California Health and Safety Code Section 7017

CA Health & Safety Code § 7017 (2017)  

(a) “Hydrolysate” means the resultant liquid from the hydrolysis of human remains, which liquid is a sterile, benign, micronutrient-rich solution consisting of sugars, salts, peptides, and amino acids. Hydrolysate and calcium phosphate “ashes” are the two end results from the alkaline hydrolysis process.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 47. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018