Administrative Violation By Representative of Employee Or Legal Beneficiary

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.