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CA Bus & Prof Code § 7639.08 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2.7 - Hydrolysis Facilities|Section 7639.08.

7639.08.  (a) The bureau shall adopt, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations prescribing standards for applicants for hydrolysis facility licenses. In reviewing an application for a hydrolysis facility license, the bureau may consider acts of the applicant, including acts of the incorporators, officers, directors, and stockholders of the applicant, which shall constitute grounds for the denial of a hydrolysis facility license pursuant to Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).(b) Hydrolysis chamber manufacturers may apply to the State Department of Public Health for approval of a hydrolysis chamber upon finding that the hydrolysis chamber causes the destruction of pathogenic micro-organisms pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 118215 of the Health and Safety Code.(c) In its approval, the State Department of Public Health shall specify the minimum parameters of pH, time, temperature, and pressure that shall be used by each hydrolysis chamber to destroy all pathogenic micro-organisms. The department may use the guidance of the hydrolysis chamber operations and maintenance manual and biologic indicator spore testing to determine this, among other factors.(d) The hydrolysis chamber manufacturer shall pay to the State Department of Public Health, the application and evaluation fee as outlined in Section 118245 of the Health and Safety Code.(e) Every five years, licensed hydrolysis facilities that discharge hydrolysate to a sewer collection system shall submit to the Department of Public Health the results of biological indicator spore testing as well as the last 30 days of archived electronic hydrolysis chamber data that includes the pH, time, temperature, and pressure at which the chamber was operated. Based upon this information, the department shall evaluate whether the chamber continues to destroy pathogens. The licensee shall include this evaluation in its application to renew its license. If the chamber is determined not to destroy pathogens, the bureau shall not renew its license until this has been remedied. The department may charge a fee sufficient to cover the actual hourly costs of staff conducting its five year review of the alternative technology.(f) Once a hydrolysis chamber has been approved pursuant to subdivision (b), it may be employed by a licensed hydrolysis facility for the final disposition of human remains.(g) The bureau shall grant hydrolysis facility licenses only to applicants that will employ a hydrolysis chamber approved by the State Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (b).(h) A hydrolysis facility shall ensure or conduct annual maintenance of the hydrolysis chamber.(i) The bureau shall not renew a hydrolysis facility license without proof of annual maintenance of the hydrolysis chamber.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 10. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 7639.19.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7639.12 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2.7 - Hydrolysis Facilities|Section 7639.12.

7639.12.  A licensed hydrolysis facility shall not prohibit relatives or the responsible party from viewing the hydrolysis process.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 4. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 7639.19.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7639.16 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2.7 - Hydrolysis Facilities|Section 7639.16.

7639.16.  It is a misdemeanor for any person, firm, or corporation to hydrolyze human remains, or to engage in the disposition of hydrolyzed human remains, without a valid, unexpired hydrolysis facility license. Each hydrolysis carried out in violation of this section is a separate violation.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 4. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 7639.19.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7639.18 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2.7 - Hydrolysis Facilities|Section 7639.18.

7639.18.  A licensed hydrolysis facility shall be subject to, and shall be disciplined by the bureau in accordance with, Article 6 (commencing with Section 7686). (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 4. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, pursuant to Section 7639.19.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7639.19 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 2.7 - Hydrolysis Facilities|Section 7639.19.

7639.19.  This article shall become operative on July 1, 2020.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 4. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Article 2.7, commencing with Section 7639.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7640 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7640.

7640.  An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids; to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; and to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features; and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 970, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7641 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7641.

7641.  It is unlawful for any person to embalm a body, or engage in, or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice as an embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However, this section shall have no effect on students and instructors of embalming in mortuary science programs approved by the bureau.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 85. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7642 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7642.

7642.  An application for an embalmer’s license shall be written on a form provided by the bureau, verified by the applicant, and accompanied by the fee fixed by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 115. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7643 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7643.

7643.  In order to qualify for a license as an embalmer, the applicant shall comply with all of the following requirements:(a) Be over 18 years of age.(b) Not have committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(c) Have completed at least two years of apprenticeship under an embalmer licensed and engaged in practice as an embalmer in this state in a funeral establishment which shall have been approved for apprentices by the bureau and while so apprenticed shall have assisted in embalming not fewer than 100 human remains; provided, however, that a person who has been licensed and has practiced as an embalmer for a minimum of three years within the seven years preceding his or her application in any other state or country and whose license has never been suspended or revoked for unethical conduct shall not be required to serve any apprenticeship in this state.(d) Have graduated from a mortuary science program approved by the bureau and accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau, and furnished official transcripts from that program or equivalent.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 86. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7646 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7646.

7646.  (a) The bureau shall require the applicant to pass both of the following:(1) The sciences section of the national examination administered by the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, or its equivalent, as determined by the bureau.(2) An examination, administered by the bureau, on the state’s laws and the rules and regulations of the bureau, including those sections of the Health and Safety Code which pertain to the funeral industry.(b) An applicant who has previously passed the sciences section of the national examination described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be in compliance with that paragraph.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 375, Sec. 5. (SB 606) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7647 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7647.

7647.  Examinations shall be administered at times and places determined by the bureau and the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards.The bureau shall give notice of the time and place of the examination described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7646.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 88. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7647.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7647.5.

7647.5.  Where a hearing is held to determine whether an application for a license should be granted, the proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the bureau shall have all of the powers granted therein.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 568, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7648 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7648.

7648.  No embalmer’s license is assignable, and only the licensee may engage in the practice of embalming under the license.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 39.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7649 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7649.

7649.  Except as provided in Section 102805 of the Health and Safety Code, whenever the name of any licensed embalmer is subscribed to any certificate, the purport of which is that he or she has performed any act mentioned in the certificate, the licensed embalmer shall actually sign his or her name thereto.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 874, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3 - Embalmers|Section 7650.

7650.  The bureau may examine the requirements for the issuance of licenses to embalmers in other states of the United States and cause a record to be kept of those states in which standards are maintained for embalmers, not lower than those provided in this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 375, Sec. 6. (SB 606) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.

7651.  Application for license as a cemetery broker shall be made in writing on the form prescribed by the bureau and filed at the principal office of the bureau. The application shall be accompanied by the original cemetery broker’s license fee. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.1.

7651.1.  The bureau shall not grant an original cemetery broker’s license to any person who is not a resident of this state. Change of residence to another state shall terminate the license. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.2.

7651.2.  The bureau shall not grant an original cemetery broker’s license to any person who has not held a cemetery salesperson’s license for at least two years prior to the date of his or her application for the broker’s license, and during that time was not actively engaged in the business of a cemetery salesperson except that if an applicant for a cemetery broker’s license having at least the equivalent of two years’ general cemetery experience files a written petition with the bureau setting forth his or her qualifications and experience and the bureau approves, he or she may be issued a cemetery broker’s license immediately upon passing the appropriate examinations and satisfying the other requirements of this article. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.3.

7651.3.  Application for license as a cemetery salesperson shall be made in writing on the form prescribed by the bureau and filed at the principal office of the bureau. The application shall be signed by the applicant, and shall be accompanied by the cemetery salesperson’s license fee. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.4.

7651.4.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Section 7651.7 does not apply to an applicant for a cemetery salesperson’s license. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.5.

7651.5.  The bureau shall investigate the qualifications of the applicants. Except as otherwise prescribed in this article, it may issue the license applied for to an applicant on a showing satisfactory to it that the following facts exist:(a) The applicant is properly qualified to perform the duties of a cemetery broker or salesperson.(b) Granting the license will not be against public interest.(c) The applicant intends actively and in good faith to carry on the business of a cemetery broker or a cemetery salesperson.(d) In the case of a corporate applicant, the articles of incorporation permit it to act as a cemetery broker.(e) In the case of an association or copartnership applying for such a license, its articles of association or agreement of partnership authorize it to act as a cemetery broker.(f) The license is not being secured for the purpose of permitting the applicant to advertise as a cemetery broker or salesperson without actually engaging in such business.(g) The applicant has not committed acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Section 480.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.6.

7651.6.  All cemetery brokers who do not possess a certificate of authority shall, in addition to the requirements of this chapter, file with the bureau a satisfactory bond to the people of the State of California, duly executed by a sufficient surety or sureties to be approved by the bureau, in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000). That bond shall be conditioned for the honest and faithful performance by such broker and his or her salespersons and employees of any undertaking as a licensed cemetery broker or salesperson or employee of said broker at any time when licensed under this chapter, and the strict compliance with the provisions of this chapter and of Division 8 (commencing with Section 8100) of the Health and Safety Code, relating to cemeteries, and the honest and faithful application of all funds received. That bond shall be further conditioned upon the payment of all damages suffered by any person damaged or defrauded by reason of the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of Division 8 (commencing with Section 8100) of the Health and Safety Code relating to cemeteries, or by reason of the violation of the obligation of such broker as an agent, as such obligations are laid down by the Civil Code, or by reason of any fraud connected with or growing out of any transactions contemplated by this chapter or Division 8 (commencing with Section 8100) of the Health and Safety Code.(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.7.

7651.7.  The bureau shall ascertain by written examination that the applicant, and, in case of a copartnership or corporation applicant for a cemetery broker’s license, that each officer, agent, or member thereof through whom it proposes to act as a cemetery licensee has:(a) Appropriate knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and spelling, and of elementary arithmetic.(b) A fair understanding of:(1) Cemetery associations, cemetery corporations, and duties of directors.(2) Plot ownership, deeds, certificates of ownership, contracts of sale, liens, and leases.(3) Establishing, dedicating, maintaining, managing, operating, improving, and conducting a cemetery.(4) The care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property.(5) The care and preservation of endowment care funds, trust funds, and the investment thereof.(c) A general and fair understanding of the obligations between principal and agent, of the principles of cemetery brokerage practice and the business ethics pertaining thereto, as well as of the provisions of this act relating to cemetery brokerage. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.8.

7651.8.  The bureau may, in its discretion, waive the examination of any applicant for a cemetery broker’s license who held an unrevoked or unsuspended cemetery license on June 30 of the preceding fiscal year as an individual broker, an officer of a corporation, or member of a copartnership. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.9.

7651.9.  An application on the form prescribed by the bureau for the renewal of any unrevoked and unsuspended license filed before midnight of June 30 of the year for which such unrevoked and unsuspended license was issued, accompanied by the applicable renewal fee, entitles the applicant to continue operating under his or her existing license after its usual expiration date, if not previously suspended or revoked, and until such date as he or she is notified in writing that the application has been granted or denied. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7651.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7651.10.

7651.10.  A cemetery license does not give authority to do any act specified in this act to any person other than the person to whom the license is issued. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7652 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7652.

7652.  When a cemetery brokerage license is issued to a cemetery brokerage corporation, if it desires any of its officers other than the officer through whom it is already licensed to act under its license as a cemetery broker, it shall procure an additional license for each such officer. When a cemetery brokerage license is granted to cemetery brokerage copartnership, if it desires any of its members other than the one through whom it is already licensed to act as a cemetery broker, it shall procure an additional license for each such member. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7652.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7652.1.

7652.1.  Each officer of a corporation through whom it is licensed to act as a cemetery broker, and each member of a copartnership through whom it is licensed to act as a cemetery broker, is, while so employed under such license, a licensed cemetery broker, but licensed only to act as such for and on behalf of the corporation or the copartnership, as officer or member, respectively. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 7652.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act|ARTICLE 3.5 - Licenses and Certificates of Authority|Section 7652.2.

7652.2.  The cemetery licenses of both broker and salesperson shall be prominently displayed in the office of the broker.The cemetery salesperson’s license shall remain in the possession of the licensed cemetery broker employer until canceled or until the salesperson leaves the employ of the broker. (Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 395, Sec. 19. (AB 180) Effective January 1, 2016.)