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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 104Pt. 14Ch. 7§ 118175 Medical Waste Permit Renewal

§ 118175 Medical Waste Permit Renewal

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§ 118175 Medical Waste Permit Renewal

Key Takeaways

  • •If you follow the rules for handling medical waste, you can renew your permit.
  • •If you broke the rules before but fixed the problems quickly, you can still renew your permit.
  • •You can transfer a medical waste permit between different parts of the same company, like from a parent company to a smaller part of the company.

Example

A hospital has a permit to handle medical waste but accidentally broke some rules last year.

If the hospital fixed the problems quickly and followed the rules after that, they can still renew their permit to keep handling medical waste.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 118175 Medical Waste Permit Renewal

(a)  A medical waste permit may be renewed if the enforcement agency finds the permittee has been in substantial compliance with this part and the regulations adopted pursuant to this part during the preceding permitted period or that the permittee corrected previous violations in a timely manner. (b)  Upon approval of the enforcement agency, a permit may be transferred from one subsidiary to another subsidiary of the same corporation, from a parent corporation to one of its subsidiaries, or from a subsidiary to a parent corporation. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

substantial compliancemedical waste permitenforcement agency

Related Statutes

  • § 118170 Medical Waste Permit Renewal
  • § 118185 Medical Waste Permit Issuance
  • § 118195 Medical Waste Permit Appeals
  • § 114201 Grease Trap Location Rules
  • § 114221 Water Tank Access Requirements

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 118175.
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