LABOR CODE
TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION
SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT
CHAPTER 415. ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATIONS
SUBCHAPTER A. PROHIBITED ACTS
Sec. 415.001. ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION BY REPRESENTATIVE OF EMPLOYEE OR LEGAL BENEFICIARY. A representative of an employee or legal beneficiary commits an administrative violation if the person:
(1) fails without good cause to attend a dispute resolution proceeding within the division;
(2) attends a dispute resolution proceeding within the division without complete authority or fails to exercise authority to effectuate an agreement or settlement;
(3) commits an act of barratry under Section 38.12, Penal Code;
(4) withholds from the employee's or legal beneficiary's weekly benefits or from advances amounts not authorized to be withheld by the division;
(5) enters into a settlement or agreement without the knowledge, consent, and signature of the employee or legal beneficiary;
(6) takes a fee or withholds expenses in excess of the amounts authorized by the division;
(7) refuses or fails to make prompt delivery to the employee or legal beneficiary of funds belonging to the employee or legal beneficiary as a result of a settlement, agreement, order, or award;
(8) violates the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas;
(9) misrepresents the provisions of this subtitle to an employee, an employer, a health care provider, or a legal beneficiary;
(10) violates a commissioner rule; or
(11) fails to comply with this subtitle.
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.265, eff. September 1, 2005.