Texas Mortuary and Crematory Law - 2025 Update
Course Overview
The Texas Mortuary and Crematory Law Update course provides a review of regulations governing the funeral service and death care industry in Texas. The course covers updates to statutes and rules in the Texas Occupations Code, Health and Safety Code, and Administrative Code related to licensing, inspections, continuing education requirements, and ethical standards for funeral directors, embalmers, and funeral establishments. Key topics include the Texas Funeral Service Commission's responsibilities, license renewal procedures, new legislative changes, complaint investigation processes, and required documentation for embalming services. The course is intended to keep Texas funeral professionals informed on current laws and regulations that impact their licensure and professional responsibilities when serving clients.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Identify the primary responsibilities of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
- Explain the hours and subjects legally needed for continuing education.
- Recall any new legislative changes, including amendments and additions to the Texas Occupations and Health and Safety Codes that went into effect in 2023.
- Identify terms from multiple glossaries of standard mortuary field definitions.
- Recognize license requirements in various stages, from provisional to retired.
About the Author/Presenter
Taylor Walding took inspiration from various death experiences in life in combination with the HBO series Six Feet Under to begin mortuary school in 2005. Just before graduating in 2011, Taylor took an internship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in their department that performed anatomical embalming. After attaining dual Texas funeral director & embalmer licensure at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas late 2013, Taylor moved to California & returned, married to a fellow mortician, to Texas by 2018, where UTSW needed a full-time anatomical embalmer. Taylor worked there until just before the most recent pandemic, where family needed assistance & support and provided a rural farmstead for Taylor & his spouse to grow their own vegetation. Summer 2023, Taylor came back to Restland fully licensed as a night embalmer throughout 2024, healing & serving families in their darkest times of need. A non-binary person, they enjoy spending time with their spouse and family, scything their farmland, feeding their chickens and playing music in a variety of performing artists between Texas and California.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
Colibri Healthcare
This course is designed for Funeral Directors
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