(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.

Source Note: 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