Section 118005.

(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, trauma scene waste may be transported by a trauma scene management practitioner registered pursuant to Section 118321.1.

(b)  The exemption specified in Section 118030 for limited quantity hauling shall not apply to the transportation of trauma scene waste.

(c)  (1)  A business that has contracted with, or that currently employs, a person whose services may include the cleanup of trauma scene waste in the manner specified in Section 118321.6 may apply, on forms provided by the department, to the department for an exemption from the requirements of Section 118321.1. This exemption shall be known as an incidental trauma scene waste hauling permit, and shall authorize the person to transport, by herself or himself, trauma scene waste that is collected in the manner specified in Section 118321.6 to a permitted medical waste transfer station or a permitted medical waste offsite treatment facility, or to a health care facility, previously designated by mutual agreement, for consolidation with the facility's existing medical waste stream.

(2)  An application for an incidental trauma scene waste hauling permit shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) and the incidental trauma scene waste hauling permit shall be valid for one cleanup event. The application shall identify any person who will transport trauma scene waste for the business pursuant to paragraph (1).

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1998.)