22 Tex. Admin. Code § 137.77 - Firm Registration Compliance
(a) Any
firm or other business entity shall not offer or perform engineering services
to the public unless registered with the board pursuant to the requirements of
Chapter 135 of this title (relating to Firm Registration).
(b) A firm shall provide that at least one
full-time active license holder is employed with the entity and that an active
license holder performs or directly supervises all engineering work and
activities that require a license that is performed in the primary, branch,
remote, or project office(s).
(c)
An active license holder who is a sole practitioner shall satisfy the
requirement of the regular, full-time employee.
(d) No engineering services are to be offered
to or performed for the public in Texas by a firm while that firm does not have
a current certificate of registration.
(e) A business entity that offers or is
engaged in the practice of engineering in Texas and is not registered with the
board or has previously been registered with the board and whose registration
has expired shall be considered to be in violation of the Act and board rules
and will be subject to administrative penalties as set forth in
§§1001.501 - 1001.508 of the Act and §
139.35 of this title (relating to
Sanctions and Penalties).
(f) The
board may revoke a certificate of registration that was obtained in violation
of the Act and/or board rules including, but not limited to, fraudulent or
misleading information submitted in the application or lack of employee
relationship with the designated professional engineer for the firm.
(g) If a firm has notified the board that it
is no longer offering or performing engineer services to the public, including
the absence of a regular, full-time employee who is an active professional
engineer licensed in Texas, the certificate of registration record will be
placed in inactive status until the board is notified of resumed offering and
services. If firm certificate of registration is inactive, the certificate of
registration will expire under the same requirements of subsection (e) of this
section unless renewed.
(h) All
engineering documents released, issued, or submitted by or for a registered
engineering firm, including preliminary documents, must clearly indicate the
firm name and registration number.
(i) A firm registered under Chapter 135 of
this title may voluntarily surrender the registration by submitting a request
in writing provided that the firm:
(1) is in
good standing; and
(2) does not
have an enforcement case pending before the board.
(j) A firm registration that has been
voluntarily surrendered may not be renewed. A firm which has voluntarily
surrendered a registration may apply for a new registration.
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