(a) An Interior Design firm or other business entity
that uses the title "registered interior designer" to describe itself
or which offers or renders the services described as those of a Registered
Interior Designer must annually register information regarding the
firm or business entity with the Board, including an email address
to which all correspondence from the Board will be sent.
(b) A Registered Interior Designer or a Registered
Interior Design firm which enters into an agreement to create a business
association pursuant to §5.132 of this title (relating to Association)
shall annually register the association with the Board, including
an email address to which all correspondence from the Board will be
sent.
(c) If a Registered Interior Design firm, business
entity, or association dissolves or otherwise becomes unable to lawfully
use the title "registered interior designer" to describe itself, the
Registered Interior Design firm, business entity, or association shall
so notify the Board in writing. Such notification must be postmarked
or otherwise provided within 30 days of the date of dissolution or
the date the Registered Interior Design firm, business entity, or
association became unable to lawfully use the title "registered interior
designer" and to offer or render the services described as those of
a Registered Interior Designer. A business entity or association may
not continue to use the title "registered interior designer" or offer
or render the services of a Registered Interior Designer unless it
employs or contracts with a Registered Interior Designer and updates
its registration within that 30 day period.
(d) A Registered Interior Designer who is a sole practitioner
doing business under his/her own name, which is registered with the
Board, is exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) - (c) of
this section.
(e) Each Registered Interior Design firm, business
entity, or association shall annually renew its unexpired registration
and pay a renewal fee not later than the anniversary of the date of
its initial registration. Each Registered Interior Design firm, business
entity, and association shall pay a registration renewal fee to renew
an expired registration in an amount equal to 1-1/2 times the normally
required renewal fee if registration has been expired for 90 days
or less and in an amount equal to twice the normally required renewal
fee if the registration has been expired for longer than 90 days.
A firm, business entity, or association which offers or renders two
or more professional disciplines regulated by the Board shall pay
a single registration fee.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §5.134 adopted to be effective February 27, 2001, 26 TexReg 1724; amended to be effective September 19, 2006, 31 TexReg 7996; amended to be effective December 29, 2009, 34 TexReg 9443; amended to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 4707; amended to be effective April 17, 2012, 37 TexReg 2636 |