California Health and Safety Code Section 7054.1.a

CA Health & Safety Code § 7054.1.a (2017)  

(a) No cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains shall be removed from the place of cremation or hydrolysis, nor shall there be any charge for the cremation or hydrolysis, unless the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains have been processed so that they are suitable for inurnment within a cremated remains container, hydrolyzed human remains container, or an urn. Every contract for cremation or hydrolysis services shall include specific written notification of the processing to the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains under Section 7100.

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

(Repealed (in Sec. 58) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 59. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018