California Business and Professions Code

§ 7672

BPC § 7672 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 3 · Ch. 12 · Art. 4.5

Statute text

(a)A person shall not dispose of, or offer to dispose of, cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains unless registered as a cremated remains disposer by the bureau. This article does not apply to a person, partnership, or corporation holding a certificate of authority as a cemetery, crematory license, reduction facility, hydrolysis facility license, cemetery broker’s license, cemetery salesperson’s license, or funeral director’s license, nor shall this article apply to a person having the right to control the disposition of the cremated, reduced, or hydrolyzed human remains of a person or that person’s designee if the person does not dispose of, or offer to dispose of, more than 10 human remains within a calendar year.

(b)This section shall become operative on January 1, 2027.

Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 9) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 10. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.