Tex. Occ. Code § 604.352 · Subchapter G. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
OTHER CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) sells, fraudulently obtains, or furnishes a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record;
(2) practices respiratory care under a respiratory care diploma, certificate, temporary permit, or record illegally or fraudulently obtained or issued;
(3) impersonates in any manner a respiratory care practitioner;
(4) practices respiratory care while the person's certificate or temporary permit is suspended, revoked, or expired;
(5) conducts a formal respiratory care education program to prepare respiratory care personnel other than a program approved by the advisory board;
(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
(7) otherwise practices medicine in violation of Section 604.002.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.196, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.604.htm
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