Tex. Health & Safety Code § 716.102 · Subchapter C. RECEIPT AND IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS
RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGING ACCEPTANCE OF REMAINS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A crematory establishment shall furnish to a representative of a funeral establishment who delivers deceased human remains to the crematory establishment a receipt that includes:
(1) the signature and printed name of the representative who delivered the remains;
(2) the date and time of the delivery;
(3) the type of cremation container in which the remains were delivered;
(4) the name of the funeral establishment or other entity that contracted to provide for the cremation;
(5) the name of the individual who received the human remains on behalf of the crematory; and
(6) the name of the deceased person.
(b) The crematory establishment shall retain a copy of the receipt required by Subsection (a) in the crematory establishment's records.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.716.htm
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