{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"102805","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 102805","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 102. VITAL RECORDS AND HEALTH STATISTICS [102100. - 103925.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102"},{"name":"PART 1. VITAL RECORDS [102100. - 103800.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Death Registration [102775. - 102938.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. Duty of Registering Death [102775. - 102805.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-102/part-1/chapter-6/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 4.   Effective January 1, 1996.","effective":"1996-01-01","html":"<p>An embalmer may authorize his or her signature to be affixed to the certificate after he or she has embalmed a body, as required by this chapter, by a written special power of attorney that shall be retained for a period of one year.</p>","text":"An embalmer may authorize his or her signature to be affixed to the certificate after he or she has embalmed a body, as required by this chapter, by a written special power of attorney that shall be retained for a period of one year.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/duty-of-registering-death-102805","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}