Tex. Health & Safety Code § 694.001 · Chapter 694. BURIAL

DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

The Department of State Health Services shall regulate the disposal, transportation, interment, and disinterment of dead bodies to the extent reasonable and necessary to protect public health and safety.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1506, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.694.htm
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