Effective January 1, 2002, an Interior Designer may not renew an emeritus interior design registration. Every Interior Designer who holds an emeritus registration on January 1, 2002, must change to active or inactive status on or before the Interior Designer's next registration expiration date in order to continue to hold a valid interior design registration. The status change fee will be waived for each emeritus Interior Designer who changes to active or inactive status.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.77 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7862.