1. (a) The Board may take disciplinary actions against a licensee, registrant, or an owner of a plumbing company subject to this chapter, as provided by Subchapter I (relating to Disciplinary Procedures), Subchapter J (relating to Other Penalties and Enforcement Provisions), Subchapter N (relating to Administrative Penalty) of the Plumbing License Law and Chapter 367 (relating to Enforcement) of the Board Rules, for any violation of the Plumbing License Law or Board Rules.

2. (b) A person commits a Class C misdemeanor by:

   1. (1) Violating the act or the rules adopted under it;
   2. (2) Performing non-exempt plumbing work without holding a valid license, registration or endorsement issued through the Board;
   3. (3) Employing an unlicensed or unregistered individual to perform activities that by law require the skills and supervision of an individual registered or licensed by the Board without providing for that individual's supervision as specified by the Act and Board Rules.

   4. (4) Proclaiming through advertising or by producing another's plumbing license, registration or license or registration number or by other means claiming that:

      1. (A) an individual is a licensed plumber or is registered with the Board when in fact that individual is not a plumber licensed or registered by the Board, or
      2. (B) that a person or plumbing company has secured the services of a Responsible Master Plumber as specified in §367.3 of this title, when in fact that company has not;
   5. (5) Acting, serving, or representing oneself as a Plumbing Inspector, or conducting plumbing inspections as defined in the Act and Board Rules without holding a valid Plumbing Inspector License and without being employed by, or an independent contractor for a political subdivision or state agency.
3. (c) In addition to any other disciplinary action the Board may take, a person who violates any provision of the act or these rules or any other order of the Board is subject to a civil penalty, under §1301.507 of the Plumbing License Law, of not less than $50 or more than $1,000 for each violation and for each day of violation after notification.

Source Note:The provisions of this §367.7 adopted to be effective August 25, 1993, 18 TexReg 5400; amended to be effective December 8, 1993, 18 TexReg 8787; amended to be effective August 16, 1996, 21 TexReg 7377; amended to be effective August 3, 2000, 25 TexReg 7177; amended to be effective January 30, 2001, 26 TexReg 977; amended to be effective December 30, 2001, 26 TexReg 10592; amended to be effective February 3, 2011, 36 TexReg 424; amended to be effective February 11, 2014, 39 TexReg 661.