Within two hours after a reduction facility takes custody of a body that has not been embalmed, it shall refrigerate the body at a temperature not greater than 50 degrees Fahrenheit, unless the reduction process will begin within 24 hours of the time that the facility took custody.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 8394
Reduction Facilities
Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 399, Sec. 45
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