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SAN JOAQUIN
<br />COUNT Y
<br />Environmental Health Department
<br />(3) "Pharmaceutical waste' means a pharmaceutical, as defined in Section 117747, including trace
<br />chemotherapy waste, that is a waste, as defined in Section 25124. For purposes of this part, "pharmaceutical
<br />waste" does not include a pharmaceutical that meets either of the following criteria:
<br />(A) The pharmaceutical is being sent out of the state to a reverse distributor, as defined in Section 4040.5 of
<br />the Business and Professions Code, that is licensed as a wholesaler of dangerous drugs by the California
<br />State Board of Pharmacy pursuant to Section 4161 of the Business and Professions Code.
<br />(B) The pharmaceutical is being sent by a reverse distributor, as defined in Section 4040.5 of the Business
<br />and Professions Code, offsite for treatment and disposal in accordance with applicable laws, or to a reverse
<br />distributor that is licensed as a wholesaler of dangerous drugs by the California State Board of Pharmacy
<br />pursuant to Section 4160 of the Business and Professions Code and as a permitted transfer station if the
<br />reverse distributor is located within the state.
<br />(4) "Sharps waste" means a device that has acute rigid corners, edges, or protuberances capable of cutting or
<br />piercing, including, but not limited to, hypodermic needles, hypodermic needles with syringes, blades, needles
<br />with attached tubing, acupuncture needles, root canal files, broken glass items used in health care such as
<br />Pasteur pipettes and blood vials contaminated with biohazardous waste, and any item capable of cutting or
<br />piercing from trauma scene waste.
<br />(5) "Trace chemotherapeutic waste" means waste that is contaminated through contact with, or having
<br />previously contained, chemotherapeutic agents, including, but not limited to, gloves, disposable gowns, towels,
<br />and intravenous solution bags and attached tubing that are empty. A biohazardous waste that meets the
<br />conditions of this paragraph is not subject to the hazardous waste requirements of Chapter 6.5 (commencing
<br />with Section 25100) of Division 20.
<br />(6) "Trauma scene waste" means waste that is a regulated waste, as defined in Section 5193 of Title 8 of the
<br />California Code of Regulations, and that has been removed, is to be removed, or is in the process of being
<br />removed, from a trauma scene by a trauma scene waste management practitioner.
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<br />Medical waste does not include any of the following:
<br />(a) Waste generated in food processing or biotechnology that does not contain an infectious agent, as defined in
<br />Section 117675, or an agent capable of causing an infection that is highly communicable, as defined in Section
<br />117665.
<br />(b) Waste generated in biotechnology that does not contain human blood or blood products or animal blood or
<br />blood products suspected of being contaminated with infectious agents known to be communicable to humans or a
<br />highly communicable disease.
<br />(c) Urine, feces, saliva, sputum, nasal secretions, sweat, tears, or vomitus, unless it contains visible or
<br />recognizable fluid blood, as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 117690.
<br />(d) Waste which is not biohazardous, such as paper towels, paper products, articles containing nonfluid blood, and
<br />other medical solid waste products commonly found in the facilities of medical waste generators.
<br />(e) Hazardous waste, radioactive waste, or household waste, including, but not limited to, home -generated sharps
<br />waste, as defined in Section 117671.
<br />(f) Waste generated from normal and legal veterinarian, agricultural, and animal livestock management practices
<br />on a farm or ranch unless otherwise specified in law.
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