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Health and Safety Code § 7010.5

CHAPTER 1. Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 7010.5Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 436, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.

“Residue” means human ashes, bone fragments, prostheses, and disintegrated material from the chamber itself, imbedded in cracks and uneven spaces of a cremation chamber, that cannot be removed through reasonable manual contact with sweeping or scraping equipment. Material left in the cremation chamber, after the completion of a cremation, that can be reasonably removed shall not be considered “residue.”