{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"7617","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7617","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Funeral Establishments and Directors [7615. - 7636.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-3/chapter-12/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1151, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>The business of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted and engaged in at a fixed place or facility.</p><p>No person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization shall open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of a funeral establishment without a license.</p>","text":"The business of a licensed funeral establishment shall be conducted and engaged in at a fixed place or facility. No person, partnership, association, corporation, or other organization shall open or maintain a place or establishment at which to engage in or conduct, or hold himself or herself or itself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of a funeral establishment without a license.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/funeral-establishments-and-directors-7617","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}