Section 5.162 - Deferred Adjudication(a) For purposes of § 5.37 and § 5.158 of this chapter (relating to Provisional Licensure and Criminal Convictions), a person is not convicted for committing a criminal offense if: (1) the person entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere;(2) the court deferred further proceedings without entering an adjudication of guilt and placed the person under the supervision of the court or an officer of the court; and(3) at the conclusion of a period of supervision, the judge dismissed the proceedings and discharged the person.(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the executive director or the Board may consider a person to have been convicted of a criminal offense regardless of whether the proceedings were dismissed and the person was discharged as described by subsection (a) of this section if: (1) the person was charged with: (A) any offense described by Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure; or(B) an offense other than an offense described by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph if: (i) the person has not completed the period of supervision or the person completed the period of supervision less than five years before the date the person applied for registration; or(ii) a conviction for the offense would make the person ineligible for registration by operation of law; and(2) after consideration of the factors described by § 5.158(c) or (d) of this chapter, the executive director or the Board determines that: (A) the person may pose a continued threat to public safety; or(B) employment of the person as a Registered Interior Designer would create a situation in which the person has an opportunity to repeat the prohibited conduct.(c) If a person pleads guilty or nolo contendere to conduct which is a violation of a law enforced by the Board, regardless of whether adjudication is deferred, the Board may take disciplinary action.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 5.162
The provisions of this §5.162 adopted to be effective November 29, 2010, 35 TexReg 10509; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 27, July 3, 2020, TexReg 4518, eff. 7/8/2020