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2012 California Codes
HSC - Health and Safety Code
DIVISION 7 - DEAD BODIES [7000 - 8030]
PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 5 - Embalming and Transportation
ARTICLE 1 - Embalming
Section 7303
CA Health & Safety Code § 7303 (through 2013 Leg Sess) What's This?
No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating the death has occurred while the deceased was driving or riding in a motor vehicle, or as a result of the deceased being struck by a motor vehicle, until permission of the coroner, his appointed deputy coroner, or a judge in the county, if there is no coroner, has been obtained.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1355.)
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