Texas Occupations Code 651.456 – Unethical Conduct Regarding Custody of Dead Human Body
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Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 651.456
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
A person violates this chapter if the person:
(1) takes custody of a dead human body without the permission of:
(A) the person or the agent of the person authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(B) a medical examiner or a justice of the peace who has jurisdiction over the body under Articles 49.02-49.05, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) refuses to promptly surrender a dead human body to a person or agent authorized to make funeral arrangements for the deceased; or
(3) violates any state law governing the transportation, storage, refrigeration, inurnment, interment, or disinterment of a dead human body.