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DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY 5000-9998.11›CHAPTER 12. Cemetery and Funeral Act 7600-7746›ARTICLE 3. Embalmers 7640-7650

§ 7640

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids; to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; and to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features; and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California.

(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 970, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 1999.)

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