Tex. Labor Code Section 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 (Barratry and Solicitation of Professional Employment), 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.

Source: Section 415.001 — Administrative Violation by Representative of Employee or Legal Beneficiary, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.­415.­htm#415.­001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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