Section 117690.

(a)  "Medical waste" means waste that meets both of the following requirements:

(1)  The waste is composed of waste that is generated or produced as a result of any of the following actions:

(A)  Diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals.

(B)  Research pertaining to the activities specified in subparagraph (A).

(C)  The production or testing of biologicals.

(D)  The accumulation of properly contained home-generated sharps waste that is brought by a patient, a member of the patient's family, or by a person authorized by the enforcement agency, to a point of consolidation approved by the enforcement agency pursuant to Section 117904 or authorized pursuant to Section 118147.

(E)  Removal of a regulated waste, as defined in Section 5193 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, from a trauma scene by a trauma scene waste management practitioner.

(2)  The waste is either of the following:

(A)  Biohazardous waste.

(B)  Sharps waste.

(b)  For purposes of this section, "biologicals" means medicinal preparations made from living organisms and their products, including, but not limited to, serums, vaccines, antigens, and antitoxins.

(c)  Medical waste includes trauma scene waste.

(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1998.)