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Health and Safety Code § 7017

CHAPTER 1. Definitions

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 7017Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 846, Sec. 47. (AB 967) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2020, by its own provisions.

(a) “Hydrolysate” means the resultant liquid from the hydrolysis of human remains, which liquid is a sterile, benign, micronutrient-rich solution consisting of sugars, salts, peptides, and amino acids. Hydrolysate and calcium phosphate “ashes” are the two end results from the alkaline hydrolysis process.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.