Sec. 651.656. CREMATORY ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) A person may not conduct a crematory business in this state unless the person who is the owner or operator of the crematory holds a crematory establishment license issued by the commission.
(b) A person may not hold a crematory establishment license unless the person:
(1) holds a funeral establishment or commercial embalmers establishment license; or
(2) owns or operates a perpetual care cemetery.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the owner or operator of a crematory registered with the commission on September 1, 2003.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263, Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 178, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 596 (H.B. 56), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263 (H.B. 1468), Sec. 33(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle L - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Chapter 651 - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Subchapter N. Licensing Requirements: Crematories
Section 651.652. Applicability
Section 651.656. Crematory Establishment License Required
Section 651.657. Crematory Establishment License Application
Section 651.658. Crematory Establishment License Renewal and Annual Report; Penalty