Health and Safety Code section 7017

(a)

“Hydrolysate” means the resultant liquid from the hydrolysis of human remains, which liquid is a sterile, benign, micronutrient-rich solution consisting of sugars, salts, peptides, and amino acids. Hydrolysate and calcium phosphate “ashes” are the two end results from the alkaline hydrolysis process.

(b)

This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.

Source: Section 7017, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7017. (updated Jan. 1, 2018; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 7017, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7017. (last accessed May 12, 2025).