Health & Saf. Code, § 7010.1 · Chapter 1. Definitions
Health & Saf. Code, § 7010.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
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History
Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 34. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.
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