Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.251
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 49A.251, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 49A.251. WAITING PERIOD BEFORE CREMATION; OFFENSE.
Official statutory text
(a) The body of a deceased person may not be cremated within 48 hours after the time of death as indicated on the death certificate, unless:
(1) the death certificate indicates death was caused by:
(A) Asiatic cholera;
(B) bubonic plague;
(C) typhus fever; or
(D) smallpox; or
(2) the time requirement is waived in writing by the medical examiner or, in counties not having a medical examiner, a justice of the peace.
(b) In a public health disaster, the Department of State Health Services may designate additional communicable diseases for which cremation within 48 hours after the time of death is authorized.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this article. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
(1) the death certificate indicates death was caused by:
(A) Asiatic cholera;
(B) bubonic plague;
(C) typhus fever; or
(D) smallpox; or
(2) the time requirement is waived in writing by the medical examiner or, in counties not having a medical examiner, a justice of the peace.
(b) In a public health disaster, the Department of State Health Services may designate additional communicable diseases for which cremation within 48 hours after the time of death is authorized.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates this article. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
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