California Health and Safety Code

§ 7355

HSC § 7355Div. 7 · Part 1 · Ch. 5 · Art. 2

Statute text

(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.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 574.