GroundRules
HSC § 7355
Where this section sits in the code
- Health and Safety Code - HSC
- DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000. - 8030.]
- PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [7000. - 7355.]
- CHAPTER 5. Embalming and Transportation [7300. - 7355.]
- ARTICLE 2. Transportation [7355. - 7355.]
(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.
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