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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 118321-118321.6



118321.  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Trauma Scene Waste Management Act.
   (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the
interests of the health and safety of the public and the solid waste
industry to regulate the handling and treatment of waste that, but
for contamination with large quantities of human blood or body fluids
as a result of death, serious injury, or illness, would be solid
waste.
   (c) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in the
interest of safe and uniform management of trauma scene waste,
practitioners of trauma scene management should be subject to
regulation by the department.



118321.1.  (a) A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall
register with the department on forms provided by the department.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person who possessed a
local business license as of January 1, 1997, and performs trauma
scene waste management activities may continue to do so until April
1, 1998, subject to both of the following conditions:
   (1) The department has been notified of the trauma scene waste
management activities.
   (2) Registration as a trauma scene waste management practitioner
is completed on or before April 1, 1998.
   (c) The department shall register a trauma scene waste management
practitioner and issue a trauma scene waste hauling permit to a
trauma scene waste management practitioner who submits a completed
application form and the registration fee, upon approval of the
application by the department.
   (d) A registered trauma scene waste management practitioner is
exempt from the registration requirements imposed pursuant to Chapter
6 (commencing with Section 118025) or Article 6.5 (commencing with
Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 upon haulers of
medical waste.
   (e) Registered trauma scene waste management practitioners shall
pay an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) to the department for
deposit in the fund. The fee revenues deposited in the fund pursuant
to this subdivision may be expended by the department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of this
chapter.


118321.2.  (a) The department shall maintain an inventory of
registered trauma scene waste management practitioners.
   (b) The department shall submit a list of registered trauma scene
waste management practitioners to all local agency health officers
and directors of environmental health, county administrators, and
county sheriffs, and shall make the list available, upon request, to
other public agencies and to the public.



118321.3.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 117650, the department shall
be the sole enforcement agency with regard to the management of
trauma scene waste.
   (b) The department, working with the trauma scene waste management
industry and the health care industry, shall establish the following
standards:
   (1) Documentation of personal protection required to be provided
for, and used by, workers in accordance with the California
Occupational and Safety Administration's bloodborne pathogen
standards.
   (2) Technologies and chemicals appropriate to the task of cleanup
and disinfecting.
   (c) The department may adopt regulations pursuant to which trauma
scene waste management practitioners shall document both of the
following:
   (1) Identification of trauma scene waste within the scope of this
chapter.
   (2) Compliance with disposal requirements, including, but not
limited to, tracking the transportation of trauma scene waste.
   (d) The department shall adopt procedures to provide information
to trauma scene waste management practitioners recommending
procedures for removing trauma scene waste from trauma scenes.




118321.4.  As specified in Section 117705, a trauma scene waste
management practitioner who transports trauma scene waste shall be
deemed the generator of the trauma scene waste for purposes of this
part.


118321.5.  (a) Trauma scene waste shall be removed from the trauma
scene immediately upon completion of the removal phase of a trauma
scene waste removal operation.
   (b) Trauma scene waste shall be transported to a permitted medical
waste transfer station or treatment facility pursuant to subdivision
(d) of Section 118000, or may be stored in a dedicated freezer at
the business location of the trauma scene waste management
practitioner for a period of not more than 14 days, or as otherwise
approved by the department.



118321.6.  (a) This chapter does not limit or abridge the
jurisdiction of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the
Department of Industrial Relations.
   (b) This chapter does not prohibit a business from employing or
contracting with a person to provide cleanup or consultative
services, including those services provided by an industrial
hygienist, with respect to trauma scene waste if those services are
incidental to the principal course and scope of services provided by
the person.


State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Hsc > 118321-118321.6

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 118321-118321.6



118321.  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Trauma Scene Waste Management Act.
   (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the
interests of the health and safety of the public and the solid waste
industry to regulate the handling and treatment of waste that, but
for contamination with large quantities of human blood or body fluids
as a result of death, serious injury, or illness, would be solid
waste.
   (c) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in the
interest of safe and uniform management of trauma scene waste,
practitioners of trauma scene management should be subject to
regulation by the department.



118321.1.  (a) A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall
register with the department on forms provided by the department.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person who possessed a
local business license as of January 1, 1997, and performs trauma
scene waste management activities may continue to do so until April
1, 1998, subject to both of the following conditions:
   (1) The department has been notified of the trauma scene waste
management activities.
   (2) Registration as a trauma scene waste management practitioner
is completed on or before April 1, 1998.
   (c) The department shall register a trauma scene waste management
practitioner and issue a trauma scene waste hauling permit to a
trauma scene waste management practitioner who submits a completed
application form and the registration fee, upon approval of the
application by the department.
   (d) A registered trauma scene waste management practitioner is
exempt from the registration requirements imposed pursuant to Chapter
6 (commencing with Section 118025) or Article 6.5 (commencing with
Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 upon haulers of
medical waste.
   (e) Registered trauma scene waste management practitioners shall
pay an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) to the department for
deposit in the fund. The fee revenues deposited in the fund pursuant
to this subdivision may be expended by the department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of this
chapter.


118321.2.  (a) The department shall maintain an inventory of
registered trauma scene waste management practitioners.
   (b) The department shall submit a list of registered trauma scene
waste management practitioners to all local agency health officers
and directors of environmental health, county administrators, and
county sheriffs, and shall make the list available, upon request, to
other public agencies and to the public.



118321.3.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 117650, the department shall
be the sole enforcement agency with regard to the management of
trauma scene waste.
   (b) The department, working with the trauma scene waste management
industry and the health care industry, shall establish the following
standards:
   (1) Documentation of personal protection required to be provided
for, and used by, workers in accordance with the California
Occupational and Safety Administration's bloodborne pathogen
standards.
   (2) Technologies and chemicals appropriate to the task of cleanup
and disinfecting.
   (c) The department may adopt regulations pursuant to which trauma
scene waste management practitioners shall document both of the
following:
   (1) Identification of trauma scene waste within the scope of this
chapter.
   (2) Compliance with disposal requirements, including, but not
limited to, tracking the transportation of trauma scene waste.
   (d) The department shall adopt procedures to provide information
to trauma scene waste management practitioners recommending
procedures for removing trauma scene waste from trauma scenes.




118321.4.  As specified in Section 117705, a trauma scene waste
management practitioner who transports trauma scene waste shall be
deemed the generator of the trauma scene waste for purposes of this
part.


118321.5.  (a) Trauma scene waste shall be removed from the trauma
scene immediately upon completion of the removal phase of a trauma
scene waste removal operation.
   (b) Trauma scene waste shall be transported to a permitted medical
waste transfer station or treatment facility pursuant to subdivision
(d) of Section 118000, or may be stored in a dedicated freezer at
the business location of the trauma scene waste management
practitioner for a period of not more than 14 days, or as otherwise
approved by the department.



118321.6.  (a) This chapter does not limit or abridge the
jurisdiction of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the
Department of Industrial Relations.
   (b) This chapter does not prohibit a business from employing or
contracting with a person to provide cleanup or consultative
services, including those services provided by an industrial
hygienist, with respect to trauma scene waste if those services are
incidental to the principal course and scope of services provided by
the person.



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Statutes > California > Hsc > 118321-118321.6

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 118321-118321.6



118321.  (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Trauma Scene Waste Management Act.
   (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the
interests of the health and safety of the public and the solid waste
industry to regulate the handling and treatment of waste that, but
for contamination with large quantities of human blood or body fluids
as a result of death, serious injury, or illness, would be solid
waste.
   (c) The Legislature further finds and declares that, in the
interest of safe and uniform management of trauma scene waste,
practitioners of trauma scene management should be subject to
regulation by the department.



118321.1.  (a) A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall
register with the department on forms provided by the department.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person who possessed a
local business license as of January 1, 1997, and performs trauma
scene waste management activities may continue to do so until April
1, 1998, subject to both of the following conditions:
   (1) The department has been notified of the trauma scene waste
management activities.
   (2) Registration as a trauma scene waste management practitioner
is completed on or before April 1, 1998.
   (c) The department shall register a trauma scene waste management
practitioner and issue a trauma scene waste hauling permit to a
trauma scene waste management practitioner who submits a completed
application form and the registration fee, upon approval of the
application by the department.
   (d) A registered trauma scene waste management practitioner is
exempt from the registration requirements imposed pursuant to Chapter
6 (commencing with Section 118025) or Article 6.5 (commencing with
Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 upon haulers of
medical waste.
   (e) Registered trauma scene waste management practitioners shall
pay an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) to the department for
deposit in the fund. The fee revenues deposited in the fund pursuant
to this subdivision may be expended by the department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of this
chapter.


118321.2.  (a) The department shall maintain an inventory of
registered trauma scene waste management practitioners.
   (b) The department shall submit a list of registered trauma scene
waste management practitioners to all local agency health officers
and directors of environmental health, county administrators, and
county sheriffs, and shall make the list available, upon request, to
other public agencies and to the public.



118321.3.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 117650, the department shall
be the sole enforcement agency with regard to the management of
trauma scene waste.
   (b) The department, working with the trauma scene waste management
industry and the health care industry, shall establish the following
standards:
   (1) Documentation of personal protection required to be provided
for, and used by, workers in accordance with the California
Occupational and Safety Administration's bloodborne pathogen
standards.
   (2) Technologies and chemicals appropriate to the task of cleanup
and disinfecting.
   (c) The department may adopt regulations pursuant to which trauma
scene waste management practitioners shall document both of the
following:
   (1) Identification of trauma scene waste within the scope of this
chapter.
   (2) Compliance with disposal requirements, including, but not
limited to, tracking the transportation of trauma scene waste.
   (d) The department shall adopt procedures to provide information
to trauma scene waste management practitioners recommending
procedures for removing trauma scene waste from trauma scenes.




118321.4.  As specified in Section 117705, a trauma scene waste
management practitioner who transports trauma scene waste shall be
deemed the generator of the trauma scene waste for purposes of this
part.


118321.5.  (a) Trauma scene waste shall be removed from the trauma
scene immediately upon completion of the removal phase of a trauma
scene waste removal operation.
   (b) Trauma scene waste shall be transported to a permitted medical
waste transfer station or treatment facility pursuant to subdivision
(d) of Section 118000, or may be stored in a dedicated freezer at
the business location of the trauma scene waste management
practitioner for a period of not more than 14 days, or as otherwise
approved by the department.



118321.6.  (a) This chapter does not limit or abridge the
jurisdiction of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the
Department of Industrial Relations.
   (b) This chapter does not prohibit a business from employing or
contracting with a person to provide cleanup or consultative
services, including those services provided by an industrial
hygienist, with respect to trauma scene waste if those services are
incidental to the principal course and scope of services provided by
the person.