Tex. Occ. Code § 651.457 · Subchapter J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES
UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING EMBALMING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1) embalms a body without:
(A) receiving the express written or oral permission of a person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(B) making a documented reasonable effort over a period of at least three hours to obtain the permission;
(2) embalms or attempts to embalm a dead human body without proper authority, evidence of which includes making an incision on the body, raising a circulatory vessel of the body, or injecting a chemical into the body;
(3) allows the presence or participation of a student for credit or satisfaction of academic requirements during the embalming of a dead human body without complying with Section 651.407; or
(4) places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures without holding an embalmer's license.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a provisional license holder does not violate this chapter if the provisional license holder places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures under the supervision of an embalmer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm
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