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.

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.