§ 118147
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a registered medical waste generator, which is a facility specified in subdivisions
(a)and
(b)of Section 117705, may accept home-generated sharps waste, to be consolidated with the facility’s medical waste stream, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a)The generator of the sharps waste, a member of the generator’s family, or a person authorized by the enforcement agency transports the sharps waste to the medical waste generator’s facility.
(b)The sharps waste is accepted at a central location at the medical waste generator’s facility.
(c)A reference to, and a description of, the actions taken pursuant to this section are included in the facility’s medical waste management plan adopted pursuant to Section 117960.