Health and Safety Code § 8346

ARTICLE 5. Operation of Crematories

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 8346Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 570, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.

Within two hours after a crematory licensed by the State of California 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 cremation process will begin within 24 hours of the time that crematory took custody.