California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 3 - Powers and Duties

• Section 117800.
  A local agency may implement a medical waste management program by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the local governing body, in accordance...
• Section 117805.
  A local agency that elects to implement a medical waste management program shall notify the department of its intent to do so.(Amended by Stats. 2014,...
• Section 117810.
  (a)  If a local agency does not elect to implement a medical waste management program, the local agency may elect to contract with another local...
• Section 117815.
  Any local agency that has elected to implement a medical waste management program shall maintain a program that is consistent with Section 117820 and the...
• Section 117820.
  A medical waste management program shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(a) Issuing medical waste registrations and permits pursuant to the Medical...
• Section 117825.
  Each local enforcement agency that elects to implement the medical waste management program may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, the registration and permit fees necessary...
• Section 117830.
  (a)  A local agency electing to implement a medical waste management program is the enforcement agency for the jurisdiction where it is located and so...
• Section 117835.
  The department shall establish and maintain a database of persons registered as small quantity generators and as large quantity generators for whom the department is...
• Section 117840.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this part be fully supported from the fees received pursuant to...
• Section 117845.
  The department shall implement this part so as to maximize the funds that may be received from the federal government.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415,...
• Section 117850.
  Information may be shared between the department and the Environmental Protection Agency.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
• Section 117855.
  If the department finds that a local enforcement agency is not consistently fulfilling its responsibilities, the department shall notify the agency of the particular reasons...
• Section 117860.
  If the department withdraws its designation of a local enforcement agency, the department shall become the enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the local enforcement...
• Section 117870.
  If the department identifies significant violations of minimum requirements that were not identified and resolved through previous inspections by the local enforcement agency, the department...
• Section 117875.
  The department shall withdraw a local enforcement agency’s designation pursuant to Section 117860 if it determines that the enforcement agency has failed to submit an...
• Section 117880.
  If the department becomes the enforcement agency, it may charge the fees specified in this part.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January...
• Section 117885.
  (a) There is in the State Treasury the Medical Waste Management Fund, that shall be administered by the director. Money deposited in the fund shall be...
• Section 117890.
  (a) No large quantity generator shall generate medical waste unless the large quantity generator is registered with the enforcement agency pursuant to this part.(b) Registration pursuant to...
• Section 117895.
  Registration pursuant to this part shall allow a small quantity generator to generate medical waste at temporary events, including, but not limited to, health fairs,...
• Section 117900.
  No person shall haul medical waste unless the person is one of the following:(a) A registered hazardous waste hauler pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 6.5...
• Section 117903.
  No person shall treat medical waste unless the person is permitted by the enforcement agency as required by this part or unless the treatment is...
• Section 117904.
  (a) In addition to the consolidation points authorized pursuant to Section 118147, the enforcement agency may approve a location as a point of consolidation for the...
• Section 117905.
  The department is the enforcement agency for offsite treatment facilities.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
• Section 117908.
  The accumulated medical waste of more than one medical waste generator shall not be stored in a common storage facility unless that facility is registered...
• Section 117910.
  The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance to local enforcement agencies to assist them in their decisionmaking processes. This assistance shall include, but...

Last modified: October 22, 2018