25 Tex. Admin. Code § 181.5 - Embalming and Standards of the Funeral Industry

(a) The department adopts by reference the rules of the Texas Funeral Service Commission in 22 TAC § 203.16, covering minimum standards for embalming.

(b) The rules adopted by reference in subsection (a) of this section shall not require or infer a requirement for the embalming of a dead body prior to burial or cremation.

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25 Tex. Admin. Code § 181.5

The provisions of this §181.5 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective October 8, 1990, 15 TexReg 5603; amended to be effective July 3, 2003, 28 TexReg 4904; amended to be effective July 22, 2004, 29 TexReg 6936