22 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.113 - Required Use of Seal and Retention of Sealed Documents

(a) Construction Documents:

(1) On every Construction Document prepared by a Registered Interior Designer or under a Registered Interior Designer's Supervision and Control, the Registered Interior Designer shall affix or cause the affixation of:

(A) the Registered Interior Designer's seal;

(B) the Registered Interior Designer's signature (across the face of the seal's image or directly under or adjacent to the seal's image); and

(C) the date of signing (including the month, day, and year) before the Construction Document is issued by or under the authority of the Registered Interior Designer.

(2) The Registered Interior Designer's seal and signature and the date must be affixed in a manner that will be clearly visible and legible on each copy of a Construction Document issued by or under the authority of the Registered Interior Designer. The Registered Interior Designer's signature and the date may not conceal or obscure the name or registration number on the seal.

(3) Construction Documents requiring a seal, signature, and date include the following:

(A) each sheet of drawings or electronic equivalent of a sheet of drawings;

(B) each specification: if a specification is included in a bound grouping of specifications that includes a table of contents or index listing each individual specification, the seal must be placed in at least one conspicuous location on the bound document; any individual specification sheet or electronic equivalent of a specification sheet that is issued separately must be sealed individually;

(C) each sheet or electronic equivalent of a sheet that identifies the project and provides a list of sealed Construction Documents, such as a title sheet, table of contents, or index; and

(D) each Interior Design drawing and specification that is part of an addenda, change order, construction change directive, or other Supplemental Document.

(b) Documents issued for purposes other than regulatory approval, permitting, and construction:

(1) An Interior Design drawing or specification issued by or under the authority of a Registered Interior Designer for a purpose other than regulatory approval, permitting, or construction shall include:

(A) the Registered Interior Designer's name;

(B) the date the document is issued (including the month, day, and year); and

(C) the following statement placed in a conspicuous location on the document: "Not for regulatory approval, permitting, or construction."

(2) Each Interior Design drawing and specification included in a Feasibility Study issued by or under the authority of a Registered Interior Designer must be sealed, signed, and dated in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section or labeled with the Registered Interior Designer's name and the date and clearly marked to indicate that it may not be used for regulatory approval, permitting, or construction in the manner described in this subsection.

(c) For a minimum of ten (10) years from the date of signature on each Construction Document sealed by or under the authority of a Registered Interior Designer, the sealing Registered Interior Designer shall be responsible for the maintenance of the sealed, signed, and dated original document or a copy of the document bearing the clearly visible and legible seal, signature, and date.

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22 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.113

The provisions of this §5.113 adopted to be effective August 2, 2000, 25 TexReg 7170; amended to be effective September 29, 2003, 28 TexReg 8334; amended to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 4705