Texas § OC.651.255 - EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE
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§ OC.651.255. EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE
EXAMINATIONS REQUIRED FOR FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S LICENSE. The commission shall administer or arrange for the administration of: (1) a written professionally prepared examination on: (A) the art and technique of funeral directing; (B) the signs of death; (C) the manner by which death may be determined; (D) sanitation and hygiene; (E) mortuary management and mortuary law; (F) business and professional ethics; and (G) other subjects that may be taught in a recognized school or college of mortuary science; and (2) a written examination developed by the commission or developed for the commission by contract on: (A) laws applicable to vital statistics pertaining to dead human bodies; and (B) local and state rules and laws relating to the preparation, transportation, care, and disposition of dead human bodies. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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