The medical board may take action under Section 206.301 against an applicant or license holder who:
- (1) fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license;
- (2) fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;
- (3) falsely represents that the person is a physician;
- (4) acts in an unprofessional or dishonorable manner that is likely to deceive, defraud, or injure the public;
- (5) fraudulently alters any surgical assistant license, certificate, or diploma;
- (6) uses any surgical assistant license, certificate, or diploma that has been fraudulently purchased, issued, or counterfeited or that has been materially altered;
- (7) directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice as a surgical assistant by any person not licensed by the medical board to practice as a surgical assistant; or
- (8) unlawfully advertises in a false, misleading, or deceptive manner as defined by Section 101.201.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.