{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"7114","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 7114","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 3. Custody, and Duty of Interment [7100. - 7117.1.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-7/part-1/chapter-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1048.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any person who performs, permits or assists at, an autopsy on a dead body without having first obtained (a) the authorization of the deceased in writing, including, but not limited to, the last will of the deceased; or (b) the authorization in writing of the person designated by Section <a href=\"/hsc/7100\">7100</a> of this code as having the right to control the disposition of the remains of the deceased; or (c) in the case of a cemetery authority or a licensed funeral director or a licensed hospital or its agents or a physician, the written or verbal authorization described in Section <a href=\"/hsc/7113\">7113</a> or 7151.6 of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that this section shall not be applicable to the performance of an autopsy by the coroner or other officer authorized by law to perform autopsies.</p>","text":"Any person who performs, permits or assists at, an autopsy on a dead body without having first obtained (a) the authorization of the deceased in writing, including, but not limited to, the last will of the deceased; or (b) the authorization in writing of the person designated by Section 7100 of this code as having the right to control the disposition of the remains of the deceased; or (c) in the case of a cemetery authority or a licensed funeral director or a licensed hospital or its agents or a physician, the written or verbal authorization described in Section 7113 or 7151.6 of this code, is guilty of a misdemeanor, except that this section shall not be applicable to the performance of an autopsy by the coroner or other officer authorized by law to perform autopsies.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/custody-and-duty-of-interment-7114","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}