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2023 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 12 - Cemetery and Funeral Act
ARTICLE 4.5 - Cremated Remains Disposer
Section 7672.10.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 7672.10 (2023)
7672.10. (a) A person who scatters cremated human remains or hydrolyzed human remains without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person scattered shall constitute a separate violation.
(b) Commencing January 1, 2027, a person who integrates reduced human remains into the soil without a valid registration and who is not otherwise exempt from this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The remains of each person integrated into the soil shall constitute a separate violation.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 20. (AB 351) Effective January 1, 2023.)
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