{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"118147","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 118147","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104"},{"name":"PART 14. MEDICAL WASTE [117600. - 118360.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-14"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Medical Waste Treatment Facility Permits [118130. - 118210.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-14/chapter-7"}],"history":"Added by renumbering Section 25070.4 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 536, Sec. 16.   Effective January 1, 1997.","effective":"1997-01-01","html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a registered medical waste generator, which is a facility specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section <a href=\"/hsc/117705\">117705</a>, may accept home-generated sharps waste, to be consolidated with the facility’s medical waste stream, subject to all of the following conditions:</p><p>(a) The generator of the sharps waste, a member of the generator’s family, or a person authorized by the enforcement agency transports the sharps waste to the medical waste generator’s facility. </p><p>(b) The sharps waste is accepted at a central location at the medical waste generator’s facility. </p><p>(c) A reference to, and a description of, the actions taken pursuant to this section are included in the facility’s medical waste management plan adopted pursuant to Section <a href=\"/hsc/117960\">117960</a>. </p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a registered medical waste generator, which is a facility specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 117705, may accept home-generated sharps waste, to be consolidated with the facility’s medical waste stream, subject to all of the following conditions: (a) The generator of the sharps waste, a member of the generator’s family, or a person authorized by the enforcement agency transports the sharps waste to the medical waste generator’s facility. (b) The sharps waste is accepted at a central location at the medical waste generator’s facility. (c) A reference to, and a description of, the actions taken pursuant to this section are included in the facility’s medical waste management plan adopted pursuant to Section 117960.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/medical-waste-treatment-facility-permits-118147","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}