Health & Saf. Code, § 7204 · Chapter 4. Disposal of Unclaimed Dead
Health & Saf. Code, § 7204
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All persons receiving unclaimed dead for educational purposes shall bear all reasonable expense incurred in the preservation and transportation of the dead and shall keep a permanent record of bodies received, giving the identification number, the name, age, sex, nationality, and race, if possible, together with the place of last residence of the decedent and the source and disposition, with dates, of the body.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.
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- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7204.
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