California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

• Section 7000.
  The definitions in this chapter apply to this division, Division 8 (commencing with Section 8100) and Division 102 (commencing with Section 102100) of this code,...
• Section 7001.
  “Human remains” or “remains” means the body of a deceased person, regardless of its stage of decomposition, and cremated remains.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436,...
• Section 7002.
  “Cremated remains” means the ashes and bone fragments of a human body that are left after cremation in a crematory, and includes ashes from the...
• Section 7002.5.
  (a) “Hydrolyzed human remains” means bone fragments of a human body that are left after hydrolysis in a hydrolysis facility. “Hydrolyzed human remains” does not include...
• Section 7003.
  (a) “Cemetery” means either of the following:(1) Any of the following that is used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes:(A) A burial park, for...
• Section 7003.a.
  (a) “Cemetery” means either of the following:(1) Any of the following that is used or intended to be used and dedicated for cemetery purposes:(A) A burial park, for...
• Section 7004.
  “Burial park” means a tract of land for the burial of human remains in the ground, used or intended to be used, and dedicated, for...
• Section 7005.
  Except in Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 8, “mausoleum” means a structure or building for the entombment of human remains in crypts...
• Section 7006.
  “Crematory” means a building or structure containing one or more furnaces for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons to cremated remains.(Enacted by Stats. 1939,...
• Section 7006.1.
  (a) “Hydrolysis facility” means a building or structure containing one or more chambers for the reduction of bodies of deceased persons by alkaline hydrolysis.(b) This section shall...
• Section 7006.3.
  “Cremation chamber” means the enclosed space within which the cremation of human remains is performed.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1232, Sec. 6. Effective January 1,
• Section 7006.4.
  (a) “Hydrolysis chamber” means the enclosed space within which the hydrolysis of human remains is performed and any other attached, nonenclosed, mechanical components that are necessary...
• Section 7006.5.
  “Cremation container” means a combustible, closed container resistant to leakage of bodily fluids into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to...
• Section 7006.6.
  (a) “Hydrolysis container” means a hydrolyzable body wrapping into which the body of a deceased person is placed prior to insertion into a hydrolysis chamber. The...
• Section 7006.7.
  “Cremated remains container” means a receptacle in which cremated remains are placed after cremation.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1232, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1994.)
• Section 7006.8.
  (a) “Hydrolyzed human remains container” means a receptacle in which hydrolyzed human remains are placed after hydrolysis.(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.(Added by...
• Section 7007.
  Except in Part 5 (commencing with Section 9501) of Division 8, “columbarium” means a structure, room, or other space in a building or structure containing...
• Section 7008.
  “Crematory and columbarium” means a building or structure containing both a crematory and columbarium.(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
• Section 7009.
  “Interment” means the disposition of human remains by entombment or burial in a cemetery or, in the case of cremated remains, by inurnment, placement or...
• Section 7010.
  “Cremation” means the process by which the following three steps are taken:(a)  The reduction of the body of a deceased human to its essential elements...
• Section 7010.1.
  (a) “Hydrolysis” means the process by which the following two steps are taken:(1) The reduction of the body of a deceased person to its essential organic components...
• Section 7010.3.
  (a) “Processing” means the removal of foreign objects, pursuant to Section 7051, and the reduction of the particle size of cremated remains by mechanical means including,...
• Section 7010.3.a.
  (a) “Processing” means the removal of foreign objects, pursuant to Section 7051, and the reduction of the particle size of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains...
• Section 7010.5.
  “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...
• Section 7010.7.
  (a) “Scattering” means the authorized dispersal of cremated remains at sea, in other areas of the state, or commingling in a defined area within a dedicated...
• Section 7010.7.a.
  (a) “Scattering” means the authorized dispersal of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains at sea, in other areas of the state, or commingling in a defined...
• Section 7011.
  (a) “Inurnment” means placing cremated remains in a cremated remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1,...
• Section 7011.a.
  (a) “Inurnment” means placing cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a cremated remains container or hydrolyzed human remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.(b) This...
• Section 7011.2.
  (a) “Placement” means the placing of a container holding cremated remains in a crypt, vault, or niche.(b) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1,...
• Section 7011.2.a.
  (a) “Placement” means the placing of a container holding cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a crypt, vault, or niche.(b) This section shall become operative on...
• Section 7012.
  “Entombment” means the process of placing human remains in a crypt or vault.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2002.)
• Section 7013.
  “Burial” means the process of placing human remains in a grave.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.)
• Section 7014.
  “Grave” means a space of earth in a burial park, used, or intended to be used, for the disposition of human remains.(Amended by Stats. 2001,...
• Section 7015.
  (a) “Crypt” or “vault” means a space in a mausoleum of sufficient size, used or intended to be used, to entomb uncremated human remains.(b) This section shall...
• Section 7015.a.
  (a) “Crypt” or “vault” means a space in a mausoleum of sufficient size, used or intended to be used, to entomb human remains that have been...
• Section 7016.
  (a) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium used, or intended to be used, for the placement of cremated human remains.(b) This section shall remain in effect...
• Section 7016.a.
  (a) “Niche” means a space in a columbarium used, or intended to be used, for the placement of cremated human remains or hydrolyzed human remains.(b) This section...
• Section 7017.
  (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...
• Section 7018.
  “Cemetery authority” includes cemetery association, corporation sole, limited liability company, or other person owning or controlling cemetery lands or property.(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 114,...
• Section 7019.
  “Cemetery corporation,” “cemetery association,” or “cemetery corporation or association,” means any corporation now or hereafter organized which is or may be authorized by its articles...
• Section 7020.
  “Cemetery business,” “cemetery businesses,” and “cemetery purposes” are used interchangeably and mean any and all business and purposes requisite to, necessary for, or incident to,...
• Section 7021.
  “Directors” or “governing body” means the board of directors, board of trustees, or other policymaking body of a cemetery association.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436,...
• Section 7022.
  “Lot,” “plot,” or “interment plot” means space in a cemetery, used or intended to be used for the interment of human remains. Such terms include...
• Section 7023.
  “Plot owner,” “owner,” or “lot proprietor,” means any person in whose name an interment plot stands of record as owner, in the office of a...
• Section 7024.
  “Permit for Disposition of Human Remains” includes “burial permit” and is a permit, issued pursuant to law, for the interment, disinterment, removal, reinterment or transportation...
• Section 7025.
  “Disposition” means the interment of human remains within California, or the shipment outside of California, for lawful interment or scattering elsewhere, including release of remains...

Last modified: October 22, 2018