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DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES 7000-8030›PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7000-7355›CHAPTER 1. Definitions 7000-7025

§ 7017

California Health and Safety Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

(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.

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

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