Cal. Code Regs. tit. 16 § 1223.1

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024

Section 1223.1 - Shared Preparation and Storage Rooms

A licensed funeral establishment may share a preparation and/or a storage room with other licensed funeral establishments, upon approval by the bureau, under the following conditions:

(a) the licensed funeral establishments are under common ownership or have a contractual agreement to share a preparation and/or storage room;

(b) the common owners have designated one funeral establishment as the main office as defined in Section 1204(c)(2);

(c) the remaining establishments or the establishments using the facilities of the main office are within a sixty (60) mile radius of the main office;

(d) the licensed funeral establishment in which the common storage room is located has designated a separate labeled area within the storage room for each of the establishments using its facilities and has sufficient capacity to accommodate each licensee using the space;

(e) An identification and labeling system shall be in place to effectively identify the human remains being prepared and/or stored in the facilities;

(f) The facilities meet the requirements as specified in Section 7616 of the Business and Professions Code and have passed inspection by the bureau to determine its suitability for shared purposes;

(g) A licensed funeral establishment requesting permission from the bureau to share their preparation and/or storage room, must make a request, in writing, on a form 21 F-12 (4/93) provided by the bureau. An inspection will then be scheduled and completed to ensure that the above mentioned conditions have been met before the establishment can begin sharing its facilities.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1223.1

1. New section filed 10-31-97; operative 11-30-97 (Register 97, No. 44).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph and subsections (c) and (f)-(g) filed 9-22-2011 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2011, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 7606 and 7616, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7606, 7616, 7621, 7630, 7704 and 7707, Business and Professions Code.