PROVISIONAL LICENSE PROGRAM.

(a) The commission shall prescribe and supervise the course of instruction received by a provisional license holder while participating in a provisional license program.

(a-1) A provisional license holder may work only:

(1) in a funeral establishment or commercial embalming facility licensed by the commission; and

(2) under the direct and personal supervision of a funeral director or embalmer, as applicable.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 50 , Sec. 10(1), eff. September 1, 2015.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 50 , Sec. 10(1), eff. September 1, 2015.

(d) The provisional license program must include assisting with at least 45 cases. Not more than two provisional license holders may receive credit for work done on any one body. The commission by rule shall:

(1) define the standards for a case;

(2) set the number of cases a provisional license holder is required to complete during the program; and

(3) establish guidelines for supervision under which a provisional license holder is granted increased responsibilities during the course of the provisional license program.

(e) The standards required for a complete case include:

(1) for an embalmer, all the duties and activities necessary for embalming; and

(2) for a funeral director, all the activities necessary from the time the body is obtained until final disposition.

(e-1) The commission by rule shall prescribe case reporting requirements for provisional license holders. The commission shall provide case report forms to be used by a provisional license holder.

(f) The funeral director provisional license program may be served concurrently with the embalmer provisional license program.

(g) When conducting funeral arrangements, a provisional license holder shall inform family members and other persons with whom the arrangements are being made that the license holder has a provisional license and works under the personal supervision of a licensed funeral director.