Sec. 10a. WAITING PERIOD BETWEEN DEATH AND CREMATION. The body of a deceased person shall not be cremated within 48 hours after the time of death as indicated on the regular death certificate, unless the death certificate indicates death was caused by the pestilential diseases of Asiatic cholera, bubonic plague, typhus fever, or smallpox, or unless the time requirement is waived in writing by the county medical examiner or, in counties not having a county medical examiner, a justice of the peace. In a public health disaster, the commissioner of public health may designate other communicable diseases for which cremation within 48 hours of the time of death is authorized.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 49 - Inquests Upon Dead Bodies
Subchapter . B. Duties Performed by Medical Examiners
Article 49.25. Medical Examiners
Section 1-a. Multi-County District; Joint Office
Section 2. Appointments and Qualifications
Section 6. Death Investigations
Section 6a. Organ Transplant Donors; Notice; Inquests
Section 10. Disinterments and Cremations
Section 10a. Waiting Period Between Death and Cremation
Section 10b. Disposal of Unidentified Body
Section 12. Transfer of Duties of Justice of Peace