1. (a) The Executive Director shall have primary responsibility to manage the operations and administration of the Department as provided by Texas Occupations Code Chapter 51 and other applicable law, including but not limited to:

   1. (1) issuing licenses;
   2. (2) resolving complaints;
   3. (3) conducting investigations and inspections;
   4. (4) imposing agreed order sanctions and administrative penalties; and
   5. (5) administering exams.
2. (b) The Executive Director may approve agreed orders in contested cases and shall have authority to issue other orders as provided by law or as delegated by the Commission.
3. (c) The Executive Director may propose rules for publication in the Texas Register as delegated by the Commission.
4. (d) The Executive Director may implement any emergency orders or proclamations issued by the Governor to suspend or amend existing statutes and rules. The Executive Director will notify the Commission of the Department's actions to comply with the Governor's emergency orders or proclamations.
5. (e) For any license that expires during a state of disaster declared by the governor under Texas Government Code, Chapter 418, or the following recovery period, the Executive Director may issue to the license holder an emergency license under Texas Occupations Code §51.408. The Executive Director may implement policies as necessary to administer this subsection. The holder of an emergency license issued under this subsection is not required to post or display the emergency license.

Source Note:The provisions of this §60.22 adopted to be effective July 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 4326; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 5393.