TEXAS STATE MORTUARY LAW COMPLETE
COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ Commissioners are:
Answer: licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been
practicing for a minimum of 5 years.
◉ 4 commissioners are:
Answer: 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:
Answer: there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family
member.
◉ A deceased person may not be cremated:
Answer: within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver from the
court.
◉ After 24 hours a dead body must be:
Answer: embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor proof
container.
,◉ All records maintained in the funeral establishment:
Answer: for a minimum of 2 years.
◉ Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long
without being considered disinterred?
Answer: 30 days
◉ Chapel must have:
Answer: seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a
casket.
◉ Commission has 2 functions - first function:
Answer: ensure competent well qualified professionals are licensed
to serve the public.
◉ Commssions second function is:
Answer: ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
◉ Commissioners are appointed by:
Answer: Governor of the State of Texas.
, ◉ Commissioners term is for:
Answer: six years.
◉ Consumer brochure is given when:
Answer: presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL
and is on conspicuous display.
◉ Continuing Education Requirements:
Answer: 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics, state
law & vital statistics.
◉ Crematories are covered in Chapter:
Answer: 716
◉ Death Records are covered in Chapter:
Answer: 193
◉ Embalmer:
Answer: a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a
dead human body - must be licensed by the commission
◉ Embalmers must wear:
COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ Commissioners are:
Answer: licensed funeral director and embalmers who have been
practicing for a minimum of 5 years.
◉ 4 commissioners are:
Answer: 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:
Answer: there is no reasonable probablility of contact with a family
member.
◉ A deceased person may not be cremated:
Answer: within 48 hours of death without a specific waiver from the
court.
◉ After 24 hours a dead body must be:
Answer: embalmed, refrigerated, or sealed in a leak and odor proof
container.
,◉ All records maintained in the funeral establishment:
Answer: for a minimum of 2 years.
◉ Bodies may be held in temporary receiving vault for how long
without being considered disinterred?
Answer: 30 days
◉ Chapel must have:
Answer: seating for ten, pulpit, podium, lecturn, adaquate room for a
casket.
◉ Commission has 2 functions - first function:
Answer: ensure competent well qualified professionals are licensed
to serve the public.
◉ Commssions second function is:
Answer: ensure that violations of law and regulations are
aggressively and fairly prosecuted.
◉ Commissioners are appointed by:
Answer: Governor of the State of Texas.
, ◉ Commissioners term is for:
Answer: six years.
◉ Consumer brochure is given when:
Answer: presented at the same time as the General Price List GPL
and is on conspicuous display.
◉ Continuing Education Requirements:
Answer: 16 hours in 2 years & 16 mandatory hours in ethics, state
law & vital statistics.
◉ Crematories are covered in Chapter:
Answer: 716
◉ Death Records are covered in Chapter:
Answer: 193
◉ Embalmer:
Answer: a person who for compensation disinfects or preserves a
dead human body - must be licensed by the commission
◉ Embalmers must wear:
