Cal. Health and Safety Code § 7355
Cal. Health and Safety Code § 7355
California · California Health and Safety Code · Status: effective
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- Cal. Health and Safety Code § 7355, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/860862
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(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the bodies of persons who have died from any cause shall not be received for transportation by a common carrier unless the body has been embalmed and prepared by a licensed embalmer and placed in a sound casket and enclosed in a transportation case.
(b) A dead body, which cannot be embalmed or is in a state of decomposition, shall be received for transportation by a common carrier if the body is placed in an airtight metal casket enclosed in a strong transportation case or in a sound casket enclosed in an airtight metal or metal-lined transportation case.