Sec. 651.4085. INTERMENT OR ENTOMBMENT. (a) A funeral director who contracts with a customer to perform funeral directing under this chapter, or an agent of the funeral establishment, shall be present when the casket containing the human body to which the contract applies is placed in a grave, crypt, or burial vault unless interment or entombment takes place at a location outside this state.
(b) The funeral directing duties related to interment or entombment services are complete when the casket is placed in a grave, crypt, or burial vault.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (H.B. 2286), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle L - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Chapter 651 - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Subchapter I. Practice by License Holder
Section 651.401. First Call; Removal of Body
Section 651.402. Relationship of Funeral Director to Funeral Establishment
Section 651.403. Designation of Funeral Director in Charge; Effect of Violation
Section 651.404. Consumer Brochure
Section 651.405. Retail Price List; Funeral Establishment
Section 651.4055. Retail Price List; Crematory
Section 651.406. Purchase Agreement; Funeral Establishment
Section 651.4065. Purchase Agreement; Crematory
Section 651.407. Use of Body by School of Mortuary Science
Section 651.408. Use of Cemetery and Crematory Services
Section 651.4085. Interment or Entombment
Section 651.409. Notice to Next of Kin of Deceased Peace Officer