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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Water Supply Provisions › Section 117110.

117110. The governmental agency shall cause a copy of the rules and regulations to be posted upon the area opened to public fishing and other recreational uses, and it shall cause the rules and regulations to be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the reservoir is in whole or in part situated, if there be such a newspaper, otherwise in a newspaper of general circulation published within the area of the governmental agency. The posting and publication shall be sufficient notice to all persons. The affidavit of the secretary, clerk, or corresponding officer of the governmental agency that the rules and regulations have been so posted and published is prima facie evidence thereof. A copy of the rules and regulations, attested by the secretary, clerk, or corresponding officer of the governmental agency shall be prima facie evidence that the rules and regulations have been made by the governmental agency as provided by law.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Water Supply Provisions › Section 117115.

117115. As far as possible the development and operation of the recreational uses authorized by this article shall be financed out of the revenues authorized by this article; provided, however, that the governmental agency owning the body of water is not required to fix fees that are unreasonably high and in its discretion may make use of any means of financing that it is otherwise authorized to use for any purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Water Supply Provisions › Section 117120.

117120. Any violation of any rule or regulation lawfully made by the governmental agency is a misdemeanor. The superior court of the county within which the reservoir lies in whole or in part is a proper place for trial of all prosecutions for violations of any rules and regulations adopted by the governmental agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 449, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply › ARTICLE 2 - Additional Water Supply Provisions › Section 117125.

117125. Notwithstanding any other law, the Department of Fish and Wildlife may stock with fish any body of water opened to public fishing pursuant to this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 19. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 12 - DRINKING WATER › CHAPTER 7 - Water Supply › ARTICLE 3 - Punishment or Violations › Section 117130.

117130. Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117400.

117400. This article shall not apply to any city, town, county, sanitary district, sanitation district, sewer maintenance district or to any agency or institution of the state or the federal government by reason of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools, sewage seepage pits or sewage works that are owned and operated by any of these governmental agencies or institutions.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117405.

117405. It is unlawful for any person or firm to carry on or engage in the business of the cleaning of septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom in any city, town, county, or city and county unless he or she or it shall hold an unrevoked registration issued by the local health officer or his or her duly authorized representative of the city, town, county, or city and county for the carrying on of the business.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117410.

117410. Except as provided in Section 25163, it is unlawful for any person to clean septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or to dispose or aid in the disposal of the cleanings thereof, for any person or firm engaged in the business of cleaning out septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools or sewage seepage pits or disposing of the cleanings thereof who does not hold an unrevoked registration as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117415.

117415. All applications for registration under this article shall be filed with the local health officer in the city, town, county, or city and county in which it is desired to carry on the business. The application shall state the name in full, if a partnership then names of each of the partners, the relation of the applicant to the firm or partnership, the place of business and place of residence of the applicant for registration and of each of the partners in the business, if a partnership, and shall state the exact location of the place at which it is proposed to dispose of cleanings. The application shall be signed by the authorized officer of a corporation, if a corporation; or by the managing partner, if a partnership.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117420.

117420. Registration shall be issued only after a satisfactory examination by the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative covering the equipment to be used, the applicant’s knowledge of sanitary principles and of the laws and ordinances affecting human health or nuisances, and the reliability of the applicant in observing sanitary laws, ordinances and directions, and in selecting laborers and employees who may clean out septic tanks, chemical toilets, cesspools and sewage seepage pits without endangering human health or comfort; and only after examination of the place or places and manner of disposal of the cleanings proposed by the applicant.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117425.

117425. The health officer is required to act upon each application within thirty (30) days of the date of filing same.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117430.

117430. Registration shall be only for the unexpired portion of the calendar year in which application is made, and at the end of the calendar year all registrations shall become void and of no effect.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117435.

117435. (a)  Applicants may be registered under any terms, conditions, orders, and directions as the health officer or his or her duly authorized representative may deem necessary for the protection of human health and comfort. Each health officer and his or her duly authorized representative may require any and all persons who are registered with the health officer to clean septic tanks, cesspools, or sewage seepage pits or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom, to file with the health officer at any time and at any frequency or intervals as the health officer or duly authorized representative may desire, a statement specifying all of the following:
(1)  The name and address of the owner or tenant of each and every one of the premises where a septic tank, cesspool, or sewage seepage pit has been cleaned out by the registrant or his or her employees or by others on his or her behalf and the date of each cleaning.
(2)  The location where the cleanings are disposed of and by whom.
(3)  Discharges of waste that may result in violation of laws or ordinances required to be known by the registrant pursuant to Section 117420.
(b)  The health officer may require the statement to be sworn to before a notary.
(c)  Any and all persons registered with the health officer to clean septic tanks, cesspools, or sewage seepage pits, or to dispose of the cleanings therefrom, shall also provide a statement as required pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) to a regional board as defined pursuant to Section 13050 of the Water Code.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117440.

117440. A change of address of any registrant including a member of a partnership that is registered and of the place of business thereof shall be reported in writing by registered mail by the registrant within two days after the change of address.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117445.

117445. Any registration issued under this article may be revoked by the issuing health officer for cause on 10 days’ notice to the applicant. The notice shall be served by registered mail or in person at the latest place of residence or of business reported by the applicant.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 1 - Septic Tanks › Section 117450.

117450. Violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any order or orders of a health officer made pursuant to this article for the protection of human health and comfort shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for each offense or by imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days or by both the fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117475.

117475. For the purpose of this article the term “garbage” includes any or all of the following:
(a)  Garbage.
(b)  Swill.
(c)  Refuse.
(d)  Cans.
(e)  Bottles.
(f)  Paper.
(g)  Vegetable matter.
(h)  Carcass of any dead animal.
(i)  Offal from any slaughter pen or butcher shop.
(j)  Trash.
(k)  Rubbish.
( l)  Radioactive waste materials.
(m)  Discarded, nonbiodegradable materials including plastics or damaged or broken marine equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117480.

117480. Every person who places, deposits, or dumps any garbage in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or who places, deposits, or loads it upon any vessel, with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited in or upon the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117485.

117485. Every person in charge of any vessel who permits it to be loaded with any garbage with intent that it shall be dumped or deposited from the vessel in or upon any of the navigable waters of this state, or at any point in the ocean, within twenty miles of any point on the coast line of the state, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117490.

117490. A vessel upon which any garbage has been loaded with the intent that it shall be dumped or deposited upon any of the waters of the ocean where permitted by this article, shall not leave any point within the state unless it shall carry for the entire trip an inspector appointed by the department, or where the point of departure is in a city, then by the city. The inspector shall enforce this article.
Every person in charge of a vessel that is required to have an inspector on board by this article, and that does not carry an inspector during the entire trip, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117495.

117495. Every person in charge of a vessel that is to dump or deposit radioactive waste materials upon any of the waters of the ocean where permitted by this article shall notify the department in writing at least five days in advance of the dumping or depositing, specifying the intended date of departure and giving other information as may be required by the department. The department may permit the vessel to leave without the inspector required by Section 117490 if it determines that the public health and welfare will not be endangered thereby. If this permission is granted, the department may require the person in charge of the vessel to submit a certified statement to it, at a time as the department determines, setting forth the time, location, and manner of the dumping or disposal and other information as the department may require.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 2 - Pollution of Navigable Waters with Garbage › Section 117500.

117500. This article shall not be construed to affect the discharge of any sewer system.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 3 - Vessel Sanitation › Section 117505.

117505. No person shall maintain or operate in or upon the navigable waters of any lake, reservoir, or fresh water impoundment of this state any vessel that is equipped with a toilet unless the toilet is sealed or otherwise rendered inoperable or designed so that no human excreta can be discharged into the waters.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 4 - Pollution by Vessels › Section 117510.

117510. As used in this article:
(a)  “Vessel” means every description of craft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation in or on water.
(b)  “Navigable waters” means all public waters of the state in any river, stream, lake, reservoir, or other body of water, including all salt water bays, inlets, and estuaries within the jurisdiction of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 4 - Pollution by Vessels › Section 117515.

117515. No person shall place, deposit, or dump any human excreta in or upon the navigable waters of this state, that are within any marina, yacht harbor, fresh water lake, or fresh water impoundment, from any vessel tied to any dock, slip, or wharf that has toilet facilities available for the use of persons on the vessel.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 4 - Pollution by Vessels › Section 117520.

117520. It is not the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to preempt the field of pollution by vessels, and the provisions of this article do not prohibit the enactment or enforcement of any ordinance by any city, county, or district having the power to regulate pollution by vessels, that is stricter than the provisions of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 4 - Pollution by Vessels › Section 117525.

117525. Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 5 - Violations › Section 117530.

117530. Violation of any provision of Article 2 (commencing with Section 117475), Article 3 (commencing with Section 117505), Article 4 (commencing with Section 117510), and Article 6 (commencing with Section 117550) is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 6 - Prohibited Waste Disposal › Section 117550.

117550. For purposes of this article, “solid waste” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 416, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 6 - Prohibited Waste Disposal › Section 117555.

117555. A person who places, deposits, or dumps, or who causes to be placed, deposited, or dumped, or who causes or allows to overflow, sewage, sludge, cesspool or septic tank effluent, accumulation of human excreta, or solid waste, in or upon a street, alley, public highway, or road in common use or upon a public park or other public property other than property designated or set aside for that purpose by the governing board or body having charge of the property, or upon private property without the owner’s consent, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
This section does not apply to the placing, depositing, or dumping of solid waste upon private property by the owner, or a person authorized by the owner, of the private property, except that the placing, depositing, or dumping of the solid waste shall not create a public health and safety hazard, nuisance, or a fire hazard, as determined by a local enforcement agency, as defined in Section 40130 of the Public Resources Code, local health department, local fire department or fire district, or the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 416, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 6 - Prohibited Waste Disposal › Section 117560.

117560. A state fish and game warden, police officer of a city, sheriff, deputy of a sheriff, person described in subdivision (i) of Section 830.7 of the Penal Code, and any other peace officer of the State of California, within their respective jurisdiction, shall enforce this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 411, Sec. 2. (AB 483) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 7 - Solid Waste Handling and Disposal › Section 117575.

117575. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in Article 2 (commencing with Section 66710) of Chapter 1 of Title 7.3 of the Government Code govern the construction of this article.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 7 - Solid Waste Handling and Disposal › Section 117580.

117580. The department insofar as presently or hereafter provided by law, shall continue to be responsible for all aspects of solid waste management and resource recovery as they directly affect human health, including, but not limited to, the contamination of air, water, and land, propagation of vertebrates and invertebrates that may transmit disease to man, handling and disposal of hazardous wastes, and management practices that threaten the health of solid waste employees or the general public.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 7 - Solid Waste Handling and Disposal › Section 117585.

117585. The department shall continue to administer and enforce the laws, other than matters covered by Title 7.3 (commencing with Section 66700) of the Government Code, that are within its jurisdiction as they apply directly to solid wastes. The department also, as it relates directly to human health, shall:
(a)  Evaluate and study, as appropriate, the characteristics of solid wastes and methods for their handling and disposal for health protection.
(b)  Render technical assistance to the board, local agencies, and others in the planning and operation of solid waste management programs and resources recovery programs.
(c)  Formulate technical criteria and suggested guidelines for use by state and local agencies in development, planning, implementation, and operation of programs for the local handling of solid waste.
(d)  Stimulate and participate in research and development projects conducted by other public or private agencies, especially those intended to reduce, effectively reuse, or decontaminate waste products.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 13 - GARBAGE AND ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL › CHAPTER 4 - Waste and Waste Disposal › ARTICLE 7 - Solid Waste Handling and Disposal › Section 117590.

117590. The department, not later than January 1, 1975, shall prepare and shall submit minimum standards for solid waste handling and disposal for the protection of the public health to the board for inclusion in the state policy for solid waste management required to be adopted pursuant to Section 66770 of the Government Code. The department may adopt varying standards for different areas of the state depending on population density, climate, geology, and other factors relevant to solid waste handling and disposal, and may revise the standards when appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 117600.

117600. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Waste Management Act.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 117610.

117610. The department shall adopt regulations that will establish and ensure statewide standards for uniformity in the implementation and administration of this part and that will promote waste minimization and source reduction.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 117615.

117615. Notwithstanding Section 117605, with the approval of the director, and in the interest of public health, a local ordinance providing more stringent requirements than specified in this part may be implemented for a specified time period.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117625.

117625. Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117630.

117630. (a) “Biohazard bag” means a disposable film bag used to contain medical waste. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 117605, the film bags that are used to line the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT)-approved shipping containers for transport from the generator’s facility onto roadways and into commerce to a treatment and disposal facility shall be marked and certified by the manufacturer as having passed the tests prescribed for tear resistance in the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) D1922, “Standard Test Method for Propagation Tear Resistance of Plastic Film and Thin Sheeting by Pendulum Method” and for impact resistance in ASTM D1709, “Standard Test Methods for Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Falling Dart Method,” as those documents were published on January 1, 2014. The film bag shall meet an impact resistance of 165 grams and a tearing resistance of 480 grams in both parallel and perpendicular planes with respect to the length of the bag.
(b) The biohazard bag that is used to collect medical waste within a facility shall be manufacturer certified to meet the ASTM D1709 dart drop test, provided that when the bag is prepared for transport offsite, it is placed into a USDOT-approved container lined with a biohazard bag that is ASTM D1709 and ASTM D1922 certified.
(c) The color of the bag shall be red, except when yellow bags are used to further segregate trace chemotherapy waste and white bags are used to further segregate pathology waste. The biohazard bag shall be marked with the international biohazard symbol and may be labeled by reference as authorized by the USDOT.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 352, Sec. 1. (SB 225) Effective September 28, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117636.

117636. “Chemotherapeutic agent” means an agent that kills or prevents the reproduction of malignant cells. Chemotherapeutic agent excludes anti-inflammatory and antibiotic medications used to treat malignant cells in the practice of veterinary medicine.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 6. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117637.

117637. “Common carrier” means either of the following:
(a) A person or company that has a United States Department of Transportation number issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and is registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as a for-hire property carrier.
(b) A person or company that has a motor carrier of property permit issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to the Motor Carriers of Property Permit Act (Division 14.85 (commencing with Section 34600) of the Vehicle Code) and, if applicable, a carrier identification number issued by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to Section 34507.5 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 689, Sec. 1. (AB 1442) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117640.

117640. “Common storage facility” means any designated accumulation area that is onsite and is used by small quantity generators otherwise operating independently for the storage of medical waste for collection by a registered hazardous waste hauler.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117645.

117645. “Container” means the rigid container in which the medical waste is placed prior to transporting for purposes of storage or treatment.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117647.

117647. “Empty” means a condition achieved when tubing, a container, or inner liner removed from a container that previously contained liquid or solid material, including, but not limited to, a chemotherapeutic agent, is considered empty. The tubing, container, or inner liner removed from the container shall be considered empty if it has been emptied so that the following conditions are met:
(a) If the material that the tubing, container, or inner liner held is pourable, no material can be poured or drained from the tubing, container, or inner liner when held in any orientation, including, but not limited to, when tilted or inverted.
(b) If the material that the container or inner liner held is not pourable, no material or waste remains in the container or inner liner that can feasibly be removed by scraping.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 7. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117650.

117650. “Enforcement agency” means the department or the local agency administering this part.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117655.

117655. “Enforcement officer” means the director, or agents or registered environmental health specialists appointed by the director, and all local health officers, directors of environmental health, and their duly authorized registered environmental health specialists and environmental health specialist trainees, or the designees of the director, local health officers, or the directors of environmental health.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117657.

117657. “Fund” means the Medical Waste Management Fund created pursuant to Section 117885.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 347. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117660.

117660. “Hazardous waste hauler” means a person registered as a hazardous waste hauler pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 25160) and Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 and Chapter 30 (commencing with Section 66001) of Division 4 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117662.

117662. “Health care professional” means any person licensed or certified pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code; any person licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act, as set forth in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 3600) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, or pursuant to the Chiropractic Initiative Act, as set forth in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code; and any person certified pursuant to Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797).
(Added by renumbering Section 25021.9 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 536, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117665.

117665. “Highly communicable diseases” means diseases, such as those caused by organisms classified by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as risk group 3 organisms or higher.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 8. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117670.

117670. “Household waste” means any material, including garbage, trash, and sanitary wastes in septic tanks and medical waste, that is derived from households, farms, or ranches. Household waste does not include trauma scene waste.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117671.

117671. “Home-generated sharps waste” means hypodermic needles, pen needles, intravenous needles, lancets, and other devices that are used to penetrate the skin for the delivery of medications derived from a household, including a multifamily residence or household.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 64, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117672.

117672. “Industrial hygienist” means a person who has met the educational requirements of an industrial hygiene certification organization, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 20700 of the Business and Professions Code, and who has had at least one year in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 20700 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117675.

117675. “Infectious agent” means a type of microorganism, bacteria, mold, parasite, or virus, including, but not limited to, organisms managed as Biosafety Level II, III, or IV by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, that normally causes, or significantly contributes to the cause of, increased morbidity or mortality of human beings.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 166, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117680.

117680. “Large quantity generator” means a medical waste generator, other than a trauma scene waste management practitioner, that generates 200 or more pounds of medical waste in any month of a 12-month period.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117685.

117685. “Local agency” means the local health department, as defined in Section 101185, or the local comprehensive environmental agency established in accordance with Section 101275, of a county that has elected to adopt a local ordinance to administer and enforce this part, pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 117800).
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117695.

117695. Medical waste that has been treated in accordance with the provisions of the Medical Waste Management Act, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 118215), and that is not otherwise hazardous, shall thereafter be considered solid waste as defined in Section 40191 of the Public Resources Code and not medical waste.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 11. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117700.

117700. Medical waste does not include any of the following:
(a) Waste generated in food processing or biotechnology that does not contain an infectious agent, as defined in Section 117675, or an agent capable of causing an infection that is highly communicable, as defined in Section 117665.
(b) Waste generated in biotechnology that does not contain human blood or blood products or animal blood or blood products suspected of being contaminated with infectious agents known to be communicable to humans or a highly communicable disease.
(c) Urine, feces, saliva, sputum, nasal secretions, sweat, tears, or vomitus, unless it contains visible or recognizable fluid blood, as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 117690.
(d) Waste which is not biohazardous, such as paper towels, paper products, articles containing nonfluid blood, and other medical solid waste products commonly found in the facilities of medical waste generators.
(e) Hazardous waste, radioactive waste, or household waste, including, but not limited to, home-generated sharps waste, as defined in Section 117671.
(f) Waste generated from normal and legal veterinarian, agricultural, and animal livestock management practices on a farm or ranch unless otherwise specified in law.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 12. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117705.

117705. “Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or process produces medical waste and includes, but is not limited to, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code. All of the following are examples of businesses that generate medical waste:
(a)  Medical and dental offices, clinics, hospitals, surgery centers, laboratories, research laboratories, unlicensed health facilities, those facilities required to be licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), chronic dialysis clinics, as regulated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), and education and research facilities.
(b)  Veterinary offices, veterinary clinics, and veterinary hospitals.
(c)  Pet shops.
(d)  Trauma scene waste management practitioners.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 444, Sec. 12. (SB 138) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117710.

117710. “Medical waste management plan” means a document that is completed by generators of medical waste that describes how the medical waste generated at their facility shall be segregated, handled, stored, packaged, treated, or shipped for treatment, as applicable, pursuant to Section 117935 for small quantity generators and Section 117960 for large quantity generators, on forms prepared by the enforcement agency, if those forms are provided by the enforcement agency.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 13. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117715.

117715. “Medical waste permit” means a permit issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste treatment facility.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117720.

117720. “Medical waste registration” means a registration issued by the enforcement agency to a medical waste generator.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117725.

117725. (a) “Medical waste treatment facility” means all land and structures, and other appurtenances or improvements on the land under the control of the treatment facility, used for treating medical waste offsite from a medical waste generator, including all associated handling and storage of medical waste as permitted by the department.
(b) For purposes of this section, land is under the control of the treatment facility if it is owned, rented, or controlled by contractual agreement.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 14. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117730.

117730. “Mixed waste” means mixtures of medical and nonmedical waste. Mixed waste is medical waste, except for all of the following:
(a)  Medical waste and hazardous waste is hazardous waste and is subject to regulation as specified in the statutes and regulations applicable to hazardous waste.
(b)  Medical waste and radioactive waste is radioactive waste and is subject to regulation as specified in the statutes and regulations applicable to radioactive waste.
(c)  Medical waste, hazardous waste, and radioactive waste is radioactive mixed waste and is subject to regulation as specified in the statutes and regulations applicable to hazardous waste and radioactive waste.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117740.

117740. (a)  “Onsite” means a medical waste treatment facility, or common storage facility on the same or adjacent property as the generator of the medical waste being treated.
(b)  “Adjacent,” for purposes of subdivision (a), means real property within 400 yards from the property boundary of the existing medical waste treatment facility.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117742.

117742. “Parent organization” means an organization that employs or contracts with health care professionals who provide health care services at a location other than at a health care facility specified in subdivision (a) of Section 117705.
(Added by renumbering Section 25025.9 by Stats. 1996, Ch. 536, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117745.

117745. “Person” means an individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, business concern, partnership, association, limited liability company, and corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation. “Person” also includes any city, county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, the Regents of the University of California, any interstate body, and the federal government or any department or agency thereof to the extent permitted by law.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117747.

117747. (a) “Pharmaceutical” means a prescription or over-the-counter human or veterinary drug, including, but not limited to, a drug as defined in Section 109925 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, (21 U.S.C.A. Sec. 321(g)(1)).
(b) For purposes of this part, “pharmaceutical” does not include any pharmaceutical that is regulated pursuant to either of the following:
(1) The federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C.A. Sec. 6901 et seq.). This waste stream shall be handled as a hazardous waste under the authority of Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 25100) of Division 20.
(2) The Radiation Control Law (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 114960) of Part 9).
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 15. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 104 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › PART 14 - MEDICAL WASTE › CHAPTER 2 - Definitions › Section 117750.

117750. (a) “Sharps container” means a rigid puncture-resistant container used in patient care or research activities meeting the standards of, and receiving approval from, the United States Food and Drug Administration as a medical device used for the collection of discarded medical needles or other sharps.
(b) Sharps containers, including those used to containerize trace chemotherapeutic wastes, shall not be lined with a plastic bag or inner liner.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 18. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.)