DECLARATION FOR DISPOSITION OF CREMATED OR HYDROLYZED HUMAN REMAINS

Name of Funeral Establishment and Telephone Number

and shall be disposed of in the following manner:

IMPORTANT: Business and Professions Code section 7685.2(b) requires funeral establishments to complete this form, provided by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, when making arrangements for cremation or hydrolysis. Failure to complete this form may result in disciplinary action by the Bureau. This declaration does not replace the written authorization to cremate required by Health and Safety Code sections 7110 and 7111.

A person having the right to control disposition of cremated or hydrolyzed human remains may remove the remains in a durable container from the place of cremation, hydrolysis, or interment, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 7054.6.

If the cremated or hydrolyzed remains container cannot accommodate all cremated or hydrolyzed remains of the deceased, the crematory or hydrolysis facility shall provide a larger cremated or hydrolyzed remains container at no additional cost, or place the excess in a second container that cannot easily come apart from the first, pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 7685.2.

1 See Health and Safety Code sections 7054, 7054.6, 7116, and 7117 for legal dispositions of cremated or hydrolyzed human remains. 2 See Health and Safety Code section 7100 for the list of person(s) with the legal right to control disposition of human remains.