California Health and Safety Code Section 7010.5

CA Health & Safety Code § 7010.5 (2017)  

“Residue” means human ashes, bone fragments, prostheses, and disintegrated material from the chamber itself, imbedded in cracks and uneven spaces of a cremation chamber, that cannot be removed through reasonable manual contact with sweeping or scraping equipment. Material left in the cremation chamber, after the completion of a cremation, that can be reasonably removed shall not be considered “residue.”

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018