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HomeHealth and Safety CodeDiv. 104Pt. 14Ch. 7§ 118195 Medical Waste Permit Appeals

§ 118195 Medical Waste Permit Appeals

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§ 118195 Medical Waste Permit Appeals

Key Takeaways

  • •If your request to handle medical waste is denied, you'll get a letter telling you so.
  • •You have 20 days to ask for a meeting to talk about the denial.
  • •If the government is in charge, they follow special rules for the meeting.
  • •If it's not the government, they follow local rules for the meeting.

Example

A hospital applies for a permit to dispose of medical waste but gets denied.

The hospital gets a letter saying no. They have 20 days to write back and ask for a meeting to explain why they should get the permit. If the government denied them, the meeting follows government rules. If it was a local agency, they follow local rules.

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§ 118195 Medical Waste Permit Appeals

An enforcement agency shall inform an applicant for a medical waste permit, in writing, upon the denial of any application for the permit. Within 20 days after the enforcement agency mails the notice, the applicant may present a written petition for a hearing to the enforcement agency. Upon receipt by the enforcement agency of the petition in proper form, the petition shall be set for hearing. If the department is the enforcement agency, the proceedings shall commence with the filing of a statement of issues and shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and the department has all the powers granted to a department in that chapter. If the department is not the enforcement agency, the hearings shall be held in accordance with the ordinance adopting the medical waste management program. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

enforcement agencymedical waste permitwritten petitionhearingdepartmentChapter 5Government Codemedical waste management program

Related Statutes

  • § 111820 Registration Violation Penalties
  • § 118130 Medical Waste Facility Permits
  • § 118170 Medical Waste Permit Renewal
  • § 118175 Medical Waste Permit Renewal
  • § 117830 Local Medical Waste Enforcement

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 118195.
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