{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7640","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7640","heading":"","body":"An embalmer is one who is duly qualified to disinfect or preserve human remains by the injection or external application of antiseptics, disinfectants or preservative fluids; to prepare human bodies for transportation which are dead of contagious or infectious diseases; and to use derma surgery or plastic art for restoring mutilated features; and who is duly licensed as an embalmer under the laws of the State of California.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 12.  Cemetery and Funeral Act [7600. - 7746.]","ARTICLE 3. Embalmers [7640. - 7650.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"f1123ccd3107dfc5a04e25fca314fc0d34d7775dd4759ff244ad6589c275e4a3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7639.19","next":"us-ca/bpc-7641"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}