{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"8391","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 8391","status":"not-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 9. Reduction Facilities [8390. - 8396.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-8/part-3/chapter-2/article-9"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 45.   (AB 351)   Effective January 1, 2023.   Operative January 1, 2027, pursuant to Sec. 8396.","effective":"2023-01-01","html":"<p>A reduction facility shall not make or enforce rules requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before reduction, nor shall a reduction facility refuse to accept human remains for reduction for the reason that they are not in a casket. A director, officer, agent, or representative of a reduction facility who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not prohibit a facility from requiring some type of container or disposal unit.</p>","text":"A reduction facility shall not make or enforce rules requiring that human remains be placed in a casket before reduction, nor shall a reduction facility refuse to accept human remains for reduction for the reason that they are not in a casket. A director, officer, agent, or representative of a reduction facility who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. This section does not prohibit a facility from requiring some type of container or disposal unit.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/reduction-facilities-8391","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}