NEW ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE APPLICATIONS
The TFSC licenses Funeral Establishments, Commercial Embalming Facilities, Crematory Establishments and certain Cemeteries. As part of the application process, and prior to licensure, the TFSC inspects all establishments.
All establishments must meet the building, fire safety and health standards of both the state and in the locality in which it is located. A crematory also must have a current Air Quality Control Permit issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Establishment licenses are valid for 12 months.
Funeral Establishment Application
Commercial Embalming Facility Application
ESTABLISHMENT RENEWAL PROCEDURE AND APPLICATIONS
Without a current license, an establishment may not operate in Texas. Therefore, licensed establishments should submit their renewals in a timely manner so that they receive their new license prior to the expiration of their licenses.
Funeral Establishments, Commericial Embalming Facilties and Crematories can renew a license online at the TFSC Online Renewal Center.
If the establishment license was renewed online and a license was not received in the mail, contact the TFSC immediately. The establishment's representative must be able to provide the transaction receipt received upon completion of renewal online or the TFSC cannot trace the renewal.
Cemeteries must renew through a paper application. Any other establishment may also renew using the following paper applications:
Funeral Establishment Renewal Application
Commercial Embalming Facility Renewal Application
DESIGNATING A FDIC OR EIC
At all times a licensed funeral establishment must have a designated funeral director in charge (FDIC). The FDIC is ultimately responsible for compliance with all mortuary, health and vital statistics laws in the funeral establishment. Commercial Embalming Establishments must have at all times have a designated embalmer in charge (EIC). Funeral establishments that perform embalming services should only designate a FDIC, not both. Any time a FDIC/EIC changes the establishment must notify the TFSC by submitting the following forms within 15 days.
FDIC Appointment/Removal Forms
EMBALMING FORMS
By TFSC rule, if embalming is performed, the following "Authorization to Embalm Form" must be used. The form may not be altered and must be signed by a family member, preferably the person authorized to make funeral arrangements when written authorization is secured.
Authorization to Embalm (Required Form)
Authorization to Embalm in Spanish (Required Form)
By TFSC rule, all embalming case reports must contain, at a minimum, all the information on the following case-report form. Funeral establishments may use other forms, so long as the forms contain all the information on the published form.
Embalming Case Report (Suggested Form)
ANNUAL CREMATORY REPORTS
Texas Occupations Code 651.658 requires all crematories to report to the TFSC the number of cremations performed within a one year period. Texas Administrative Code 205.9 clarifies the time period being the calendar year between January 1 and December 31. The report must be received by the TFSC by January 30th of the following year. Failure to report by January 30th will result in a penalty of $100 per day until the report is received at the TFSC's Austin office. The report can be in any form but must include the Crematory's name and license number and the total amount of cremations performed during the calendar year.