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, 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.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265, Sec. 3.265, eff. 9/1/2005. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.