§ 651.451 — CERTAIN FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE ACTS.

Texas § 651.451

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code OC: Occupations Code

Text

Sec. 651.451. CERTAIN FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE ACTS. A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1) presents to the commission a license, certificate, registration, or diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained;
(2) uses fraud or deception in passing the examination, including impersonating or acting as a proxy for another person in the examination;
(3) purchases, sells, barters, or uses, or offers to purchase, sell, barter, or use, a license, registration, certificate, or transcript of a license, registration, or certificate in or incident to an application to the commission for a license or registration issued under this chapter;
(4) alters, with fraudulent intent, a license, registration, or certificate issued under this chapter or a transcript of a license, registration, or certificate;
(5) uses a license, registration, certificate, or diploma issued under this chapter or a transcript of a license, registration, certificate, or diploma that has been fraudulently purchased, issued, counterfeited, or materially altered;
(6) impersonates a funeral director, embalmer, or other person regulated under this chapter;
(7) permits another to use the person's license or registration to perform an activity regulated under this chapter; or
(8) presents false certification of work done as a provisional license holder.

Legislative History

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 682, Sec. 1.25, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.