SF 1323

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 12/26/2012 11:17 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to environment; modifying Infectious Waste Control Act;amending 1.3Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.78, subdivision 4. 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.78, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 1.6    Subd. 4. Sharps. new text begin (a) new text end Sharps, except those generated from a household or from a 1.7farm operation or agricultural business: 1.8(1) must be placed in puncture-resistant containers; 1.9(2) may not be compacted or mixed with other waste material whether or not the 1.10sharps are decontaminated unless it is part of an infectious waste decontamination process 1.11approved by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency that will prevent exposure 1.12during transportation and disposal; and 1.13(3) may not be disposed of at refuse-derived fuel facilities or at other facilities 1.14where waste is hand sorted. 1.15 new text begin (b) Every box of 90 or more syringes sold by sharps retailers must be accompanied new text end 1.16 new text begin by a free sharps disposal container that has adequate capacity to contain the sharps new text end 1.17 new text begin purchased. A purchaser may decline to accept the sharps disposal container. Sharps new text end 1.18 new text begin containers must be provided by the syringe manufacturers to the sharps retailers at no cost. new text end 1.19 new text begin (c) A sharps manufacturer that sells or distributes sharps that are usually intended new text end 1.20 new text begin for home use, shall, on or before July 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, submit to the new text end 1.21 new text begin Pollution Control Agency a plan that describes how the manufacturer supports the safe new text end 1.22 new text begin collection and proper disposal of the sharps. new text end 1.23 new text begin (d) The plan required under paragraph (c) shall include, at a minimum, a description new text end 1.24 new text begin of the actions, if any, taken by the manufacturer to do the following: new text end 2.1 new text begin (1) provide for the safe collection and proper disposal of sharps; new text end 2.2 new text begin (2) educate consumers about safe management and collection opportunities; and new text end 2.3 new text begin (3) support efforts by retailers, pharmaceutical distributors, local governments, new text end 2.4 new text begin health care organizations, public health officers, solid waste service providers, and other new text end 2.5 new text begin groups with interest in protecting public health and safety through the sale, collection, and new text end 2.6 new text begin proper disposal of sharps. new text end 2.7 new text begin (e) Sharps manufacturers must post and maintain a copy of the plans required under new text end 2.8 new text begin paragraph (c) on the manufacturer's Web site. new text end 2.9 new text begin (f) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must post and maintain new text end 2.10 new text begin copies of plans submitted by manufacturers on the Pollution Control Agency Web site. new text end 2.11 new text begin (g) This subdivision does not apply to any medication provided in a hypodermic new text end 2.12 new text begin needle, pen needle, intravenous needle, or any other similar device that employs a new text end 2.13 new text begin mechanism or method to sheath, shield, or render nonhazardous the needle or similar new text end 2.14 new text begin device after use so as to substantially eliminate the possibility of an unintended or new text end 2.15 new text begin accidental needle stick. new text end 2.16 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2011. new text end