Texas State Law - Exam II

Person authorized to dispose of a decedent's remains - Answer- Authorizing Agent Texas Funeral Service Commission - Answer- Commission Place that is used or intended to be used for interment and includes a grave yard, burial park, or mausoleum - Answer- Cemetery Recoverable human remains after the completion of the cremation process Term may include the residue of any nonhuman matter created with the deceased human body including casket material, bridgework, eyeglasses, or other material - Answer- Cremated Remains Irreversible process of reducing human remains to bone fragments through direct flame, extreme heat, and evaporation Term may include pulverization, which is the process of reducing identifiable bone fragments after cremation and processing granulated particles by manual or mechanical means - Answer- Cremation Enclosed retort used exclusively for cremation of human remains - Answer- Cremation Chamber Casket or other container designed to transport a deceased human body and for placement in a cremation chamber during cremation - Answer- Cremation Container Rigid outer container composed of concrete, steel, fiberglass, or similar material used for ground burial of cremated remains that meets a cemetery's specifications - Answer- Cremation Interment Container Structure containing a retort used or intended to be used for cremation of human remains - Answer- Crematory Business that operates a crematory for which a license is required - Answer- Crematory Establishment Person licensed under this chapter who engages in for compensation, or represents to the public as being engaged in for compensation, the preparation, other than by embalming, of a dead human body for burial or other disposition - Answer- Funeral Director Place of business used in the care and preparation for burial or transportation of a dead human body; or Any o