(a) A Registered Interior Designer may not directly or indirectly perform an act, omit an act or allow an omission, make an assertion, or otherwise engage in a practice with the intent to:
- (1) defraud,
- (2) deceive, or
- (3) create a misleading impression.
- (b) A Registered Interior Designer may not advertise in a manner which is false, misleading, or deceptive. Each advertisement that offers the services of a Registered Interior Designer in Texas and is found in a telephone directory, e-mail directory, web site, or newspaper must clearly display that Registered Interior Designer's Texas Interior Design registration number. If an advertisement is for a business that employs more than one Registered Interior Designer, only the Texas Interior Design registration number for one Registered Interior Designer employed by the firm or associated with the firm pursuant to §5.132 of this title (relating to Association is required to be displayed.
- (c) A Registered Interior Designer may not directly or indirectly solicit, offer, give, or receive anything or any service of significant value as an inducement or reward to secure any specific publicly funded Interior Design work. A Registered Interior Designer may not give Interior Design plans, design services, pre-bond referendum services, or any other goods or services to a governmental entity in response to a request for qualifications, a request for proposals, or otherwise during the process to select a Registered Interior Designer to render publicly funded Interior Design work.
Source Note:The provisions of this §5.154 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 1726; amended to be effective July 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 4396; amended to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 4708.