Texas Funeral Law Exam Fri 5-7.Final Test 2024\2025.
Commissioner is:
registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are:
licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing for a minimum
of 5 years.
4 commissioners are:
members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed
Funeral Director if:
there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated:
within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be:
embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment:
for a minimum of 2 years.
Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being
considered disinterred?
30 days
Chapel must have:
seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function:
ensure competent well qualified professionals are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is:
ensure that violations of law and regulations are aggressively and fairly
prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by
Governor of the State of Texas.
, Texas Funeral Law Exam Fri 5-7.Final Test 2024\2025.
Commissioners term is for
six years.
Consumer brochure is given when:
presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL and is on conspicuous
display.
Continuing Education Requirements -
16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics, state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter
716
Death Records are covered in Chapter
193
Embalmer
a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
Embalmers must wear
PPE - personal protective equipment and clothings
Embalming is
not required by Texas state law
Embalming may be done without approval when:
a documented three hour attempt has been made to obtain approval - but even
then authority is still NOT assumed under the law.
Embalming REQUIRES approval
to be performed, and to be charged.
Excess funds must be returned:
within ten (10) days.
Fetal death certificate is required:
for any fetus weighing 350 grams or after 20 weeks of gestation period.
First call:
Commissioner is:
registered cemetery owner and operator
Commissioners are:
licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been practicing for a minimum
of 5 years.
4 commissioners are:
members of the public with no ties to the industry regulated.
A dead human body can be transported without the presence of a licensed
Funeral Director if:
there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family member.
A deceased person may not be cremated:
within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver from the court.
After 24 hours a dead body must be:
embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor proof container.
All records maintained in the funeral establishment:
for a minimum of 2 years.
Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long without being
considered disinterred?
30 days
Chapel must have:
seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a casket.
Commission has 2 functions - first function:
ensure competent well qualified professionals are licensed to serve the public.
Commssions second function is:
ensure that violations of law and regulations are aggressively and fairly
prosecuted.
Commissioners are appointed by
Governor of the State of Texas.
, Texas Funeral Law Exam Fri 5-7.Final Test 2024\2025.
Commissioners term is for
six years.
Consumer brochure is given when:
presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL and is on conspicuous
display.
Continuing Education Requirements -
16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics, state law & vital statistics.
Crematories are covered in Chapter
716
Death Records are covered in Chapter
193
Embalmer
a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a dead human body -
must be licensed by the commission
Embalmers must wear
PPE - personal protective equipment and clothings
Embalming is
not required by Texas state law
Embalming may be done without approval when:
a documented three hour attempt has been made to obtain approval - but even
then authority is still NOT assumed under the law.
Embalming REQUIRES approval
to be performed, and to be charged.
Excess funds must be returned:
within ten (10) days.
Fetal death certificate is required:
for any fetus weighing 350 grams or after 20 weeks of gestation period.
First call:
