Tex. Health and Safety Code § 716.251: CREMATORY ESTABLISHMENT RECORDS.
Where this section sits in the code
- HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
- TITLE 8. DEATH AND DISPOSITION OF THE BODY
- SUBTITLE C. CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIES
- CHAPTER 716. CREMATORIES
- SUBCHAPTER F. RECORDS
(a) A crematory establishment shall maintain a record at its place of business of each cremation. The record must contain:
(1) the name of the deceased person;
(2) the date of the cremation;
(3) the final disposition of the cremated remains; and
(4) any other document required by this chapter.
(b) A record must be kept on file at least until the fifth anniversary of the cremation.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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