Section 118040 Of Chapter 6. Medical Waste Haulers From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) Except with regard to sharps waste consolidated by a
home-generated sharps consolidation point approved pursuant to
Section 117904, a hazardous waste transporter transporting medical
waste shall maintain a completed tracking document in compliance with
subdivision (b) for the purpose of tracking the medical waste from
the point when the waste leaves the generator facility until it
receives final treatment. At the time that the medical waste is
received by a hazardous waste transporter, the transporter shall
provide the medical waste generator with a copy of the tracking
document. The transporter transporting medical waste shall maintain
its copy of the tracking document for three years.
(b) The tracking document shall include, but not be limited to,
all of the following information:
(1) The name, address, telephone number, and registration number
of the transporter, unless transported pursuant to Section 117946 or
117976.
(2) The type of medical waste transported and the quantity or
aggregate weight of medical waste transported.
(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the generator.
(4) The name, address, telephone number, permit number, and the
signature of an authorized representative of the permitted facility
receiving the medical waste.
(5) The date that the medical waste is collected or removed from
the generator's facility, the date that the medical waste is received
by the transfer station, the registered large quantity generator, or
point of consolidation, if applicable, and the date that the medical
waste is received by the treatment facility.
(c) A hazardous waste transporter transporting medical waste in a
vehicle shall have the tracking document in his or her possession
while transporting the medical waste. The tracking document shall be
shown upon demand to any enforcement agency personnel or officer of
the Department of the California Highway Patrol. If the medical waste
is transported by rail, vessel, or air, the railroad corporation,
vessel operator, or airline shall enter on the shipping papers any
information concerning the medical waste that the enforcement agency
may require.
(d) A hazardous waste transporter transporting medical waste shall
provide the facility receiving the medical waste with the original
tracking document.
(e) Each hazardous waste transporter and each medical waste
treatment facility shall provide tracking data periodically and in a
format as determined by the department.