California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Health and Safety Code - HSC |
Division 8. CEMETERIES |
Part 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES |
Chapter 2. Operation and Management |
ARTICLE 5. Operation of Crematories |
Section 8346.
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Within two hours after a crematory licensed by the State of California takes custody of a body that has not been embalmed, it shall refrigerate the body at a temperature not greater than 50 degrees Fahrenheit unless the cremation process will begin within 24 hours of the time that crematory took custody.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 570, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.)