Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7717 · Article 7. Penal Provisions
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7717
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Every person, who pays or causes to be paid or offers to pay to any funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer, or to the agent, assistant or employee of either, any commission or bonus or rebate or other thing of value in consideration of the funeral establishment, funeral director or embalmer recommending or causing human remains to be disposed of in any crematory, mausoleum or cemetery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 36. Effective January 1, 1997.
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