California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 117600. - 117600. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 117605. - 117605. (a) This part governs medical waste management at the...

Section 117610. - 117610. The department shall adopt regulations that will establish and...

Section 117615. - 117615. Notwithstanding Section 117605, with the approval of the director,...

CHAPTER 2 - Definitions

Section 117625. - 117625. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this...

Section 117630. - 117630. (a) “Biohazard bag” means a disposable film bag used...

Section 117636. - 117636. “Chemotherapeutic agent” means an agent that kills or prevents...

Section 117637. - 117637. “Common carrier” means either of the following: (a) A...

Section 117640. - 117640. “Common storage facility” means any designated accumulation area that...

Section 117645. - 117645. “Container” means the rigid container in which the medical...

Section 117647. - 117647. “Empty” means a condition achieved when tubing, a container,...

Section 117650. - 117650. “Enforcement agency” means the department or the local agency...

Section 117655. - 117655. “Enforcement officer” means the director, or agents or registered...

Section 117657. - 117657. “Fund” means the Medical Waste Management Fund created pursuant...

Section 117660. - 117660. “Hazardous waste hauler” means a person registered as a...

Section 117662. - 117662. “Health care professional” means any person licensed or certified...

Section 117665. - 117665. “Highly communicable diseases” means diseases, such as those caused...

Section 117670. - 117670. “Household waste” means any material, including garbage, trash, and...

Section 117671. - 117671. “Home-generated sharps waste” means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous...

Section 117672. - 117672. “Industrial hygienist” means a person who has met the...

Section 117675. - 117675. “Infectious agent” means a type of microorganism, bacteria, mold,...

Section 117680. - 117680. “Large quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other...

Section 117685. - 117685. “Local agency” means the local health department, as defined...

Section 117690. - 117690. (a) “Medical waste” means any biohazardous, pathology, pharmaceutical, or...

Section 117695. - 117695. Medical waste that has been treated in accordance with...

Section 117705. - 117705. “Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or...

Section 117710. - 117710. “Medical waste management plan” means a document that is...

Section 117715. - 117715. “Medical waste permit” means a permit issued by the...

Section 117720. - 117720. “Medical waste registration” means a registration issued by the...

Section 117725. - 117725. (a) “Medical waste treatment facility” means all land and...

Section 117730. - 117730. “Mixed waste” means mixtures of medical and nonmedical waste....

Section 117735. - 117735. “Offsite” means any location that is not onsite. (Added...

Section 117740. - 117740. (a) “Onsite” means a medical waste treatment facility, or...

Section 117742. - 117742. “Parent organization” means an organization that employs or contracts...

Section 117745. - 117745. “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company,...

Section 117747. - 117747. (a) “Pharmaceutical” means a prescription or over-the-counter human or...

Section 117750. - 117750. (a) “Sharps container” means a rigid puncture-resistant container used...

Section 117760. - 117760. “Small quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other...

Section 117765. - 117765. “Storage” means the holding of medical wastes, in compliance...

Section 117770. - 117770. “Tracking document” means the medical waste tracking document specified...

Section 117771. - 117771. “Shipping document” means the medical waste shipping document required...

Section 117775. - 117775. (a) “Transfer station” means an offsite location permitted by...

Section 117776. - 117776. (a) “Trauma scene” means a location soiled by, or...

Section 117778. - 117778. “Trauma scene waste management practitioner” means a person who...

Section 117780. - 117780. “Treatment” means any method, technique, or process designed to...

CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties

Section 117800. - 117800. A local agency may implement a medical waste management...

Section 117805. - 117805. A local agency that elects to implement a medical...

Section 117810. - 117810. (a) If a local agency does not elect to...

Section 117815. - 117815. Any local agency that has elected to implement a...

Section 117820. - 117820. A medical waste management program shall include, but not...

Section 117825. - 117825. Each local enforcement agency that elects to implement the...

Section 117830. - 117830. (a) A local agency electing to implement a medical...

Section 117835. - 117835. The department shall establish and maintain a database of...

Section 117840. - 117840. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 117845. - 117845. The department shall implement this part so as to...

Section 117850. - 117850. Information may be shared between the department and the...

Section 117855. - 117855. If the department finds that a local enforcement agency...

Section 117860. - 117860. If the department withdraws its designation of a local...

Section 117870. - 117870. If the department identifies significant violations of minimum requirements...

Section 117875. - 117875. The department shall withdraw a local enforcement agency’s designation...

Section 117880. - 117880. If the department becomes the enforcement agency, it may...

Section 117885. - 117885. (a) There is in the State Treasury the Medical...

Section 117890. - 117890. (a) No large quantity generator shall generate medical waste...

Section 117895. - 117895. Registration pursuant to this part shall allow a small...

Section 117900. - 117900. No person shall haul medical waste unless the person...

Section 117903. - 117903. No person shall treat medical waste unless the person...

Section 117904. - 117904. (a) In addition to the consolidation points authorized pursuant...

Section 117905. - 117905. The department is the enforcement agency for offsite treatment...

Section 117908. - 117908. The accumulated medical waste of more than one medical...

Section 117910. - 117910. The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance...

CHAPTER 4 - Small Quantity Generator Requirements

Section 117915. - 117915. Containment and storage of medical waste shall be in...

Section 117918. - 117918. Medical waste shall be treated using treatment technologies in...

Section 117920. - 117920. The fee schedule specified in Section 117923 shall be...

Section 117923. - 117923. (a) The registration and inspection fee for small quantity...

Section 117924. - 117924. (a) When the department is the enforcement agency, the...

Section 117925. - 117925. (a) Each small quantity generator using onsite steam sterilization,...

Section 117928. - 117928. (a) Any common storage facility for the collection of...

Section 117930. - 117930. Small quantity generators that treat waste onsite, pursuant to...

Section 117935. - 117935. A small quantity generator required to register with the...

Section 117938. - 117938. (a) Small quantity generators using onsite steam sterilization, incineration,...

Section 117940. - 117940. (a) Each enforcement agency shall follow procedures consistent with...

Section 117943. - 117943. (a) A medical waste generator required to register pursuant...

Section 117945. - 117945. (a) A small quantity generator who is not required...

Section 117946. - 117946. (a) A small quantity medical waste generator or parent...

CHAPTER 5 - Large Quantity Generator Requirements

Section 117950. - 117950. (a) Each large quantity generator, except as specified in...

Section 117960. - 117960. A large quantity generator required to register with the...

Section 117965. - 117965. Large quantity generators shall be subject to at least...

Section 117967. - 117967. (a) Large quantity generators that treat medical waste onsite...

Section 117970. - 117970. (a) Each enforcement agency shall follow procedures consistent with...

Section 117971. - 117971. In addition to the fees collected pursuant to Section...

Section 117975. - 117975. (a) A large quantity medical waste generator required to...

Section 117976. - 117976. (a) A large quantity medical waste generator or parent...

Section 117980. - 117980. Containment and storage of medical waste shall be in...

Section 117985. - 117985. Medical waste shall be treated using treatment technologies approved...

Section 117990. - 117990. The fee schedule specified in Section 117995 shall be...

Section 117995. - 117995. The registration and annual permit fee for large quantity...

CHAPTER 6 - Medical Waste Haulers

Section 118000. - 118000. (a) Medical waste shall only be transported to a...

Section 118025. - 118025. All medical waste shall be hauled by a registered...

Section 118027. - 118027. A person who is authorized to collect solid waste,...

Section 118029. - 118029. (a) Haulers of medical waste in California, with the...

Section 118032. - 118032. A pharmaceutical waste generator or parent organization that employs...

Section 118033. - 118033. The pharmaceutical waste that is separated from medical waste...

Section 118035. - 118035. For the purpose of transferring medical waste prior to...

Section 118040. - 118040. (a) Except with regard to sharps waste consolidated by...

Section 118045. - 118045. (a) The department shall charge an application fee for...

CHAPTER 7 - Medical Waste Treatment Facility Permits

Section 118130. - 118130. All offsite medical waste treatment facilities and transfer stations...

Section 118135. - 118135. Each person operating an offsite medical waste treatment facility...

Section 118140. - 118140. A health care facility accepting medical waste for treatment...

Section 118145. - 118145. A health care facility accepting medical waste for treatment...

Section 118147. - 118147. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a registered...

Section 118150. - 118150. Each enforcement agency shall follow procedures that are consistent...

Section 118155. - 118155. A person required to obtain an offsite medical waste...

Section 118160. - 118160. (a) Prior to issuing or renewing a permit for...

Section 118165. - 118165. On and after April 1, 1991, all persons operating...

Section 118170. - 118170. (a) A medical waste permit issued by the enforcement...

Section 118175. - 118175. (a) A medical waste permit may be renewed if...

Section 118180. - 118180. A person required to obtain a medical waste permit...

Section 118185. - 118185. The enforcement agency shall issue a medical waste permit...

Section 118190. - 118190. When issuing, renewing, or revising any treatment facility permit,...

Section 118195. - 118195. An enforcement agency shall inform an applicant for a...

Section 118200. - 118200. The enforcement agency shall evaluate, inspect, and review the...

Section 118205. - 118205. The fee schedule specified in Section 118210 shall cover...

Section 118210. - 118210. (a) The department shall charge an annual permit fee...

CHAPTER 8 - Treatment

Section 118215. - 118215. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 118220. - 118220. Pathology waste of a human nature, as defined in...

Section 118222. - 118222. (a) Pathology waste that meets the conditions of paragraph...

Section 118225. - 118225. (a) Sharps waste shall be rendered noninfectious prior to...

Section 118230. - 118230. An operator of a hazardous waste incinerator permitted pursuant...

Section 118235. - 118235. Each medical waste treatment facility issued a medical waste...

Section 118240. - 118240. Notwithstanding Section 9141 of the Food and Agricultural Code,...

Section 118245. - 118245. The department shall charge an application fee for evaluation...

CHAPTER 9 - Containment and Storage

Section 118275. - 118275. (a) To containerize or store medical waste, at the...

Section 118280. - 118280. To containerize biohazard bags, a person shall do all...

Section 118285. - 118285. To containerize sharps waste, a person shall do all...

Section 118286. - 118286. (a) A person shall not knowingly place home-generated sharps...

Section 118290. - 118290. Any small quantity generator who has properly containerized the...

Section 118295. - 118295. A person shall thoroughly wash and decontaminate reusable rigid...

Section 118300. - 118300. Any leak or spill of a medical waste by...

Section 118305. - 118305. A person shall not use reusable pails, drums, dumpsters,...

Section 118307. - 118307. Medical waste that is stored in an area prior...

Section 118310. - 118310. A designated accumulation area used for the storage of...

Section 118315. - 118315. A person shall not use a trash chute to...

Section 118320. - 118320. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), compactors or...

CHAPTER 9.5 - Trauma Scene Waste Management

Section 118321. - 118321. (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be...

Section 118321.1. - 118321.1. (a) A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall register...

Section 118321.2. - 118321.2. (a) The department shall maintain an inventory of registered...

Section 118321.3. - 118321.3. (a) Notwithstanding Section 117650, the department shall be the...

Section 118321.4. - 118321.4. As specified in Section 117705, a trauma scene waste...

Section 118321.5. - 118321.5. (a) Trauma scene waste shall be removed from the...

Section 118321.6. - 118321.6. (a) This chapter does not limit or abridge the...

CHAPTER 10 - Enforcement

Section 118325. - 118325. An enforcement agency, district attorney, city attorney, or city...

Section 118330. - 118330. (a) Whenever the enforcement agency determines that a violation...

Section 118335. - 118335. (a) In order to carry out the purpose of...

Section 118340. - 118340. (a) No person shall, transport, store, treat, dispose, or...

Section 118345. - 118345. (a) Any person who intentionally makes any false statement...

CHAPTER 11 - Suspension or Revocation

Section 118350. - 118350. The enforcement agency may suspend, amend, or revoke any...

Section 118355. - 118355. Proceedings conducted by the department for the suspension or...

Section 118360. - 118360. The enforcement agency may temporarily suspend a medical waste...

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California Code DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE

California Code
DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE