{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"7010.5","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 7010.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000. - 8030.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [7000. - 7355.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Definitions [7000. - 7025.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 8.   Effective January 1, 2002.","effective":"2002-01-01","html":"<p>“Residue” means human ashes, bone fragments, prostheses, and disintegrated material from the chamber itself, imbedded in cracks and uneven spaces of a cremation chamber, that cannot be removed through reasonable manual contact with sweeping or scraping equipment. Material left in the cremation chamber, after the completion of a cremation, that can be reasonably removed shall not be considered “residue.”</p>","text":"“Residue” means human ashes, bone fragments, prostheses, and disintegrated material from the chamber itself, imbedded in cracks and uneven spaces of a cremation chamber, that cannot be removed through reasonable manual contact with sweeping or scraping equipment. Material left in the cremation chamber, after the completion of a cremation, that can be reasonably removed shall not be considered “residue.”","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/definitions-7010-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}