Section 118147.
Cal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 118147.
in effectNotwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a registered medical waste generator, which is a facility specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 117705, may accept home-generated sharps waste, to be consolidated with the facility’s medical waste stream, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a)
The generator of the sharps waste, a member of the generator’s family, or a person authorized by the enforcement agency transports the sharps waste to
the medical waste generator’s facility.
(b)
The sharps waste is accepted at a central location at the medical waste generator’s facility.
(c)
A reference to, and a description of, the actions taken pursuant to this section are included in the facility’s medical waste management plan adopted pursuant to Section 117960.
References
referencesCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117705.
referencesCal. Health and Safety Code - HSC § 117960.
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