1. (a) Each participant in the provisional licensure program shall have a sponsor who is licensed by the commission in the specific discipline of the provisional program served. The sponsor much have been licensed in that discipline for at least two consecutive years prior to the date that he or she becomes a sponsor.
2. (b) No sponsor may sponsor more than two provisional licensees at one time.
3. (c) A sponsor shall ensure that direct supervision is provided in order to provide firsthand and factual documentation of work accomplished by the provisional licensee on each cash report submitted. The term "personal supervision" as used in Texas Occupations Code §§651.251, 651.301, 651.303, and 651.306 requires a licensed embalmer or funeral director to be physically present in the room with the provisional licensee and in view of the work performed during the course of the work performed by the provisional licensee.
4. (d) The sponsor is ultimately responsible for providing a work environment and assigning duties that are conducive to the provisional licensee's acquiring proficiency in the skills required of a funeral director and/or embalmer.
5. (e) Prior to the provisional licensee's attendance at the exit interview required by §203.6 of this title (relating to Provisional Licensees), the sponsor shall execute and provide to the commission an affidavit attesting to the proficiency of the provisional licensee in all required skills.
6. (f) In those cases where it is unlikely that a provisional licensee will be able to acquire sufficient cases at one funeral establishment to complete the requirements of the program, the provisional licensee may obtain additional sponsors, as long as each additional sponsor notifies the commission in writing of the sponsorship.

Source Note:The provisions of this §203.27 adopted to be effective February 27, 1996, 21 TexReg 1271; amended to be effective May 2, 2001, 26 TexReg 3218.