(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.

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 651.656

  • 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

(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(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 263, Sec. 33(2), eff.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.

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