Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 56. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.
(a)Medical waste shall only be transported to a permitted medical waste treatment facility, or to a transfer station or another registered generator for the purpose of consolidation before treatment and disposal.
(b)Facilities for the transfer of medical waste shall be annually inspected and issued permits in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to this part.
(c)Medical waste transported out of state shall be consigned to a permitted medical waste treatment facility in the receiving state. If there is no permitted medical waste treatment facility in the receiving state or if the medical waste is crossing an international border, the medical
waste shall be treated in accordance with Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 118215) prior to being transported out of the state.
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