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 must 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 personal supervision of a provisional licensee is provided in order to provide firsthand and factual documentation of work accomplished by the provisional licensee on each case 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 those areas observed.
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.
7. (g) Any time that a Provisional Licensee leaves the establishment listed as the licensee's place of employment, it is the responsibility of the Sponsor to notify the Commission within 15 days in writing that the provisional licensee is no longer under sponsorship or receiving personal supervision from the establishment's licensed personnel.
8. (h) All documents pertaining to case reports and funeral purchase agreements either submitted for credit by the provisional licensee or in which the provisional participated in any procedure must be retained for 2 years by the establishment and must be produced upon request by the Commission.

Source Note:The provisions of this §203.27 adopted to be effective February 19, 2002, 27 TexReg 1167; amended to be effective September 19, 2002, 27 TexReg 8926.