Tex. Occupations Code § 651.451
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 651.451, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 651.451. CERTAIN FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE ACTS.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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