Bill Text: CA AB1893 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Sharps waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-26 - Stricken from file. [AB1893 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1893-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Sharps waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-26 - Stricken from file. [AB1893 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1893-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1893 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Stone and Eggman FEBRUARY 19, 2014 An act to amend Section 118286 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to solid waste. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST 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 1. Section 118286 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 118286. (a)On or after September 1, 2008, noA person shall not knowingly place home-generated sharps waste in any of the following containers: (1) Any container used for the collection of solid waste, recyclable materials, or greenwaste. (2) Any container used for the commercial collection of solid waste or recyclable materials from business establishments. (3) Any roll-off container used for the collection of solid waste, construction, and demolition debris, greenwaste, or other recyclable materials. (b)On or after September 1, 2008, home-generatedHome-generated sharps waste shall be transported only in a sharps container, or other containers approved by the enforcement agency, and shall only be managed at any of the following: (1) A household hazardous waste facility pursuant to Section 25218.13. (2) A "home-generated sharps consolidation point" as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 117904. (3) A medical waste generator's facility pursuant to Section 118147. (4) A facility through the use of a medical waste mail-back container approved by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 118245.