Tex. Occupations Code § 651.457
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 651.457, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 651.457. UNETHICAL CONDUCT REGARDING EMBALMING.
Official statutory text
(a) A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1) embalms a body without:
(A) receiving the express written or oral permission of a person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(B) making a documented reasonable effort over a period of at least three hours to obtain the permission;
(2) embalms or attempts to embalm a dead human body without proper authority, evidence of which includes making an incision on the body, raising a circulatory vessel of the body, or injecting a chemical into the body;
(3) allows the presence or participation of a student for credit or satisfaction of academic requirements during the embalming of a dead human body without complying with Section 651.407; or
(4) places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures without holding an embalmer's license.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a provisional license holder does not violate this chapter if the provisional license holder places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures under the supervision of an embalmer.
(1) embalms a body without:
(A) receiving the express written or oral permission of a person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(B) making a documented reasonable effort over a period of at least three hours to obtain the permission;
(2) embalms or attempts to embalm a dead human body without proper authority, evidence of which includes making an incision on the body, raising a circulatory vessel of the body, or injecting a chemical into the body;
(3) allows the presence or participation of a student for credit or satisfaction of academic requirements during the embalming of a dead human body without complying with Section 651.407; or
(4) places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures without holding an embalmer's license.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a provisional license holder does not violate this chapter if the provisional license holder places a chemical or substance on or in a dead human body to disinfect or preserve the body or to restore body tissues and structures under the supervision of an embalmer.
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