Section 1258.2 - Rental Caskets(a) If a funeral establishment offers a specially designed device used to conceal an insert containing human remains, for purposes of viewing and/or funeral or other ceremony, which gives the outward appearance of being a casket, it shall be referred to as a "rental" casket. No part of a rental casket, including its lining, shall come into contact with any human remains placed therein or placed within a rental casket insert placed therein, unless that part or lining is disposed of with the insert and human remains.(b) A rental casket insert is an enclosure without ornamentation which has an interior lining and which is designed for the encasement of human remains for burial, cremation, or transit.(c) A new rental casket insert shall be used for each human remains displayed in a rental casket.(d) No rental casket shall be used or reused after it has been soiled, stained or otherwise contaminated by or from any human remains placed therein or placed within a rental casket insert placed therein.(e) The provisions of Business and Professions Code section 7702 shall not be applicable to rental caskets, as described and defined in subsection (a) of this section.(f) All rental caskets shall be included on the casket price list required by Business and Professions Code section 7685 and shall be displayed in the funeral establishment casket selection room or displayed photographically. When a rental casket is used, it shall appear on the contract for funeral goods or services.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 16, § 1258.2
1. New section filed 7-10-95; operative 8-9-95 (Register 95, No. 28).
2. Amendment filed 11-25-2015; operative 1-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 48). Note: Authority cited: Section 7606, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 7606 and 7702, Business and Professions Code.
1. New section filed 7-10-95; operative 8-9-95 (Register 95, No. 28).
2. Amendment filed 11-25-2015; operative 1/1/2016 (Register 2015, No. 48).