Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 7. DEAD BODIES [7000 - 8030]
( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. ) PART 2. DISINTERMENT AND REMOVAL [7500 - 8030]
( Part 2 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. ) CHAPTER 5. California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation [8010 - 8030]
( Chapter 5 added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 818, Sec. 1. ) ARTICLE 2. State Cultural Affiliation and Repatriation [8012 - 8021]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 818, Sec. 1. ) 8020.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and upon the request of any party or an intervenor, the commission or designated mediator may close part of a mediation session to the public if the commission or designated mediator finds that information required at the mediation session may include identification of the specific location of a burial site, human remains and cultural items or that information necessary for a determination regarding repatriation may compromise or interfere with any religious practice or custom.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 818, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)