{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-604.352","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 604.352","heading":"OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSES.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:\n(1) sells, fraudulently obtains, or furnishes a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record;\n(2) practices respiratory care under a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or issued;\n(3) impersonates in any manner a respiratory care practitioner;\n(4) practices respiratory care while the person's certificate or temporary permit is suspended, revoked, or expired;\n(5) conducts a formal respiratory care education program to prepare respiratory care personnel other than a program approved by the advisory board;\n(6) employs a person as a respiratory care practitioner who does not hold a certificate or temporary permit in the practice of respiratory care; or\n(7) otherwise practices medicine in violation of Section 604.002.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.196, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE K. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO USE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT","CHAPTER 604. RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS","SUBCHAPTER G. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.604.htm#604.352","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"02aefae0cccdd8f589750f8a69a6528166e7b007c3d0d8bd597ade84f6f045c0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-604.351","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-605.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}