1. (a) Every registered Interior Designer shall affix his/her seal, actual signature (under the face of the seal's image), and date of signature to all original Construction Documents which are prepared and issued under the authorship or under the Supervision and Control of the Interior Designer for use in Texas. The Interior Designer's seal, signature, and date must be visible on all copies of original Construction Documents issued for use in Texas. Original Construction Documents requiring a seal, signature, and date include the following:

   1. (1) Each sheet of drawings;
   2. (2) Each table of contents or index that lists specifications in bound groupings; any individual specification sheet that is not listed in a table of contents or index must be sealed individually;
   3. (3) Each sheet that identifies the project and lists any sealed Construction Documents, such as a title sheet, table of contents, or index; and
   4. (4) Addenda, change orders, and supplemental documents.
2. (b) Drawings and specifications considered incomplete by the Interior Designer may be used as presentation documents or issued for purposes other than regulatory approval, permit, or construction without the Interior Designer's seal or signature affixed. All incomplete drawings and specifications issued by an Interior Designer must be dated, bear the Interior Designer's name and registration number, and be conspicuously marked to clearly indicate the documents are incomplete and may not be used for regulatory approval, permit, or construction. Incomplete documents issued pursuant to this subsection may be issued in electronic format as long as the documents are dated, bear the Interior Designer's name and registration number, and are conspicuously marked to clearly indicate they are incomplete and may not be used for regulatory approval, permit, or construction.
3. (c) An Interior Designer shall not issue drawings or specifications unless they are sealed, signed, and dated pursuant to §5.113(a) or clearly marked to indicate that they are incomplete and may not be used for regulatory approval, permit, or construction pursuant to §5.113(b).
4. (d) An Interior Designer shall seal, sign, and date any document issued for regulatory approval, permit, or construction which was prepared by a consultant retained by the Interior Designer who did not affix a professional seal to the document. An Interior Designer is not required to seal documents that have been sealed by other licensed professionals.
5. (e) Once documents bearing the Interior Designer's seal are issued from the Interior Designer's office, the seal shall not be removed by any person.
6. (f) An Interior Designer may release electronic drawing files with the following statement substituted for the Interior Designer's signature: "This electronic drawing file is released under the authority of {Interior Designer's name, registration number} on {date}, who maintains the original file. This electronic drawing file may be used as a background drawing. Pursuant to Rule 5.113(f) of the Rules and Regulations of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, the user of this electronic drawing file agrees to assume all responsibility for any modification to or use of this drawing file that is inconsistent with the requirements of the Rules and Regulations of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners. No person may make any modification to this electronic drawing file without the Interior Designer's express written permission."
7. (g) For every project wherein an Interior Designer releases documents for regulatory approval, permit, or construction, the Interior Designer shall maintain a sealed, signed, and dated paper or microform copy of such documents for a minimum of 10 years from the date of substantial completion of the project.

8. (h) An Interior Designer may complete, correct, revise, or add to the work of another licensed design professional when engaged to do so by a client as long as all of the following conditions are satisfied:

   1. (1) the licensed design professional responsible for the original work is notified in writing by the Interior Designer of the engagement immediately upon acceptance of the engagement;
   2. (2) the work prepared by the Interior Designer or under the Interior Designer's Supervision and Control shall be sealed by and be the responsibility of the Interior Designer; and
   3. (3) the Interior Designer may not seal or take responsibility for the work prepared by the other licensed design professional which was not prepared under the Interior Designer's Supervision and Control.
9. (i) An Interior Designer shall seal, sign, and date any feasibility study issued by the Interior Designer for use in Texas.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.113 adopted to be effective August 2, 2000, 25 TexReg 7170.