Notwithstanding 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.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 118147

  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19

(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.

(Added by renumbering Section 25070.4 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 536, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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