{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 206.302","heading":"CONDUCT RELATED TO FRAUD OR MISREPRESENTATION.","body":"The medical board may take action under Section 206.301 against an applicant or license holder who:\n(1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license;\n(2) fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;\n(3) falsely represents that the person is a physician;\n(4) acts in an unprofessional or dishonorable manner that is likely to deceive, defraud, or injure the public;\n(5) fraudulently alters any surgical assistant license, certificate, or diploma;\n(6) uses any surgical assistant license, certificate, or diploma that has been fraudulently purchased, issued, or counterfeited or that has been materially altered;\n(7) directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice as a surgical assistant by any person not licensed by the medical board to practice as a surgical assistant; or\n(8) unlawfully advertises in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner as defined by Section 101.201.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 206. SURGICAL ASSISTANTS","SUBCHAPTER G. DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.206.htm#206.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"dfb2a73328e62e697955fe53b0330e41517008d8db472f953e1295744e1b3537","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-206.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}