{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"8346","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 8346","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES [8100. - 9703.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8"},{"name":"PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES [8250. - 8829.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Operation and Management [8275. - 8396.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8/part-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Operation of Crematories [8341. - 8347.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8/part-3/chapter-2/article-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 570, Sec. 10.   Effective January 1, 1995.","effective":"1995-01-01","html":"<p>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.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/operation-of-crematories-8346","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}