Sec. 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.
Acts 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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle L - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Chapter 651 - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Subchapter J. Prohibited Practices
Section 651.451. Certain Fraudulent and Deceptive Acts
Section 651.452. Lack of Fitness to Practice
Section 651.453. Unethical Advertising
Section 651.454. Other Unethical Conduct in Soliciting Customers
Section 651.456. Unethical Conduct Regarding Custody of Dead Human Body
Section 651.457. Unethical Conduct Regarding Embalming
Section 651.458. Unethical Conduct by Funeral Establishment
Section 651.459. Other Unethical Conduct in Providing Funeral Services
Section 651.460. Prohibited Practices Related to Failure to Comply With Other Legal Requirements