Health & Saf. Code, § 117750 · Chapter 2. Definitions
Health & Saf. Code, § 117750
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 564, Sec. 18. (AB 333) Effective January 1, 2015.
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