Bill Text: CA SB486 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Medical waste: sharps waste.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 591, Statutes of 2009. [SB486 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB486-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 486	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  591
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 11, 2009
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Chesbro)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to add Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 47115) to
Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to medical waste.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 486, Simitian. Medical waste: sharps waste.
   The California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 requires a
city's or a county's household hazardous waste element to include a
program containing specified components for the safe collection,
treatment, and disposal of sharps waste generated by households. The
act requires the California Integrated Waste Management Board, in
consultation with specified entities, to develop model programs for
the collection and proper disposal of drug waste.
   This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2010, and annually
thereafter, a pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes
medication that is self-injected at home through the use of
hypodermic needles and other similar devices to submit to the board,
or its successor agency, a plan that describes how the manufacturer
supports the safe collection and proper disposal of the waste
devices. The bill would require the manufacturer and the board, or
its successor or agency, to post and maintain the plans on their
respective Internet Web sites.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 3.3 (commencing with Section 47115) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 7 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, to
read:

      Article 3.3.  Home-Generated Sharps Waste Collection


   47115.  A pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a
medication in California that is usually intended to be self-injected
at home through the use of a hypodermic needle, pen needle,
intravenous needle, or any other similar device, shall, on or before
July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, submit to the board, or its
successor agency, a plan that describes how the manufacturer supports
the safe collection and proper disposal of the waste devices.
   47115.5.  The plan required pursuant to Section 47115 shall
include, at a minimum, a description of the actions, if any, taken by
the manufacturer to do the following:
   (a) Provide for the safe collection and proper disposal of the
waste devices.
   (b) Educate consumers about safe management and collection
opportunities.
   (c) Support efforts by retailers, pharmaceutical distributors,
manufacturers of injection devices, and other partners, including
local governments, health care organizations, public health officers,
solid waste service providers, and other groups with interest in
protecting public health and safety through the safe collection and
proper disposal of waste devices.
   47116.  (a) The manufacturer shall post and maintain a copy of the
plans required pursuant to Section 47115 on its Internet Web site.
   (b) The board, or its successor agency, shall post and maintain
copies of the plans submitted by the manufacturers pursuant to
Section 47115 on its Internet Web site.