HB 1785

RELATING TO MEDICAL WASTE

By Representative(s) THIELEN / GOODENOW / PENDLETON / TAKUMI; Fox, Hamakawa

Keywords: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, HEALTH, LITTER, REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL

Report Title: Medical Waste Disposal

Description: Requires the department of health to adopt rules relating to the treatment, management, and disposal of medical waste on a statewide basis. Specifies medical waste treatment methods to render medical waste into solid waste. Defines "medical waste" and related terms.

 1-18-00        H Prefiled                                                 
 1-19-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-19-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. EEP 2. CPC ,
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