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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.
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.
Death Records are covered in Chapter - -193
Crematories are covered in Chapter - -716
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