Medical waste: pharmaceutical product stewardship program.
- Stage
- Session ended
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Feb 3, 2014
What it does
The Medical Waste Management Act, administered by the State Department of Public Health, regulates the management and handling of medical waste, including pharmaceutical waste, as defined. Existing law requires, among other things, that all medical waste be hauled by either a registered hazardous waste hauler or by a person with an approved limited-quantity exemption granted pursuant to specified provisions of law.
Where it stands
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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