On Sunday, O’Sullivan revitalized from 6-3 down to beat Carter 10-7 and win a record-broadening eighth Experts title.
A while later, Carter blamed the world number one for “snotting” – clearing his nose – “all around the floor”.
A World Snooker Visit representative said the entire occurrence between the two players was “under survey”.
The WST didn’t go into what the repercussions could be or a time span.
On Tuesday, O’Sullivan beat Ache Junxu of China 4-2 at the World Stupendous Prix in Leicester.
Following the success, world number one O’Sullivan told ITV he will “certainly be feeling the loss of a couple of competitions” after this.
“I shouldn’t actually truly have come here frankly, however it is okay so I figured I would simply turn up. Looking back, I shouldn’t have come,” he added.
“I might want to believe in the event that I tumbled off the visit I could get a trump card, however knowing World Snooker they would presumably say no.
“I’m simply attempting to keep my visit card, as a matter of fact, that is all I’m attempting to do.
“I’m not made a big deal about competitions, it isn’t my number one piece to be fair.”
In light of Carter’s remarks after the Experts last, O’Sullivan said: “He [Carter] has got issues. He must proceed to figure his life out.
“He must take a brief trip and see an instructor or something to that effect. He must manage that since that isn’t any benefit.”
Carter, 44, reprimanded “a few boneheads” in the group at Alexandra Royal residence in London and furthermore got down on 48-year-old O’Sullivan’s way of behaving during the match.
“It’s simply sickening, nobody needs to say anything however isn’t that right?” said Carter.
“Snotting all around the floor what not, it’s incredible way of behaving from a top proficient and in the event that it gets hidden where no one will think to look, it’s bad.”