{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"8372","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 8372","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 8. Hydrolysis Facilities [8370. - 8382.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8/part-3/chapter-2/article-8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 69.   (AB 967)   Effective January 1, 2018.   Section operative July 1, 2020, pursuant to Sec. 8382.","effective":"2018-01-01","html":"<p>A hydrolysis facility shall not make or enforce any rules requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before hydrolysis or that human remains be hydrolyzed in a casket, nor shall a hydrolysis facility refuse to accept human remains for hydrolysis for the reason that they are not in a casket. Every director, officer, agent, or representative of a hydrolysis facility who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the requiring of some type of container or disposal unit, as specified in Section <a href=\"/hsc/7006.6\">7006.6</a>.</p>","text":"A hydrolysis facility shall not make or enforce any rules requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before hydrolysis or that human remains be hydrolyzed in a casket, nor shall a hydrolysis facility refuse to accept human remains for hydrolysis for the reason that they are not in a casket. Every director, officer, agent, or representative of a hydrolysis facility who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the requiring of some type of container or disposal unit, as specified in Section 7006.6.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/hydrolysis-facilities-8372","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}