Texas Administrative Code
Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
Part 10 - TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION
Chapter 203 - LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT-SPECIFIC SUBSTANTIVE RULES
Subchapter C - ENFORCEMENT
Section 203.48 - Misrepresentations

(1) In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is deceptive act or practice for a funeral provider to:

(2) To prevent these deceptive acts or practices, as well as the unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined in § 203.49(b)(1) of this title and § 203.50(a) of this title, funeral providers must:

(1) In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is a deceptive act or practice for a funeral provider to:

(2) To prevent these deceptive acts or practices, as well as the unfair or deceptive acts or practices defined in § 203.49(a)(1) of this title, funeral providers must place the following disclosure in immediate conjunction with the price range shown for direct cremations: "If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are (specify containers)." This disclosure only has to be placed on the general price list if the funeral provider arranges direct cremations.

(1) In selling or offering to sell funeral goods and funeral services to the public, it is a deceptive act or practice for a funeral provider to:

(2) To prevent these deceptive acts or practices, funeral providers must place the following disclosure on the outer burial container price list, required by § 203.46(b)(3)(A) of this title, or, if the prices of outer burial containers are listed on the general price list, required by § 203.46(b)(5) of this title, in immediate conjunction with those prices: "In most areas of the country, state or local law does not require that you buy a container to surround the casket in the grave. However, many cemeteries require that you have such a container so that the grave will not sink in. Either a grave liner or a burial vault will satisfy these requirements." The phrase "in most areas of the country" need not be included in this disclosure if state or local law in the area(s) where the provider does business does not require a container to surround the casket in the grave.

(1) In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is a deceptive act or practice for funeral providers to represent that federal, state, or local laws, or particular cemeteries or crematories, require the purchase of any funeral goods or funeral services when such is not the case.

(2) To prevent these deceptive acts or practices, as well as the deceptive acts or practices identified in subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), and (c)(1) of this section, funeral providers must identify and briefly describe in writing on the Purchase Agreement required by § 203.47 of this title any legal, cemetery, or crematory requirement which the funeral provider represents to persons as compelling the purchase of funeral goods or funeral services for the funeral which that person is arranging.

(1) represent that funeral goods or funeral services will delay the natural decomposition of human remains for a long-term or indefinite time; or

(2) represent that funeral goods have protective features or will protect the body from gravesite substances, when such is not the case.

(1) In selling or offering to sell funeral goods or funeral services to the public, it is a deceptive act or practice for a funeral provider to:

(2) To prevent these deceptive acts or practices: Funeral providers must place the following sentence in the itemized Purchase Agreement in immediate conjunction with the list of itemized cash advance items required by § 203.49 of this title: "We charge you for our services in obtaining: (specify cash advance items)," if the funeral provider makes a charge upon, or receives and retains a rebate, commission or trade or volume discount upon a cash advance item.