Health and Safety Code section 7010.1

(a)

“Hydrolysis” means the process by which the following two steps are taken:

(1)

The reduction of the body of a deceased person to its essential organic components and bone fragments by alkaline hydrolysis. “Alkaline hydrolysis” is a process using heat or heat and applied pressure, water, and potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide in a hydrolysis chamber.

(2)

The processing of the remains after removal from the hydrolysis chamber pursuant to Section 7010.3.

(b)

This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

Source: Section 7010.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7010.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2018; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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