Section 117904 Of Chapter 3. Powers And Duties From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 3.
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. (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 collection of
home-generated sharps waste, which, after collection, shall be
transported and treated as medical waste.
(b) A consolidation location approved pursuant to this section
shall be known as a "home-generated sharps consolidation point."
(c) A home-generated sharps consolidation point is not subject to
the requirements of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 118275), to
the permit or registration requirements of this part, or to any
permit or registration fees, with regard to the activity of
consolidating home-generated sharps waste pursuant to this section.
(d) A home-generated sharps consolidation point shall comply with
all of the following requirements:
(1) All sharps waste shall be placed in sharps containers.
(2) Sharps containers ready for disposal shall not be held for
more than seven days without the written approval of the enforcement
agency.
(e) An operator of a home-generated sharps consolidation point
approved pursuant to this section shall not be considered the
generator of that waste, but shall be listed on the tracking
documents in compliance with the United States Postal Service
requirements for waste shipped through mail back and on the tracking
documents as required by the department.
(f) The medical waste treatment facility which treats the sharps
waste subject to this section shall maintain the tracking document
required by Sections 118040 and 118165 with regard to that sharps
waste.