CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties
Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6.
§§ 117800–117910 · 25 sections
- § 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 with…
- § 117805 A local agency that elects to implement a medical waste management program shall notify the department of its intent to do so.
- § 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 agency to…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 117825 Each local enforcement agency that elects to implement the medical waste management program may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, the registration and…
- § 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…
- § 117835 The department shall establish and maintain a database of persons registered as small quantity generators and as large quantity generators for whom the…
- § 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 this part.
- § 117845 The department shall implement this part so as to maximize the funds that may be received from the federal government.
- § 117850 Information may be shared between the department and the Environmental Protection Agency.
- § 117855 If the department finds that a local enforcement agency is not consistently fulfilling its responsibilities, the department shall notify the agency of the…
- § 117860 If the department withdraws its designation of a local enforcement agency, the department shall become the enforcement agency within the jurisdiction of the…
- § 117870 If the department identifies significant violations of minimum requirements that were not identified and resolved through previous inspections by the local…
- § 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…
- § 117880 If the department becomes the enforcement agency, it may charge the fees specified in this part.
- § 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…
- § 117890 (a) No large quantity generator shall generate medical waste unless the large quantity generator is registered with the enforcement agency pursuant to this…
- § 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…
- § 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…
- § 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 performed by a…
- § 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…
- § 117905 The department is the enforcement agency for offsite treatment facilities.
- § 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 with…
- § 117910 The department shall provide ongoing technical assistance and guidance to local enforcement agencies to assist them in their decisionmaking processes. This…