{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.255","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.255","heading":"EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE.","body":"The commission shall administer or arrange for the administration of:\n(1) a written professionally prepared examination on:\n(A) the art and technique of funeral directing;\n(B) the signs of death;\n(C) the manner by which death may be determined;\n(D) sanitation and hygiene;\n(E) mortuary management and mortuary law;\n(F) business and professional ethics; and\n(G) other subjects that may be taught in a recognized school or college of mortuary science; and\n(2) a written examination developed by the commission or developed for the commission by contract on:\n(A) laws applicable to vital statistics pertaining to dead human bodies; and\n(B) local and state rules and laws relating to the preparation, transportation, care, and disposition of dead human bodies.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.255","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"76298ec4e60b639554c9f833d7f2956d14c9ffd45420831797c9a62c379381c9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.254","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.256"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}