Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 22	EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 10	TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 203	LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT--SPECIFIC SUBSTANTIVE RULES
SUBCHAPTER B	DUTIES OF A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT/LICENSEE
RULE §203.24	Display of License

(a) The funeral establishment license shall be conspicuously displayed in an area of the establishment open and accessible to the general public.

(b) If a license holder is in contact with the public during the course of his or her job, the funeral establishment shall conspicuously display the holder's license in each place of business at which the license holder practices.

(c) If a license holder is not in contact with the public during the course of his or her job, the funeral establishment shall make the license available for inspection in each place of business at which the license holder practices.

(d) A license is conspicuously displayed when it is placed in an area of the funeral establishment generally accessed by a consumer making funeral arrangements.

(e) The displayed license must be an original non-expired license issued by the Commission.

(f) In the event the license holder who assists the public and/or embalms a dead human body is a temporary employee of the funeral establishment, the funeral establishment shall maintain a copy of the license holder's original license for inspection by a customer or prospective customer. The copy of the license holder's original license shall be maintained for a period of two years after the temporary employment occurred.

(g) If a regular full or regular part time employee is no longer employed by the funeral establishment, the funeral establishment shall maintain a copy of the license holder's original license for a period of two years after the employment ends.

Source Note: The provisions of this §203.24 adopted to be effective October 18, 2015, 40 TexReg 7069; amended to be effective July 11, 2017, 42 TexReg 3485; amended to be effective October 3, 2019, 44 TexReg 5625