Tex. Occupations Code § 604.352
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 604.352, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 604.352. OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) sells, fraudulently obtains, or furnishes a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record;
(2) practices respiratory care under a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or issued;
(3) impersonates in any manner a respiratory care practitioner;
(4) practices respiratory care while the person's certificate or temporary permit is suspended, revoked, or expired;
(5) conducts a formal respiratory care education program to prepare respiratory care personnel other than a program approved by the advisory board;
(6) employs a person as a respiratory care practitioner who does not hold a certificate or temporary permit in the practice of respiratory care; or
(7) otherwise practices medicine in violation of Section 604.002.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(1) sells, fraudulently obtains, or furnishes a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record;
(2) practices respiratory care under a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or issued;
(3) impersonates in any manner a respiratory care practitioner;
(4) practices respiratory care while the person's certificate or temporary permit is suspended, revoked, or expired;
(5) conducts a formal respiratory care education program to prepare respiratory care personnel other than a program approved by the advisory board;
(6) employs a person as a respiratory care practitioner who does not hold a certificate or temporary permit in the practice of respiratory care; or
(7) otherwise practices medicine in violation of Section 604.002.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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