Section 118321.1.

(a)  A trauma scene waste management practitioner shall register with the department on forms provided by the department.

(b)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a person who possessed a local business license as of January 1, 1997, and performs trauma scene waste management activities may continue to do so until April 1, 1998, subject to both of the following conditions:

(1)  The department has been notified of the trauma scene waste management activities.

(2)  Registration as a trauma scene waste management practitioner is completed on or before April 1, 1998.

(c)  The department shall register a trauma scene waste management practitioner and issue a trauma scene waste hauling permit to a trauma scene waste management practitioner who submits a completed application form and the registration fee, upon approval of the application by the department.

(d)  A registered trauma scene waste management practitioner is exempt from the registration requirements imposed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 118025) or Article 6.5 (commencing with Section 25167.1) of Chapter 6.5 of Division 20 upon haulers of medical waste.

(e)  Registered trauma scene waste management practitioners shall pay an annual fee of two hundred dollars ($200) to the department for deposit in the fund. The fee revenues deposited in the fund pursuant to this subdivision may be expended by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the implementation of this chapter.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 732, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 1998.)