California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 6 - Medical Waste Haulers

  • Section 118000.
    (a) Medical waste shall only be transported to a permitted medical waste treatment facility, or to a transfer station or another registered generator for the purpose...
  • Section 118025.
    All medical waste shall be hauled by a registered hazardous waste hauler, the United States Postal Service, or by a person with an exception granted...
  • Section 118027.
    A person who is authorized to collect solid waste, as defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code, who unknowingly transports medical waste to...
  • Section 118029.
    (a) Haulers of medical waste in California, with the exception of those using a materials of trade exception as specified in Sections 117946 and 117976, and...
  • Section 118032.
    A pharmaceutical waste generator or parent organization that employs health care professionals who generate pharmaceutical waste is exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a) of...
  • Section 118033.
    The pharmaceutical waste that is separated from medical waste by the generator shall be maintained in a manner to secure the pharmaceutical waste contents from...
  • Section 118035.
    For the purpose of transferring medical waste prior to reaching a permitted medical waste treatment facility, medical waste shall not be unloaded, reloaded, or transferred...
  • Section 118040.
    (a)  Except with regard to sharps waste consolidated by a home-generated sharps consolidation point approved pursuant to Section 117904, a hazardous waste transporter transporting medical...
  • Section 118045.
    (a) The department shall charge an application fee for a permit for a transfer station equal to one hundred dollars ($100) for each hour which the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018