Tex. Occ. Code § 651.403 · Subchapter I. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER
DESIGNATION OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN CHARGE; EFFECT OF VIOLATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A funeral establishment shall:
(1) designate to the commission a funeral director in charge; and
(2) promptly notify the commission of any change in that designation.
(b) The funeral director in charge is directly responsible for the funeral directing and embalming business of the funeral establishment.
(c) The funeral director in charge is ultimately responsible for compliance with the mortuary laws. The funeral director in charge may be charged with a violation of this chapter if a violation occurs in the funeral establishment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 a5a6535d64c182e929d23c26d785b0a2d28b46e3fd68171d962c023b29012581
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.