Tex. Occupations Code § 651.453

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 651.453, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 651.453. UNETHICAL ADVERTISING.

Official statutory text

A person violates this chapter if the person uses an advertising statement of a character that misleads or deceives the public or uses, in connection with an advertisement, the name of a person who is falsely represented to be a license holder.

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