§ 8346

Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 570, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.

Within two hours after a crematory licensed by the State of California 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 cremation process will begin within 24 hours of the time that crematory took custody.

Other sections in Article 5 - Operation of Crematories

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