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.