Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 651.255

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005

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.