{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.352","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.352","heading":"COMMERCIAL EMBALMERS ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"commercial embalmers establishment\" means an establishment that:\n(1) embalms for licensed funeral establishments;\n(2) does not sell services or merchandise directly or at retail to the public; and\n(3) meets the requirements for an embalmers license.\n(b) An establishment that functions solely as a commercial embalmers establishment is required to hold a commercial embalmers establishment license but is not required to comply with the requirements for a funeral establishment license under Sections 651.351(d)(3), (d)(6), and (f).\n(c) A commercial embalmers establishment may employ an embalmer only if the embalmer is licensed under this chapter.\n(d) An embalming service, whether provided at a funeral establishment or other embalming facility licensed under this chapter, must comply with this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.\n(e) A licensed commercial embalmers establishment that meets the licensing requirements under Subchapter N may hold a crematory establishment license.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.385(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (H.B. 56), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER H. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS: FUNERAL AND COMMERCIAL EMBALMER ESTABLISHMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.352","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"bd0f398e343a9ae54b054219caa63c808eebae592c3100d7ab5ef254fe436d3e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.351","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.354"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}