| (a) For the purposes of this section advertisements include,
but are not limited to, inspection reports, business cards, invoices, signs,
all electronic media including E-mail and the Internet, purchased telephone
directory displays and advertising by newspaper, radio and television.
(b) Advertisements by a person licensed as an inspector must
contain the name or assumed business name of the licensee. The advertisements
must also contain the license number of the person. If the person is licensed
as a real estate inspector or as an apprentice inspector, the advertisements
must also contain the following:
(1) the name or assumed name of the person's sponsoring professional
inspector; and
(2) a statement indicating that the person is sponsored by
that professional inspector.
(c) A licensed professional inspector, real estate inspector
or apprentice inspector shall immediately notify the commission in writing
of the licensee's use of an assumed name in the inspection business.
(d) The commission may reprimand or suspend or revoke the license
of a person who is found to have engaged in false or misleading advertising
or to have failed to comply with provisions of this section.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.221 adopted to be effective January 4, 1993, 17 TexReg 8955; amended to be effective December 21, 1993, 18 TexReg 9103; amended to be effective March 12, 1997, 22 TexReg 2429; amended to be effective January 1, 2001, 25 TexReg 11653 |
