42 U.S.C. § 6992h — Health impacts report
submitted 38 years ago by Pub. L. 89-272 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 146 words · no verdicts yet
This section requires a report to Congress about the health effects of medical waste. The report must address infection and injury risks, annual injuries and infections, and the share of certain diseases that may be traceable to medical waste.
Within 24 months after November 1, 1988 , the Administrator* of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry must prepare for Congress a report on the health effects of medical waste, including each of the following—
(1) A description of the potential for infection or injury from the segregation, handling, storage, treatment*, or disposal* of medical wastes.
(2) An estimate of the number of people injured or infected annually by sharps, and the nature and seriousness of those injuries or infections.
(3) An estimate of the number of people infected annually by other means related to waste segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those infections.
(4) For diseases possibly spread by medical waste, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and hepatitis B, an estimate of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally can be traceable to medical wastes.
Within 24 months after November 1, 1988, the Administrator* of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry shall prepare for Congress a report on the health effects of medical waste, including each of the following—
A description of the potential for infection or injury from the segregation, handling, storage, treatment*, or disposal* of medical wastes.
An estimate of the number of people injured or infected annually by sharps, and the nature and seriousness of those injuries or infections.
An estimate of the number of people infected annually by other means related to waste segregation, handling, storage, treatment, or disposal, and the nature and seriousness of those infections.
For diseases possibly spread by medical waste, including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and hepatitis B, an estimate of what percentage of the total number of cases nationally may be traceable to medical wastes.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 11008, formerly § 11009, as added Pub. L. 100–582, § 2(a), Nov. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2957; renumbered § 11008, Pub. L. 105–362, title V, § 501(h)(1)(B), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3284.)
- 1988Enacted · Pub. L. 89-272 · 102 Stat. 2957
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-362 · 112 Stat. 3284
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 89-272 on 1988-11-01.
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