{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"8394","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 8394","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>Within two hours after a reduction facility 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 reduction process will begin within 24 hours of the time that the facility took custody.</p>","text":"Within two hours after a reduction facility 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 reduction process will begin within 24 hours of the time that the facility took custody.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/reduction-facilities-8394","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}