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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 6 - SANITARY DISTRICTS › PART 2 - OTHER SANITARY DISTRICT ACTS › CHAPTER 3 - On-Site Wastewater Disposal Zones › ARTICLE 3 - Powers › Section 6982.

6982. (a) Notwithstanding Section 6952, the West Bay Sanitary District may use the procedures in this chapter to provide alternative or innovative wastewater technologies in the district’s jurisdiction.
(b) The determination of a public health officer pursuant to Section 6955.1 shall include written findings, adopted by the district board of directors, regarding the existing or potential public health hazard.
(c) “Alternative or innovative wastewater technologies” means either (1) an onsite wastewater disposal system, as defined in Section 6952, or (2) such a system in conjunction with communitywide sewer or sewage systems, if one or more of the components of the system is located on or in close proximity to the real property and employs innovative or alternative wastewater technologies, including, but not limited to, grinder pump pressure sewer systems, septic tank effluent pump pressure sewer systems, vacuum sewer systems, or small-diameter gravity septic tank systems.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 193, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7000.

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 and Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 571, Sec. 31. (SB 1480) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7001.

7001. “Human remains” or “remains” means the body of a deceased person, regardless of its stage of decomposition, and includes cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 28. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7002.

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 cremation container. “Cremation remains” does not include foreign materials, pacemakers, or prostheses.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7002.5.

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 foreign materials, pacemakers, or prostheses.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 27. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7002.7.

7002.7. (a) “Reduction facility” means a structure, room, or other space in a building or real property where natural, organic reduction of a human body occurs.
(b) “Reduced human remains” means the remains of a human body that have been reduced to soil through a process of reduction. “Reduced human remains” does not include foreign materials, pacemakers, or prostheses.
(c) “Reduction” means the process of transforming a human body into soil using the natural decomposition process, accelerated with the addition of organic materials through the following steps:
(1) The body of a deceased person is mixed together with natural materials and air and is periodically turned, eventually resulting in the body’s reduction to a soil material.
(2) Large tanks, containers, or similar vessels hold human remains together with straw, wood chips, or other natural materials until the process is complete.
(3) The processing of the remains after removal from the reduction chamber pursuant to Section 7010.3.
(d) “Reduction chamber” means the enclosed space within which individual human remains are reduced and any other attached, nonenclosed, mechanical components that are necessary for the safe and proper functioning of the equipment. A reduction chamber shall meet or exceed the requirements set by the State Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for destruction of human pathogens, including complying with Section 7714.3.
(e) “Reduced human remains container” means a receptacle into which human remains are placed after reduction.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 29. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7003.

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 earth interments.
(B) A mausoleum, for crypt or vault interments.
(C) A crematory and columbarium, for interment of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(2) A place where six or more human bodies are buried.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 28) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 29. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7004.

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 cemetery purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7005.

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 or vaults in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.1.

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 become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 30. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.3.

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, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.4.

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 for the safe and proper functioning of the equipment. Allowable hydrolysis chambers for the disposition of human remains shall meet or exceed State Department of Public Health and federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requirements applicable for destruction of human pathogens, specified in the hydrolysis chamber approval issued pursuant to Section 7639.08 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 31. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.5.

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 insertion in a cremation chamber for cremation.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1232, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.6.

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 wrapping must consist of 100-percent protein-based material, such as silk, suede, leather, feather, fur, or wool.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 32. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.7.

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.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7006.8.

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 Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 33. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7007.

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 niches for inurnment of cremated human remains in a place used, or intended to be used, and dedicated, for cemetery purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7009.

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 burial in a cemetery, or burial at sea as provided in Section 7117.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1232, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.

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 by incineration.
(b)  The repositioning or moving of the body or remains during incineration to facilitate the process.
(c)  The processing of the remains after removal from the cremation chamber pursuant to Section 7010.3.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.1.

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 and bone fragments by alkaline hydrolysis. “Alkaline hydrolysis” is a process using heat or heat and applied pressure, water, and potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide in a hydrolysis chamber.
(2) The processing of the remains after removal from the hydrolysis chamber pursuant to Section 7010.3.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 34. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.3.

7010.3. (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 by mechanical means, including, but not limited to, grinding, crushing, and pulverizing to a consistency appropriate for disposition.
(b) For purposes of reduced human remains, “processing” means the removal of foreign objects, pursuant to Section 7051, and any necessary preparation for the reduced human remains to be integrated into the soil.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 30. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.5.

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 cannot be removed through reasonable manual contact with sweeping or scraping equipment. Material left in the cremation chamber, after the completion of a cremation, that can be reasonably removed shall not be considered “residue.”
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.7.

7010.7. (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 area within a dedicated cemetery, in accordance with this part.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 37) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 38. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7010.8.

7010.8. (a) “Integrate into the soil” means the authorized addition and mixing of reduced human remains with existing soil in a defined area within a dedicated cemetery, conservation area, property where the person who has control over the disposition of the reduced human remains has obtained written permission of the property owner or governing agency, or other area in the state where integration is permitted pursuant to this division or Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code. The reduced human remains are intended to act as a soil amendment.
(b) “Soil amendment” means any material added to a soil to improve its physical properties, including, but not limited to, water retention, permeability, water infiltration, drainage, aeration, or structure.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 31. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7011.

7011. (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) “Inurnment” also means placing reduced human remains in a reduced human remains container suitable for placement, burial, or shipment.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 32. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7011.2.

7011.2. (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 July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 41) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 42. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7012.

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.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7013.

7013. “Burial” means the process of placing human remains in a grave.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7014.

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, Ch. 436, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7015.

7015. (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 neither cremated nor hydrolyzed.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 43) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 44. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7016.

7016. (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 shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 45) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 46. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7017.

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 amino acids. Hydrolysate and calcium phosphate “ashes” are the two end results from the alkaline hydrolysis process.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 47. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7018.

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, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7019.

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 to conduct any one or more or all of the businesses of a cemetery, but do not mean or include a corporation sole.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7020.

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, establishing, maintaining, operating, improving, or conducting a cemetery, interring human remains, and the care, preservation, and embellishment of cemetery property, including, but not limited to, any activity or business designed for the benefit, service, convenience, education, or spiritual uplift of property owners or persons visiting the cemetery.
(Amended by Stats. 1955, Ch. 595.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7021.

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, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7022.

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 and apply to one or more than one adjoining graves, one or more than one adjoining crypts or vaults, or one or more than one adjoining niches.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7023.

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 cemetery authority.
(Amended by Stats. 1939, Ch. 339.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7024.

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 of human remains.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 363.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 7025.

7025. “Disposition” means the interment, integration into soil, or scattering of human remains within California, or the shipment outside of California, for lawful interment, integration into soil, or scattering elsewhere, including release of remains pursuant to Section 103060.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 33. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7050.5.

7050.5. (a)  Every person who knowingly mutilates or disinters, wantonly disturbs, or willfully removes any human remains in or from any location other than a dedicated cemetery without authority of law is guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided in Section 5097.99 of the Public Resources Code. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any person carrying out an agreement developed pursuant to subdivision ( l) of Section 5097.94 of the Public Resources Code or to any person authorized to implement Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code.
(b)  In the event of discovery or recognition of any human remains in any location other than a dedicated cemetery, there shall be no further excavation or disturbance of the site or any nearby area reasonably suspected to overlie adjacent remains until the coroner of the county in which the human remains are discovered has determined, in accordance with Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 27460) of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 3 of the Government Code, that the remains are not subject to the provisions of Section 27491 of the Government Code or any other related provisions of law concerning investigation of the circumstances, manner and cause of any death, and the recommendations concerning the treatment and disposition of the human remains have been made to the person responsible for the excavation, or to his or her authorized representative, in the manner provided in Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code. The coroner shall make his or her determination within two working days from the time the person responsible for the excavation, or his or her authorized representative, notifies the coroner of the discovery or recognition of the human remains.
(c)  If the coroner determines that the remains are not subject to his or her authority and if the coroner recognizes the human remains to be those of a Native American, or has reason to believe that they are those of a Native American, he or she shall contact, by telephone within 24 hours, the Native American Heritage Commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 404, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7051.

7051. (a) A person who removes part of any human remains from a place where it has been interred, or from a place where it is deposited while awaiting interment, cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis, with intent to sell it or to dissect it, without authority of law, or written permission of the person or persons having the right to control the remains under Section 7100, or with malice or wantonness, has committed a public offense that is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code.
(b) This section does not prohibit the removal of foreign materials, pacemakers, or prostheses from cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains by an employee of a licensed crematory, reduction facility, or hydrolysis facility prior to final processing of remains. Dental gold or silver, jewelry, or mementos, to the extent that they can be identified, may be removed by the employee prior to final processing if the equipment is such that it will not process these materials. However, any dental gold and silver, jewelry, or mementos that are removed shall be returned to the urn, cremated remains container, reduced human remains container, or hydrolyzed human remains container, unless otherwise directed by the person or persons having the right to control the disposition.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 34. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7051.5.

7051.5. A person who removes or possesses dental gold or silver, jewelry, or mementos from human remains without specific written permission of the person or persons having the right to control those remains under Section 7100 is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code. The fact that residue and any unavoidable dental gold or dental silver, or other precious metals remain in the cremation chamber, reduction chamber, hydrolysis chamber, or other equipment or a container used in a prior cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis is not a violation of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 35. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7052.

7052. (a) A person who willfully mutilates, disinters, removes from the place of interment, or commits an act of sexual penetration on, or has sexual contact with, remains known to be human, without authority of law, is guilty of a felony. This section does not apply to a person who, under authority of law, removes the remains for reinterment, or performs a cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Sexual penetration” means the unlawful penetration of the vagina or anus, however slight, by any part of a person’s body or other object, or any act of sexual contact between the sex organs of a person and the mouth or anus of a dead body, or any oral copulation of a dead human body for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse.
(2) “Sexual contact” means any willful touching by a person of an intimate part of a dead human body for the purpose of sexual arousal, gratification, or abuse.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 36. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7052.5.

7052.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7052, cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains may be removed from the place of interment for disposition as provided in Section 7054.5 or 7054.6 or for burial at sea as provided in Section 7117.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 37. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7053.

7053. Every person who arrests, attaches, detains, or claims to detain any human remains for any debt or demand, or upon any pretended lien or charge, or fails to release any human remains, the personal effects, or any certificate or permit required under Division 102 (commencing with Section 102100) that is in his or her possession or control forthwith upon the delivery of authorization for the release signed by the next of kin or by any person entitled to the custody of the remains, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 874, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.

7054. (a) (1) Except as authorized pursuant to the sections referred to in subdivision (b), a person who deposits or disposes of human remains in any place, except in a cemetery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Every licensee or registrant pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code and the agents and employees of the licensee or registrant, or an unlicensed person acting in a capacity in which a license from the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau is required, who, except as authorized pursuant to the sections referred to in subdivision (b), deposits or disposes of human remains in any place, except in a cemetery, is guilty of a misdemeanor that shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both that imprisonment and fine.
(b) (1) Cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be disposed of pursuant to Sections 7054.6, 7116, 7117, and 103060.
(2) Reduced human remains may be disposed of pursuant to Sections 7054.5, 7116, and 103060.
(c) Subdivision (a) of this section shall not apply to the reburial of Native American remains under an agreement developed pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 5097.94 of the Public Resources Code, or implementation of a recommendation or agreement made pursuant to Section 5097.98 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 38. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.1.

7054.1. Cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains shall not be removed from the place of cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis, and there shall not be a charge for the cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis, unless the remains have been processed so that they are suitable for inurnment. Every contract for cremation, reduction, 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 39. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.3.

7054.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recognizable dead human fetus of less than 20 weeks uterogestation not disposed of by interment shall be disposed of by incineration.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 377.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.4.

7054.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, recognizable anatomical parts, human tissues, anatomical human remains, or infectious waste following conclusion of scientific use shall be disposed of by interment, incineration, or any other method determined by the state department to protect the public health and safety.
As used in this section, “infectious waste” means any material or article which has been, or may have been, exposed to contagious or infectious disease.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 883.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.5.

7054.5. (a) Reduced human remains may be disposed of by integration into the topsoil by the person having the right to control the disposition of the remains pursuant to Section 7100.
(b) A reduction facility may integrate reduced human remains into the topsoil of a conservation area if the person having the right to control the disposition of those remains has agreed, in writing, to that disposition.
(c) Integration of reduced human remains into soil below the topsoil is a violation of Section 7054.
(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Conservation area” means an area of land that is protected and cannot be built on, that is only used for the conservation of nature.
(2) “Topsoil” means the outermost layer of soil.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 40. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.6.

7054.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be removed in a durable container from the place of cremation, hydrolysis, or interment and kept in or on the real property owned or occupied by a person described in Section 7100 or any other person, with the permission of the person with the right to disposition, or the durable container holding the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be kept in a church or religious shrine, if written permission of the church or religious shrine is obtained and there is no conflict with local use permit requirements or zoning laws, if the removal is under the authority of a permit for disposition granted under Section 103060. The placement, in any place, of six or more cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains under this section does not constitute the place a cemetery, as defined in Section 7003.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains may be placed in one or more keepsake urns. Keepsake urns shall be kept as authorized by the person or persons with the right to control disposition pursuant to Section 7100, provided that a permit for disposition of human remains pursuant to Section 103060 is issued by the local registrar for each keepsake urn designating the home address of each person receiving a keepsake urn and a permit fee pursuant to Section 103065 is paid. No keepsake urn shall be subject to Section 8345. For purposes of this section, a keepsake urn shall mean a closed durable container that will accommodate an amount of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains not to exceed one cubic centimeter.
(c) Prior to disposition of cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains, every licensee or registrant pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code, and the agents and employees of the licensee or registrant shall do all of the following:
(1) Remove the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains from the place of cremation or hydrolysis in a durable container.
(2) Keep the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a durable container.
(3) Store the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains in a place free from exposure to the elements.
(4) Responsibly maintain the cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Repealed (in Sec. 60) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 61. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.8.

7054.8. (a) Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains, no person shall do any of the following:
(1) Hydrolyze the remains of more than one person at the same time in the same hydrolysis chamber, or introduce the remains of a second person into a hydrolysis chamber until dissolution of any preceding remains has been terminated and reasonable efforts have been employed to remove all fragments of the preceding remains. The fact that there is residue in the hydrolysis chamber or other equipment or any container used in a prior hydrolysis is not a violation of this section.
(2) Dispose of or scatter hydrolyzed human remains in a manner or in such a location that the remains are commingled with those of another person. This paragraph shall not apply to the scattering of hydrolyzed human remains at sea from individual containers or to the disposal in a dedicated cemetery of accumulated residue removed from processing equipment.
(3) Place hydrolyzed human remains or other remains of more than one person in the same container or the same interment space. This paragraph shall not apply to the following:
(A) Interment of members of the same family in a common container designed for the hydrolyzed human remains of more than one person.
(B) Interment in a space or container that has been previously designated at the time of sale as being intended for the interment of remains of more than one person.
(C) Disposal in a dedicated cemetery of residue removed from processing equipment.
(b) Written acknowledgment from the person entitled to control the disposition of the hydrolyzed human remains shall be obtained by the person with whom arrangements are made for disposition of the remains on a form that includes, but is not limited to, the following information: “The human body is hydrolyzed with organic protein-based material such as wool, silk, cotton, or other protein-based material in the hydrolysis chamber. Bone fragments are not hydrolyzable and, as a result, remain in the chamber. The hydrolyzed remains will be dried and crushed, pulverized, or ground to facilitate inurnment or scattering.” The acknowledgment shall be filed and retained, for at least five years, by the person who disposes of or inters the remains.
(c) A person, including any corporation or partnership, that violates any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 62. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7054.9.

7054.9. (a) Except with the express written permission of the person entitled to control the disposition of the reduced human remains, a person shall not do any of the following:
(1) Reduce the remains of more than one person at the same time and in the same reduction chamber, or introduce the remains of a second person into the reduction chamber until the reduction of preceding remains has been terminated and reasonable efforts have been employed to remove all fragments of preceding remains. The fact that there is residue in the reduction chamber or other equipment or a container used in a prior reduction does not violate this section.
(2) Dispose of reduced human remains in a manner or location that the remains are commingled with those of another person. This paragraph does not apply to the disposition of accumulated residue removed from equipment used in the reduction of human remains.
(3) Place reduced human remains or the remains of more than one person in the same reduced human remains container, except as follows:
(A) Members of the same family may be placed in a common container designed for the reduced remains of more than one person.
(B) Reduced human remains may be placed in a container that has been previously designated, at the time of sale, as being intended for the remains of more than one person.
(C) Disposal of the residue removed from equipment used in the reduction of human remains.
(b) (1) A person, including a corporation or partnership, that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Written authorization by the person entitled to control the disposition of the remains for the reduction facility to integrate the reduced human remains into the soil of a conservation area, as provided in Section 7054.5, is sufficient to comply with the permission requirement of subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 41. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7055.

7055. (a) A person, who for themselves or for another person, inters, cremates, or hydrolyzes a body or permits the same to be done, or removes any remains, other than cremated remains or hydrolyzed human remains, from the primary registration district in which the death, cremation, or hydrolysis occurred or the body was found, except a removal by a funeral director in a funeral director’s conveyance or an officer of a duly accredited medical college engaged in official duties with respect to the body of a decedent who has willfully donated their body to the medical college from that registration district or county to another registration district or county, or within the same registration district or county, without the authority of a burial or removal permit issued by the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or in which the body was found; or removes interred human remains from the cemetery in which the interment occurred, removes cremated remains from the premises on which the cremation occurred, or removes hydrolyzed human remains from the premises on which the hydrolysis occurred without the authority of a removal permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as follows:
(1) For the first offense, by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) For each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a funeral director of a licensed out-of-state funeral establishment may transport human remains out of this state without a removal permit when acting within the requirements specified in subdivision (b) of Section 103050.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 42. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 43 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 399.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › Section 7055.

7055. (a) A person who, for themselves or for another person, inters, cremates, reduces, or hydrolyzes a body or permits the same to be done, or removes any remains, other than cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains, from the primary registration district in which the death, cremation, reduction, or hydrolysis occurred or the body was found, except a removal by a funeral director in a funeral director’s conveyance or an officer of a duly accredited medical college engaged in official duties with respect to the body of a decedent who has willfully donated their body to the medical college from that registration district or county to another registration district or county, or within the same registration district or county, without the authority of a burial or removal permit issued by the local registrar of the district in which the death occurred or in which the body was found; or removes interred human remains from the cemetery in which the interment occurred, removes cremated remains from the premises on which the cremation occurred, removes reduced human remains from the premises on which the reduction occurred, or removes hydrolyzed human remains from the premises on which the hydrolysis occurred without the authority of a removal permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable as follows:
(1) For the first offense, by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(2) For each subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 60 days, or by both.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a funeral director of a licensed out-of-state funeral establishment may transport human remains out of this state without a removal permit when the funeral director is acting within the requirements specified in subdivision (b) of Section 103050.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
(Repealed (in Sec. 42) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 43. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Custody, and Duty of Interment › Section 7100.1.

7100.1. (a)  A decedent, prior to death, may direct, in writing, the disposition of his or her remains and specify funeral goods and services to be provided. Unless there is a statement to the contrary that is signed and dated by the decedent, the directions may not be altered, changed, or otherwise amended in any material way, except as may be required by law, and shall be faithfully carried out upon his or her death, provided both of the following requirements are met: (1) the directions set forth clearly and completely the final wishes of the decedent in sufficient detail so as to preclude any material ambiguity with regard to the instructions; and, (2) arrangements for payment through trusts, insurance, commitments by others, or any other effective and binding means, have been made, so as to preclude the payment of any funds by the survivor or survivors of the deceased that might otherwise retain the right to control the disposition.
(b)  In the event arrangements for only one of either the cost of interment or the cost of the funeral goods and services are made pursuant to this section, the remaining wishes of the decedent shall be carried out only to the extent that the decedent has sufficient assets to do so, unless the person or persons that otherwise have the right to control the disposition and arrange for funeral goods and services agree to assume the cost. All other provisions of the directions shall be carried out.
(c)  If the directions are contained in a will, they shall be immediately carried out, regardless of the validity of the will in other respects or of the fact that the will may not be offered for or admitted to probate until a later date.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 253, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)