Health & Saf. Code, § 8394 · Article 9. Reduction Facilities

Health & Saf. Code, § 8394

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Within two hours after a reduction facility takes custody of a body that has not been embalmed, it shall refrigerate the body at a temperature not greater than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, unless the reduction process will begin within 24 hours of the time that the facility took custody.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 45. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, pursuant to Sec. 8396.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC&sectionNum=8394.
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