1. (a) An Interior Designer whose registration is active and in good standing may apply for inactive registration status on a form prescribed by the Board before the expiration date of the registration.
2. (b) An inactive registrant may not practice interior design or use the title "interior designer" to describe the registrant or the term "interior design" to describe the registrant's work. If an inactive registrant practices interior design or uses the title "interior designer" or the term "interior design" improperly, the inactive registrant's registration may be suspended or revoked and the inactive registrant may be fined up to $1,000 for each day that the inactive registrant has practiced interior design or used the title "interior designer" or the term "interior design" improperly.
3. (c) An inactive registrant shall not use or display his/her interior design seal, registration certificate, or pocket card during any period that his/her registration is inactive.
4. (d) An inactive registrant shall pay an annual fee as prescribed by the Board.

5. (e) In order to return his/her registration to active status, an inactive registrant must:

   1. (1) apply on a form prescribed by the Board;
   2. (2) either submit proof that he/she has completed all continuing education requirements for each year the registration has been inactive or, in lieu of completing the outstanding continuing education requirements, successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; and
   3. (3) pay a fee as prescribed by the Board.

6. (f) An inactive registrant whose registration has been inactive for a continuous period of five (5) years or longer must do the following before the inactive registrant may return to active status:

   1. (1) successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; or
   2. (2) furnish evidence that the inactive registrant currently holds an interior design registration in another jurisdiction where the registration requirements are substantially equivalent to Texas interior design registration requirements and that the current interior design registration is active and in good standing.
7. (g) Applications to return to active status may be rejected for any of the reasons that an initial application for registration may be rejected or that a registration may be revoked.
8. (h) The Board may require that an application to return to active status include verification that the Applicant has complied with the laws governing the registration of interior designers.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.78 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7862.