A person who violates a provision of a rule, material permit condition or requirement for approval relating to medical waste is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each day for each violation. The attorney general, at the request of the director, shall file an action in the superior court in the county in which the violation occurred or in a county in which the department maintains an office to recover civil penalties provided for in this section.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-768

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • County: means :

    (a) The board of supervisors in the context of the exercise of powers or duties. See Arizona Laws 49-701

  • Director: means the director of environmental quality who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 49-101
  • Person: means any public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society of persons, the federal government and any of its departments or agencies, this state or any of its agencies, departments, political subdivisions, counties, towns or municipal corporations, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 49-701