Tex. Occ. Code § 651.253 · Subchapter F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
GENERAL LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible for a funeral director's license or an embalmer's license, an applicant must:
(1) be at least 18 years of age;
(2) have graduated from an accredited high school or passed an examination prescribed by the Texas Education Agency;
(3) have graduated from an accredited school or college of mortuary science;
(4) unless the applicant holds a reciprocal license, have completed the requirements of the provisional license program; and
(5) have successfully completed the applicable written examination described by Section 651.255 or 651.256.
(b) An applicant for a funeral director's license or an embalmer's license may not be considered for that license until the applicant:
(1) completes all of the requirements of the provisional license program; and
(2) attains a grade of at least 75 percent on the written examination given by the commission.
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. 50 (H.B. 1219), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
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