Bill Text: MN SF1559 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Infectious waste control act modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Second reading [SF1559 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF1559-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to environment; modifying Infectious Waste Control Act;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.78, subdivision 4.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.78, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 4. Sharps. (a) Sharps, except those generated from a household or from a
1.7farm operation or agricultural business:
1.8(1) must be placed in puncture-resistant sharps disposal containers;
1.9(2) may not be compacted or mixed with other waste material whether or not the
1.10sharps are decontaminated unless it is part of an infectious waste decontamination process
1.11approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency that will prevent exposure
1.12during transportation and disposal; and
1.13(3) may not be disposed of at refuse-derived fuel facilities or at other facilities
1.14where waste is hand sorted.
1.15(b) Every box of 90 or more syringes sold by sharps retailers must be accompanied
1.16by a free sharps disposal container that has adequate capacity to contain the sharps
1.17purchased. Sharps containers must be provided by the sharps manufacturers to the sharps
1.18retailers at no cost.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.78, subdivision 4.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 116.78, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 4. Sharps. (a) Sharps, except those generated from a household or from a
1.7farm operation or agricultural business:
1.8(1) must be placed in puncture-resistant sharps disposal containers;
1.9(2) may not be compacted or mixed with other waste material whether or not the
1.10sharps are decontaminated unless it is part of an infectious waste decontamination process
1.11approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency that will prevent exposure
1.12during transportation and disposal; and
1.13(3) may not be disposed of at refuse-derived fuel facilities or at other facilities
1.14where waste is hand sorted.
1.15(b) Every box of 90 or more syringes sold by sharps retailers must be accompanied
1.16by a free sharps disposal container that has adequate capacity to contain the sharps
1.17purchased. Sharps containers must be provided by the sharps manufacturers to the sharps
1.18retailers at no cost.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2015.
