Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 75 > Chapter 10 > Part 10 - Infectious Waste Management Act

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• dispose: has the meaning provided in 75-10-203. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• generation: means to produce infectious waste. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Infectious: means capable of producing disease. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Infectious waste: means waste capable of producing infectious disease. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Intermediate point: means a place where infectious waste is not treated or disposed of. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, company, association, corporation, city, town, local government entity, federal agency, or any other governmental or private entity, whether organized for profit or not. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
• Sharps: means any discarded health care article that may cause punctures or cuts, including but not limited to:

  (a)broken glass that may be contaminated with blood;

  (b)needles; and

  (c)scalpel blades. See Montana Code 75-10-1003

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• store: means to hold for a temporary period. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• transportation: means to move infectious waste from the point of generation to any intermediate point or to the point of ultimate treatment or disposal. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• treatment: means to apply a method, technique, or process, including incineration, designed to render infectious waste sterile. See Montana Code 75-10-1003
• Vessel: when used in reference to shipping, includes ships of all kinds, steamboats and steamships, canal boats, and every structure adapted to be navigated from place to place. See Montana Code 1-1-207