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Business and Professions Code § 7641

ARTICLE 3. Embalmers

Current as of September 28, 2026Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7641Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 307, Sec. 85. (SB 821) Effective January 1, 2010.

It is unlawful for any person to embalm a body, or engage in, or hold himself or herself out as engaged in practice as an embalmer, unless he or she is licensed by the bureau. However, this section shall have no effect on students and instructors of embalming in mortuary science programs approved by the bureau.