Bill Text: MI SB1334 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Health; medical waste; procedures for disposal; modify. Amends secs. 13809 & 13811 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.13809 & 333.13811).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-29 - Placed On Order Of Third Reading [SB1334 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-SB1334-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 1334

 

 

September 27, 2012, Introduced by Senator ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending sections 13809 and 13811 (MCL 333.13809 and 333.13811),

 

as added by 1990 PA 21.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 13809. A producing facility that does not incinerate

 

medical waste on site shall do all of the following to contain

 

medical waste:

 

     (a) Package, contain, and locate medical waste in a manner

 

that protects and prevents the medical waste from release at the

 

producing facility or at any time before ultimate disposal.

 

     (b) Separate the categories of medical waste at the point of

 

origin into appropriate containers that are labelled as required

 

under subdivision (c).

 

     (c) Label the containers required under subdivision (b) with a

 

biohazard symbol or the words "medical waste" or "pathological

 

waste" in letters not less than 1 inch high.

 

     (d) Not compact or mix medical waste with other waste

 

materials before decontamination, incineration, and disposal.

 

     (e) If decontaminated medical waste is mixed with other solid

 

waste, clearly label the container to indicate that it contains

 

decontaminated medical waste.

 

     (f) Store medical waste in such a manner that prevents

 

putrefaction and also prevents infectious agents from coming in

 

contact with the air or with individuals.

 

     (g) If medical waste is stored outside of the producing

 

facility, store the medical waste in a secured area or locked in a

 

container that weighs more than 500 pounds and prevent access to

 

the area or container by vermin or unauthorized individuals.

 

     (h) Not store medical waste on the premises of the producing

 

facility for more than 90 days, except as provided in section

 

13811(d).

 

     Sec. 13811. A producing facility shall store, decontaminate,

 

and dispose of medical waste pursuant to the following:

 

     (a) Cultures and stocks of material contaminated with an

 

infectious agent shall be stored in closed, puncture-resistant

 

containers, decontaminated by autoclaving or incineration, and

 

disposed of in a sanitary landfill.

 

     (b) Blood and blood products and body fluids shall be disposed

 

of by 1 or more of the following methods:

 

     (i) Flushing down a sanitary sewer.

 

     (ii) Decontaminating by autoclaving or incineration.

 

     (iii) Solidifying.

 

     (iv) If not in liquid form, transferring to a sanitary

 

landfill.

 

     (v) A process approved by the department.

 

     (c) Pathological waste shall be disposed of by 1 or more of

 

the following methods:

 

     (i) Incineration or cremation.

 

     (ii) Grinding and flushing into a sanitary sewer.

 

     (iii) Burial in a cemetery, if transported in leakproof

 

containers of sufficient integrity to prevent rupture.

 

     (iv) Grinding until rendered unrecognizable, stored in closed,

 

puncture-resistant, properly labeled containers, and, if not in

 

liquid form, disposed of in a sanitary landfill.

 

     (v) A process approved by the department.

 

     (d) Sharps shall be disposed of by 1 of the following methods:

 

     (i) Placement in rigid, puncture-resistant containers that are

 

appropriately labeled and transported when filled, or within 1

 

year, whichever occurs first, to a sanitary landfill in a manner

 

that retains the integrity of the container.

 

     (ii) Incineration or decontamination and grinding that renders

 

the objects unrecognizable. Ground sharps shall be placed in a

 

sealed, rupture-resistant container and transported to a sanitary

 

landfill.

 

     (iii) A process approved by the department.

 

     (e) Animal waste contaminated with organisms infectious to

 

humans shall be disposed of by incineration or by burial in a

 

sanitary landfill in properly labeled, double containers that are

 

leakproof and puncture-resistant and are tightly sealed to prevent

 

escape of fluids or material. Contaminated animal organs disposed

 

of separately shall be rendered unrecognizable.