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DIVISION 8. CEMETERIES 8100-9703›PART 3. PRIVATE CEMETERIES 8250-8829›CHAPTER 2. Operation and Management 8275-8396›ARTICLE 5. Operation of Crematories 8341-8347

§ 8346

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

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.

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

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