In carrying out its responsibility to insure strict enforcement of the Interior Designers' Registration Law (the Act), the Board may investigate circumstances which appear to violate or abridge the requirements of the Act or the rules dealing with the practice of interior design and the use of the title "interior designer" and the term "interior design." Violations of the Act or the rules which cannot be readily resolved through settlement shall be disposed of by administrative, civil, or criminal proceedings as authorized by law.

Source Note:The provisions of this §5.131 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8679; amended to be effective February 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 1724.