Section 7151.40 Of Chapter 3.5. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 7. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.5.
7151.40
. (a) If there has been an anatomical gift, a technician may
remove any donated parts and an enucleator may remove any donated
eyes or parts of eyes, after determination of death by a physician
and surgeon.
(b) Following the final disposition of the remains of the donor,
upon request of a person specified in Section 7100, the donee shall
return the cremated remains of the donor at no cost to the person
specified in Section 7100, unless the donor has previously designated
otherwise in the document of gift. A person who knowingly returns
the cremated remains of a person other than the donor to a person
specified in Section 7100 shall be punished by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one year.
(c) Residual anatomical materials and human remains donated to
hospitals, organ procurement organizations, accredited medical
schools, dental schools, colleges, or universities for educational,
research, transplantation, or therapeutic use that are no longer
useful or needed for those purposes, may be disposed of by those
entities through cremation, in the same manner as medical waste, and
without additional burial permit requirements if the donor has
specifically waived subdivision (b) of Section 7151.40.