Section 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.Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 682, Sec. 1.25, eff. 9/1/2001. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.