Texas Occupations Code 651.451 – Certain Fraudulent and Deceptive Acts
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 651.451
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
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.