22 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.5 - Terms Defined Herein
The following words, terms, and acronyms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) The Act--The
Interior Designers' Registration Law.
(2) Administrative Procedure Act (APA)--Texas
Government Code §§
2001.001 et
seq.
(3) APA--Administrative
Procedure Act.
(4) Applicant--An
individual who has submitted an application for registration or reinstatement
but has not yet completed the registration or reinstatement process.
(5) Architectural Barriers Act--Texas
Government Code, Chapter 469.
(6)
Architectural Interior Construction--A building project that involves only the
inside elements of a building and, in order to be completed, necessitates the
"practice of architecture" as that term is defined in 22 Texas Administrative
Code §
1.5.
(7) Barrier-Free Design--The design of a
facility or the design of an alteration of a facility which complies with the
Texas Accessibility Standards, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair
Housing Accessibility Guidelines, or similarly accepted standards for
accessible design.
(8) Board--Texas
Board of Architectural Examiners.
(9) Cancel, Cancellation, or Cancelled--The
termination of a Texas Interior Design registration certificate by operation of
law two years after it expires without renewal by the
certificate-holder.
(10)
Candidate--An individual that is seeking registration by examination but has
not yet completed the examination or application process.
(11) CEPH--Continuing Education Program
Hour(s).
(12) Chair--The member of
the Board who serves as the Board's presiding officer.
(13) CIDQ--The Council for Interior Design
Qualification.
(14) Construction
Documents--Drawings; specifications; and addenda, change orders, construction
change directives, and other Supplemental Documents prepared for the purpose(s)
of Regulatory Approval, permitting, or construction.
(15) Consultant--An individual retained by a
Registered Interior Designer who prepares or assists in the preparation of
technical design documents issued by the Registered Interior Designer for use
in connection with the Registered Interior Designer's Construction
Documents.
(16) Contested Case--A
proceeding, including a licensing proceeding, in which the legal rights,
duties, or privileges of a party are to be determined by a state agency after
an opportunity for adjudicative hearings.
(17) Continuing Education Program Hour
(CEPH)--At least fifty (50) minutes of time spent in an activity meeting the
Board's continuing education requirements.
(18) Council for Interior Design
Qualification (CIDQ)--An organization comprised of regulatory boards from the
United States and Canada which administers the NCIDQ examination.
(19) Delinquent--A registration status
signifying that a Registered Interior Designer:
(A) has failed to remit the applicable
renewal fee to the Board; and
(B)
is no longer authorized to use the title "Registered Interior Designer" in
Texas.
(20) Emeritus
Interior Designer (or Interior Designer Emeritus)--An honorary title that may
be used by a Registered Interior Designer who has retired from the practice of
Interior Design in Texas pursuant to §
1053.156 of the
Texas Occupations Code.
(21)
Energy-Efficient Design--The design of a project and the specification of
materials to minimize the consumption of energy in the use of the project. The
term includes energy efficiency strategies by design as well as the
incorporation of alternative energy systems.
(22) Feasibility Study--A report of a
detailed investigation and analysis conducted to determine the advisability of
a proposed Interior Design project from a technical Interior Design
standpoint.
(23) Good Standing--
(A) a registration status signifying that a
Registered Interior Designer is not delinquent in the payment of any fees owed
to the Board; or
(B) an application
status signifying that an Applicant or Candidate is not delinquent in the
payment of any fees owed to the Board, is not the subject of a pending TBAE
enforcement proceeding, and has not been the subject of formal disciplinary
action by an Interior Design registration board that would provide a ground for
the denial of the application for Interior Design registration in
Texas.
(24) Governmental
Jurisdiction--A governmental authority such as a state, territory, or country
beyond the boundaries of Texas.
(25) Inactive--A registration status
signifying that a Registered Interior Designer may not practice Interior Design
in the State of Texas.
(26)
Interior Design--The identification, research, or development of creative
solutions to problems relating to the function or quality of the interior
environment; the performance of services relating to interior spaces, including
programming, design analysis, space planning of non-load-bearing interior
construction, and application of aesthetic principles, by using specialized
knowledge of interior construction, building codes, equipment, materials, or
furnishings; or the preparation of Interior Design plans, specifications, or
related documents about the design of non-load-bearing interior
spaces.
(27) Interior Designers'
Registration Law--Chapter 1053, Texas Occupations Code.
(28) Interior Design Intern--An individual
participating in an internship to complete the experiential requirements for
Interior Design registration by examination in Texas.
(29) Licensed--Registered.
(30) Member Board--An Interior Design
registration board that is part of CIDQ.
(31) NCIDQ--The examination developed and
administered by the Council for Interior Design Qualification, which is the
adopted examination for registration as a Texas Registered Interior
Designer.
(32) Nonregistrant--An
individual who is not a Registered Interior Designer.
(33) Principal--A Registered Interior
Designer who is responsible, either alone or with other Registered Interior
Designers, for an organization's practice of Interior Design.
(34) Registered Interior Designer--An
individual who holds a valid Texas Interior Design registration granted by the
Board.
(35) Registrant--Registered
Interior Designer.
(36) Regulatory
Approval--The approval of Construction Documents by a Governmental Entity after
a review of the Interior Design content of the Construction Documents as a
prerequisite to construction or occupation of a building of facility.
(37) Reinstatement--The procedure through
which a Surrendered or Revoked Texas Interior Design registration certificate
is restored.
(38) Renewal--The
procedure through which a Registered Interior Designer pays a periodic fee so
that his or her registration certificate will continue to be
effective.
(39) Responsible
Charge--That degree of control over and detailed knowledge of the content of
technical submissions during their preparation as is ordinarily exercised by
Registered Interior Designers applying the applicable Interior Design standard
of care.
(40) Revocation or
Revoked--The termination of a Texas Interior Design registration certificate by
the Board.
(41) Rules and
Regulations of the Board--22 Texas Administrative Code §§5.1et
seq.
(42) Rules of Procedure of
SOAH--1 Texas Administrative Code §§155.1et seq.
(43) Secretary-Treasurer--The member of the
Board responsible for signing the official copy of the minutes from each Board
meeting and maintaining the record of Board members' attendance at Board
meetings.
(44) Signature--A
personal signature of the individual whose name is signed or an authorized copy
of such signature.
(45) SOAH--State
Office of Administrative Hearings.
(46) Sole Practitioner--A Registered Interior
Designer who is the only design professional to offer or render Interior Design
services on behalf of a business entity.
(47) State Office of Administrative Hearings
(SOAH)--A governmental entity created to serve as an independent forum for the
conduct of adjudicative hearings involving the executive branch of Texas
government.
(48) Supervision and
Control--The amount of oversight by a Registered Interior Designer overseeing
the work of another whereby:
(A) the
Registered Interior Designer and the individual performing the work can
document frequent and detailed communication with one another and the
Registered Interior Designer has both control over and detailed professional
knowledge of the work; or
(B) the
Registered Interior Designer is in Responsible Charge of the work and the
individual performing the work is employed by the Registered Interior Designer
or by the Registered Interior Designer's employer.
(49) Supplemental Document--A document that
modifies or adds to the technical Interior Design content of an existing
Construction Document.
(50)
Surrender--The act of relinquishing a Texas Interior Design registration
certificate along with all privileges associated with the
certificate.
(51) Sustainable
Design--An integrative approach to the process of design which seeks to avoid
depletion of energy, water, and raw material resources; prevent environmental
degradation caused by facility and infrastructure development during their
implementation and over their life cycle; and create environments that are
livable and promote health, safety and well-being. Sustainability is the
concept of meeting present needs without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
(52) TBAE--Texas Board of Architectural
Examiners.
(53) TDLR--Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(54) Texas Department of Licensing and
Regulations (TDLR)--A Texas state agency responsible for the implementation and
enforcement of the Texas Architectural Barriers Act.
(55) Vice-Chair--The member of the Board who
serves as the assistant presiding officer and, in the absence of the Chair,
serves as the Board's presiding officer. If necessary, the Vice-Chair succeeds
the Chair until a new Chair is appointed.
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