- (a) The interior designer shall not accept any "interior design" employment or undertake any "interior design" assignment for which he/she is not qualified by education or experience to perform or carry out adequately and competently; providing and excepting, however, that an interior designer may accept an assignment requiring education and experience outside his/her field of competence to the extent only that his/her personal "interior design" services are restricted solely to those phases of the service or project in which he/she is qualified and competent, and that all other phases of such services or project shall be performed by legally qualified consultants, associates, or employees.
- (b) The interior designer shall not affix his/her signature or seal to any "interior design" plan or document dealing with subject matter on which he/she is not qualified by education or experience to form a dependable judgment.
(c) The interior designer shall not express an "interior design" opinion before a court, administrative agency, or other government forum on any subject:
- (1) in which he/she is not qualified by education or experience; or
- (2) which is contrary to generally accepted scientific and "interior design" principles without fully disclosing the basis and rationale for his/her conclusion.
- (d) The interior designer must develop contract documents that provide against reasonable misunderstandings that could jeopardize the client and/or builder.
- (e) The interior designer shall not fail to fully advise clients of the implications of results of decisions made by the interior designer.
Source Note:The provisions of this §5.154 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8679.