- (a) The interior designer shall not offer or promise to pay or deliver, directly or indirectly, any commission, political contribution, gift, favor, gratuity, benefit, or reward as an inducement to secure any specific "interior design" work or assignment; providing and excepting, however, that an interior designer may pay a duly licensed employment agency its fee or commission for securing "interior design" employment in a salaried position. This is not intended to prohibit interior designers from volunteering their services to charity.
- (b) The interior designer shall not solicit professional employment by advertising which is false, misleading, deceptive, or which does not clearly display the registrant's state registration number.
- (c) The interior designer shall not make, publish, or cause to be made or published any representation or statement concerning his/her professional qualifications or those of his/her partners, associates, firm, or organization, either current or former, which is in any way misleading or tends to mislead the recipient thereof, or the public, concerning his/her "interior design" education, experience, specializations, or other "interior design" qualifications.
Source Note:The provisions of this §5.156 adopted to be effective September 19, 1996, 21 TexReg 8679.