Commission meetings, provided the licensee signs in and is present during the entirety of the meeting.
(f) The following are mandatory continuing education hours and subjects for each renewal period: (1) Ethics: Two credit hours. This course must at least cover principles of right and wrong, the philosophy of morals, and standards of professional behavior. (2) Law Updates: Two credit hours. This course must at least cover the most current versions of Occupations Code Chapter 651, Health and Safety Code Chapter 716, and the Rules of the Commission. (3) Vital Statistics Requirements and Regulations: Two credit hours. This course must at least cover Health and Safety Code Chapters 193, 711, and Tex. Admin. Code, Title 25, Chapter 181. (g) The 16 hours of continuing education may be taken through Internet/online presentation. (h) The Commission will grant the following credit hours toward the continuing education requirements for license renewal. The credit hours outlined in this section are eligible to be counted toward the four hours of required in-person continuing education. (1) A person is eligible for a maximum of eight credit hours per renewal period for provisional licensee supervision, regardless of the number of provisional licensees supervised. (2) A presenter or instructor of approved continuing education is eligible for a maximum of two credit hours per renewal period per course for instruction, regardless of the number of times the course is presented. (3) A person is eligible for a maximum of four credit hours per renewal period for attendance at (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. Rule 203.32. Requirements Relating to Embalming. (a) In order to ensure the maximum inhibition of pathogenic organisms in the dead human body, the following minimum standards of performance shall be required of each licensed embalmer in the State of Texas in each instance in which he or she is authorized or required to embalm a dead human body. (1) Embalming shall be performed only by embalmers licensed by the Commission, in properly equipped and licensed establishments, or in the event of a disaster of major proportions, in facilities designated by a Medical Examiner, Coroner, or state health official. Only three types of people may under certain circumstances assist licensed embalmers in embalming: provisional licensed embalmers under the personal supervision of a
(i) Exemptions. (1) An individual whose renewal date is 12 months or less following initial licensure is not required to obtain continuing education hours prior to renewal of the license. (2) An individual whose renewal date is more than 12 months following first licensure is required to complete the mandatory continuing education outlined in subsection (f) of this section. (3) The Executive Director may authorize full or partial hardship exemptions from the requirements of this section based on personal or family circumstances and may require documentation of such circumstances. (A) The hardship request must be submitted in writing at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the license. (B) Hardship exemptions will not be granted for consecutive licensing periods. (j) The Commission will not renew the license of an individual who fails to obtain the required 16 hours of continuing education. (k) Any licensee receiving or submitting for credit continuing education hours in a fraudulent manner shall be required to obtain all continuing education on site and not online for two consecutive renewal periods and shall be subject to any applicable disciplinary action. 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. licensed embalmer; students who are enrolled in an accredited school of mortuary science working on a case intended toward completion of the student’s clinical requirements, under the personal supervision of a licensed embalmer and with written permission to assist the embalmer from a family member or the person responsible for making arrangements for final disposition; and, in the event of a disaster of major proportions and with the prior approval of the Executive Director, embalmers licensed in another state as long as they are working with or under the general supervision of a person licensed as an embalmer in this state.
TAC CHAPTER 203. LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT—SPECIFIC SUBSTANTIVE RULES. SUB-CHAPTER B: DUTIES OF A FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT/LICENSE 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. (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
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