{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.451","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.451","heading":"CERTAIN FRAUDULENT AND DECEPTIVE ACTS.","body":"A person violates this chapter if the person:\n(1) presents to the commission a license, certificate, registration, or diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained;\n(2) uses fraud or deception in passing the examination, including impersonating or acting as a proxy for another person in the examination;\n(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;\n(4) alters, with fraudulent intent, a license, registration, or certificate issued under this chapter or a transcript of a license, registration, or certificate;\n(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;\n(6) impersonates a funeral director, embalmer, or other person regulated under this chapter;\n(7) permits another to use the person's license or registration to perform an activity regulated under this chapter; or\n(8) presents false certification of work done as a provisional license holder.\nActs 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.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.451","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"58f7adb71e026b57582676acaf74c782d955cca3625776580a0c895573043306","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.410","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.452"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}