Tex. Health and Safety Code § 193.008
This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 193.008, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.
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§ 193.008. BURIAL-TRANSIT PERMIT.
Official statutory text
(a) A burial-transit permit issued under the law and rules of a place outside of this state in which a death or fetal death occurred authorizes the transportation of the body in this state. A cemetery or crematory shall accept the permit as authorization for burial, cremation, or other disposal of the body in this state.
(b) The department shall prescribe the form and contents of the burial-transit permit.
(b) The department shall prescribe the form and contents of the burial-transit permit.
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