(a) A Registered Interior Designer whose registration is in good standing may apply for Inactive registration status on a form prescribed by the Board.     
      (b) An Inactive Registered Interior Designer may not practice Interior Design. If an Inactive Registered Interior Designer engages in the practice of Interior Design, the Inactive Registered Interior Designer's registration may be suspended or revoked and the Inactive Registered Interior Designer may be fined as allowed by the Interior Designers' Registration Law for each day that the Inactive Registered Interior Designer has engaged in the practice of Interior Design.     
      (c) An Inactive Registered Interior Designer shall not use or display his/her Interior Design seal during any period that his/her registration is Inactive.     
      (d) An Inactive Registered Interior Designer shall pay an annual fee as prescribed by the Board.     
      (e) In order to return his/her registration to active status, an Inactive Registered Interior Designer must:      
        (1) apply on a form prescribed by the Board;       
        (2) either submit proof that he/she has completed all continuing education requirements for each year the registration has been Inactive if continuing education was required for that year or, in lieu of completing the outstanding continuing education requirements, successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; and       
        (3) pay a fee as prescribed by the Board.       
      (f) An Inactive Interior Designer whose registration has been Inactive for a continuous period of five (5) years or longer must do the following before the Inactive Interior Designer may return to active status:      
        (1) successfully complete all sections of the current registration examination during the five (5) years immediately preceding the return to active status; or       
        (2) furnish evidence that the Inactive Interior Designer currently holds an interior design registration in another jurisdiction where the registration requirements are substantially equivalent to Texas Interior Design registration requirements and that the current Interior Design registration is in good standing.       
      (g) An application to return to active status may be rejected for any of the reasons that an initial application for registration may be rejected or that a registration may be revoked.     
      (h) The Board may require that an application to return to active status include verification that the applicant has complied with the laws governing the registration of Registered Interior Designers.     
      (i) An Inactive Interior Designer may use the title "Emeritus Interior Designer" or "Interior Designer Emeritus" after filing the appropriate form with the Board if:      
        (1) the Inactive Interior Designer is at least 65 years of age and has been registered at least 15 years; or       
        (2) held an emeritus Interior Design registration on or before January 2, 2002.       
      (j) Nonregistrants may not use the title "Emeritus Interior Designer" or "Interior Designer Emeritus."     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §5.78 adopted to be effective October 11, 2001, 26 TexReg 7862; amended to be effective June 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 4704; amended to be effective April 3, 2008, 33 TexReg 2693; amended to be effective March 20, 2009, 34 TexReg 1851; amended to be effective June 13, 2010, 35 TexReg 4704