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Public Resources Code § 47115

ARTICLE 3.3. Home-Generated Sharps Waste Collection

Current as of September 28, 2026Pub. Resources Code, § 47115Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 591, Sec. 1. (SB 486) Effective January 1, 2010.

A pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes a medication in California that is usually intended to be self-injected at home through the use of a hypodermic needle, pen needle, intravenous needle, or any other similar device, shall, on or before July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, submit to the board, or its successor agency, a plan that describes how the manufacturer supports the safe collection and proper disposal of the waste devices.