Regulation, M.R. 91/91 The Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba Act , C.C.S.M. c. I57 Regulation 91/91 Registered May 3, 1991 bilingual version (HTML) Definitions 1 In this regulation, "client" means the individual, corporation, partnership or other entity that retains a member or firm to provide interior design services; (« client ») "interior design" means the design of interior space; (« décoration intérieure ») "interior designer" means a person who is a member of the institute; (« décorateur intérieur ») "interior design services" means the services that are provided by a member to a client of the member; (« services de décoration intérieure ») "interior design work" means work that is done by a member as a professional interior designer; (« travaux de décoration intérieure ») "institute" means the Professional Interior Designers Institute of Manitoba; (« institut ») "member" means a member of the institute; (« membre ») "project" means an interior design project in respect of a building or structure, whether constructed or planned, or a part of a building or structure. (« projet ») Employees and associates of members 2 Where a member, for the purpose of providing interior design services to a client of the member, employs, or works in association with, a person who is not a member, the member is responsible for ensuring that this regulation, to the extent that it applies to the work of the employee or associate, is observed. Prohibitions 3(1) A member shall not make misleading, deceptive or false statements or claims regarding the professional qualifications, experience, abilities or performance of the member or of another member. 3(2) A member shall not claim to represent the institute unless the member is expressly authorized to do so by the council. Identification of member doing the work 4(1) In providing interior design services to a client, a member shall identify to the client the member or members who did the interior design work that comprises the interior design services and, where applicable, shall imprint upon documentation or other tangible product that results from or represents interior design work the name or distinctive stamp or mark of the member who did the work. 4(2) A member shall not imprint the name or distinctive stamp or mark of the member, or permit the name or distinctive stamp or mark of the member to be imprinted, upon documentation or other tangible product that results from or represents interior design work that is not the work of the member unless the work is carried out under the direction or supervision of the member. 4(3) For purposes of subsection (1), a member may file with the institute a stamp or mark that the member intends to use, or to allow to be used, to identify interior design work that is the work of the member. Other business to be kept separate 5 Where a member provides manufacturing, wholesaling or retailing services through a corporation, partnership or other organization or entity, whether as a principle or an agent, the member shall not provide interior design services through the corporation, partnership, organization or entity. Relations with clients 6(1) Where a member is engaged by a client in respect of a project, the member shall disclose to the client any financial interest that the member has in the project or in the provision of goods or services to the project. 6(2) Where a member is engaged by a client in respect of a project, the member shall not request or accept a fee, commission, reward, advantage or benefit of any kind from a supplier of goods or services in consideration for the member specifying or purchasing for the project the goods or services of the supplier unless the amount of the fee, commission, reward, advantage or benefit is disclosed to the client prior to the member providing interior design services in respect of the project. Confidential information 7 Where a member is engaged by a client in respect of a project, the member shall not disclose to third parties information that relates to the project or to the business of the client and that is received from the client or is otherwise obtained in the course of providing interior design services to the client, without the express permission of the client. Restriction on advertising 8 A member shall not advertise the interior design services of the member in a manner that brings, or is likely to bring, interior designers into disrepute. Repeal 9 Manitoba Regulation 220/82 is repealed. THIS REGULATION is made at The City of Winnipeg this 19th day of February, 1991, by the council of The Professional Designers Institute of Manitoba