Health and Safety Code section 7303

No embalmer shall embalm a dead human body when he has information reasonably indicating the death has occurred while the deceased was driving or riding in a motor vehicle, or as a result of the deceased being struck by a motor vehicle, until permission of the coroner, his appointed deputy coroner, or a judge in the county, if there is no coroner, has been obtained.

Source: Section 7303, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7303. (updated Jan. 1, 1970; accessed Jun. 23, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/health_and_safety_code_section_7303

Original Source: Section 7303, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=7303. (last accessed May 12, 2025).