Health and Safety Code § 117830

CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 117830Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.

(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 designated by the department.

(b) In any local jurisdiction where the local agency does not elect to implement a medical waste management program, the department is the enforcement agency.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a district attorney, city attorney, or city prosecutor from bringing any enforcement action for violation of this chapter.