2005 California Public Resources Code Sections 49600-49602 Article 1. General Provisions

49600.  No person shall operate in any city or town any crematory
for the destruction by fire heat of garbage, ashes, offal, or other
refuse matter, except as provided in this chapter.
49601.  No crematory described in Section 49600 shall be operated in
this state except in a manner which will prevent the propagation of
disease through contamination of the atmosphere of any city or town
by the gases or fumes arising from the fires or ovens of the
crematory.
49602.  Every person who burns by fire heat or destroys by cremation
any garbage, ashes, offal, or other refuse matter in violation of
this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.