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| Public Act 098-0366 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 3.360 as follows:
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(415 ILCS 5/3.360) (was 415 ILCS 5/3.84)
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Sec. 3.360. Potentially infectious medical waste.
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(a) "Potentially infectious medical waste" means
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following types of waste generated in connection with the | ||||
diagnosis,
treatment (i.e., provision of medical services), or | ||||
immunization of
human beings or animals; research pertaining to | ||||
the provision of medical
services; or the production or testing | ||||
of biologicals:
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(1) Cultures and stocks.
This waste shall include but | ||||
not be limited to cultures and stocks of
agents infectious | ||||
to humans, and associated biologicals; cultures from
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medical or pathological laboratories; cultures and stocks | ||||
of infectious
agents from research and industrial | ||||
laboratories; wastes from the
production of biologicals; | ||||
discarded live or attenuated vaccines; or
culture dishes | ||||
and devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures.
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(2) Human pathological wastes. This waste shall | ||||
include tissue, organs,
and body parts (except teeth and | ||||
the contiguous
structures of bone and gum); body fluids | ||
that are removed during surgery,
autopsy, or other medical | ||
procedures; or specimens of body fluids and their
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containers.
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(3) Human blood and blood products. This waste shall | ||
include discarded
human blood, blood components (e.g., | ||
serum and plasma), or saturated material
containing free | ||
flowing blood or blood components.
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(4) Used sharps. This waste shall include but not be | ||
limited to
discarded sharps used in animal or human patient | ||
care, medical
research, or clinical or pharmaceutical | ||
laboratories; hypodermic,
intravenous, or other medical
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needles; hypodermic or intravenous syringes; Pasteur | ||
pipettes; scalpel
blades; or blood vials. This waste shall | ||
also include but not be limited
to other types of broken or | ||
unbroken glass (including slides and cover
slips) in | ||
contact with infectious agents.
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(5) Animal waste. Animal waste means discarded | ||
materials, including
carcasses, body parts, body fluids, | ||
blood, or bedding originating from animals
inoculated | ||
during research, production of biologicals, or | ||
pharmaceutical
testing with agents infectious to humans.
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(6) Isolation waste. This waste shall include | ||
discarded materials
contaminated with blood, excretions, | ||
exudates, and secretions from humans
that are isolated to | ||
protect others from highly communicable diseases.
"Highly | ||
communicable diseases" means those diseases identified by | ||
the Board
in rules adopted under subsection (e) of Section | ||
56.2 of this Act.
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(7) Unused sharps. This waste shall include but not be | ||
limited to the
following unused, discarded sharps: | ||
hypodermic, intravenous, or
other needles; hypodermic or | ||
intravenous syringes; or scalpel blades.
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(b) Potentially infectious medical waste does not include:
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(1) waste generated as general household waste;
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(2) waste (except for sharps) for which the infectious | ||
potential has
been eliminated by treatment; or
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(3) sharps that meet both of the following conditions:
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(A) the infectious potential has been eliminated | ||
from the sharps by
treatment; and
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(B) the sharps are rendered unrecognizable by | ||
treatment; or .
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(4) sharps that are managed in accordance with the | ||
following requirements: | ||
(A) the infectious potential is eliminated from | ||
the sharps by treatment at a facility that is permitted | ||
by the Agency for the treatment of potentially | ||
infectious medical waste; | ||
(B) the sharps are certified by the treatment | ||
facility as non-special waste in accordance with | ||
Section 22.48 of this Act; | ||
(C) the sharps are packaged at the treatment | ||
facility the same as required under Board rules for | ||
potentially infectious medical waste; | ||
(D) the sharps are transported under the custody of | ||
the treatment facility to a landfill permitted by the | ||
Agency under Section 21 of this Act to accept municipal | ||
waste for disposal; and | ||
(E) the activities in subparagraphs (A) through | ||
(D) of this paragraph (4) are authorized in, and | ||
conducted in accordance with, a permit issued by the | ||
Agency to the treatment facility. | ||
(Source: P.A. 92-574, eff. 6-26-02.)
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