AB 1893, as introduced, Stone. Solid waste.
Existing law, the Medical Waste Management Act, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, regulates the management and handling of medical waste, as defined. Existing law specifically excludes home-generated sharps waste, as defined, from the definition of medical waste. Existing law prohibits a person from knowingly placing home-generated sharps waste in certain types of containers and requires that home-generated sharps waste be transported only in sharps containers, as defined, or other containers approved by the department or the local enforcement agency.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 118286 of the Health and Safety Code
2 is amended to read:
(a) begin deleteOn or after September 1, 2008, no end deletebegin insertA end insertperson shall
2begin insert notend insert knowingly place home-generated sharps waste in any of the
3following containers:
4(1) Any container used for the collection of solid waste,
5recyclable materials, or greenwaste.
6(2) Any container used for the commercial collection of solid
7waste or recyclable materials from business establishments.
8(3) Any roll-off container used for the collection of solid waste,
9construction, and demolition debris, greenwaste, or other recyclable
10materials.
11(b) begin deleteOn or after September 1, 2008, home-generated end delete
12begin insertHome-generated end insertsharps waste shall be transported only in a sharps
13container, or other containers approved by the enforcement agency,
14and shall only be managed at any of the following:
15(1) A household hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section
1625218.13.
17(2) A “home-generated sharps consolidation point” as defined
18in subdivision (b) of Section 117904.
19(3) A medical waste generator’s facility pursuant to Section
20118147.
21(4) A facility through the use of a medical waste mail-back
22container approved by the department pursuant to subdivision (b)
23of Section 118245.
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