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Tex. Occupations Code § 651.251: LICENSE REQUIRED.
Where this section sits in the code
- OCCUPATIONS CODE
- TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
- SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING
- CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING
- SUBCHAPTER F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
(a) Funeral directing may be performed only by a funeral director or a provisional license holder or qualified mortuary student under the supervision and direction of a funeral director. A person may not engage or profess to be engaged in the business of funeral directing or hold the person out to the public as a funeral director unless the person is licensed as a funeral director.
(b) Embalming may be performed only by an embalmer or a provisional license holder or qualified mortuary student under the supervision and direction of an embalmer. A person may not engage or profess to be engaged in the business of embalming or hold the person out to the public as an embalmer unless the person is licensed as an embalmer.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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