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Rick Valdes

Texas Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors


Rick Valdes is a Supervising Investigator with the Compliance & Enforcement Department, Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (TBPELS).


He has over 28 years of experience as an investigator with the State of Texas, eighteen of those years with the Board. As a Supervising Investigator, Rick ensures that the TPBELS Act and Board Rules are followed and investigates complaints the Board receives regarding violations of the Act and/or Board Rules. 


Rick has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Southwest Texas State University in 1986, San Marcos, Texas.


SESSIONS


RAS/Architect/Engineer: Rules and Regulations as a Multiple Registrant
AIA/CES #APA 264 1 LU, ICC #33915 .10 CEU, ACTCP 1 elective credit

Many RASes are also licensed as architects, interior designers, landscape architects,
and/or engineers. This panel will discuss the rules and regulations of TDLR, TBAE, and
TBPE and specifics to the requirements for design professionals to comply with all rules
and regulations under each applicable licensing board.