(a) The board is statutorily empowered to regulate the practice of engineering and land surveying in Texas.     
      (b) The board shall promulgate and adopt rules as authorized and required by statute, which are necessary for the performance of its duties. Such rules shall establish standards of conduct and ethics for engineers and land surveyors, ensure strict compliance with and enforcement of the provisions of the Acts, ensure uniform standards of practice and procedure, and provide for public participation, notice of the agency actions, and a fair and expeditious determination of causes before the board.     
      (c) The board may act directly under its statute and rules or through the executive director or a committee of the board.     
      (d) Pursuant to the Texas Engineering Practice Act and the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act, the board is responsible for policy-making decisions and the executive director is responsible for the agency's management decisions.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §131.1 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4871; amended to be effective December 11, 2016, 41 TexReg 9704; amended to be effective December 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 9202