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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Nguyen</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to amend Section 103050 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to human remains. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>Existing law generally requires specific documentation to be completed before the disposal of human remains. Existing law also regulates the transport of human remains to out-of-state funeral establishments. </html:p>
<html:p>This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.</html:p>
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Section 103050 of the
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(a)
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A person shall not dispose of human remains unless both of the following have occurred:
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(1)
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There has been obtained and filed with a local registrar a death certificate, as provided in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 102775).
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(2)
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There has been obtained from a local registrar a permit for disposition.
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(b)
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(1)
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Notwithstanding subdivision (a), neither a death certificate nor a permit for disposition shall be required to transport human remains from California to an adjacent state for disposition in that state when all of the following circumstances exist:
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(A)
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The remains are found within 50 miles of the California border and a licensed funeral establishment in the adjacent state is within 30 miles of the county border in which the decedent died, and the remains are released to that funeral establishment.
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(B)
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The coroner with jurisdiction over the area in which the remains were found authorizes their release pursuant to paragraph (2).
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(2)
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The coroner may release the remains to a licensed out-of-state funeral establishment without a death certificate or permit for disposition when the coroner determines that all of the following conditions exist:
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(A)
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No
forensic interest in the remains exists.
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(B)
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A reasonable certainty exists that the cause of death will be provided either by the primary physician, or by a review of medical records by the coroner or medical examiner.
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(3)
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The coroner with jurisdiction over the area in which the remains were found who releases the remains to an out-of-state funeral establishment shall, within 72 hours after the remains were found, file a death certificate with the local registrar.
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(c)
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This section
does not exempt a coroner, health officer, health care provider, or other individual from requirements to report a case or suspected case of any reportable communicable diseases or conditions pursuant to the Health and Safety Code or the California Code of Regulations.
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