Sec. 651.303. PROVISIONAL LICENSE PROGRAM

(a) The commission shall prescribe and supervise the course of instruction received by a provisional license holder while participating in a provisional license program.

(b) The commission by rule shall define the terms of employment of a provisional license holder. The terms of employment must include service by the provisional license holder under actual working conditions and under the personal supervision of a funeral director or embalmer.

(c) The term of the provisional license program must be at least 12 consecutive months but not more than 24 consecutive months.

(d) The provisional license program must include assisting with at least 60 cases. Not more than two provisional license holders may receive credit for work done on any one body. The commission by rule shall:

(1) define the standards for a case;

(2) set the number of cases a provisional license holder is required to complete during the program; and

(3) establish guidelines for supervision under which a provisional license holder is granted increased responsibilities during the course of the provisional license program.

(e) The standards required for a complete case include:

(1) for an embalmer, all the duties and activities necessary for embalming; and

(2) for a funeral director, all the activities necessary from the time the body is obtained until final disposition.

(f) The funeral director provisional license program may be served concurrently with the embalmer provisional license program.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 634 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.