California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 4 - Disposal of Unclaimed Dead
- Section 7200.
Every head of a public institution, city or county undertaker, or state, county, or city officer having charge or control of remains to be interred...
- Section 7201.
The person in charge of a public institution in which the decedent was an inmate shall transmit upon request, to the state department or to...
- Section 7202.
The unclaimed dead retained by the State department for scientific or educational purposes shall be embalmed and disposed of in accordance with the instructions of...
- Section 7203.
The bodies of the unclaimed dead retained by the State department shall be used solely for the purpose of instruction and study in the promotion...
- Section 7204.
All persons receiving unclaimed dead for educational purposes shall bear all reasonable expense incurred in the preservation and transportation of the dead and shall keep...
- Section 7205.
It is unlawful for any person, unless specifically authorized by law, to hold a post mortem examination of any unclaimed dead without the express permission...
- Section 7206.
Any person authorized by law to perform post mortem examinations shall permit, with the consent of relatives, or in the absence of such relatives, with...
- Section 7207.
Whenever, through the failure of any person to notify the State department, or promptly to deliver the body of a deceased indigent as required by...
- Section 7208.
Every person who unlawfully disposes, uses, or sells the body of an unclaimed dead person, or who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty...
Last modified: October 22, 2018