SENATE BILL NO. 1015


  March 17, 1998, Introduced by Senator YOUNG and referred 
       to the Committee on Health Policy and Senior Citizens.
     


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   by amending section 13811 (MCL 333.13811), as added by 1990 PA

   21.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 13811.  A producing facility shall store, decontami-

 2    nate, and dispose of medical waste pursuant to the following:

 3         (a) Cultures and stocks of material contaminated with an

 4    infectious agent shall be stored in closed, puncture-resistant

 5    containers, decontaminated,  by autoclaving or incineration,
              and

 6    disposed of in a  sanitary landfill  MANNER
             APPROVED BY THE

 7    DEPARTMENT.

 8         (b) Blood and blood products and body fluids shall be

 9    disposed of by 1 or more of the following methods:




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 1         (i) Flushing down a sanitary sewer.

 2         (ii) Decontaminating by autoclaving or incineration.

 3         (iii) Solidifying.

 4         (iv) If not in liquid form, transferring to a sanitary

 5    landfill.

 6         (v) A process approved by the department.

 7         (c) Pathological waste shall be disposed of by 1 or more of

 8    the following methods:

 9         (i) Incineration or cremation.

10         (ii) Grinding and flushing into a sanitary sewer.

11         (iii) Burial in a cemetery, if transported in leakproof
             con-

12    tainers of sufficient integrity to prevent rupture.

13         (iv) Grinding until rendered unrecognizable, stored in

14    closed, puncture-resistant, properly labeled containers, and, if

15    not in liquid form, disposed of in a sanitary landfill.

16         (v) A process approved by the department.

17         (d) Sharps shall be disposed of by 1 of the following

18    methods:

19         (i) Placement in rigid, puncture-resistant containers
             that

20    are appropriately labeled and transported to a sanitary landfill

21    in a manner that retains the integrity of the container.

22         (ii) Incineration or decontamination and grinding that

23    renders the objects unrecognizable  .  Ground sharps shall
             be

24     placed in a sealed, rupture-resistant container and
                       transported 

25    AND TRANSPORTATION to a sanitary landfill.

26         (iii) A process approved by the department.





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 1         (e) Animal waste contaminated with organisms infectious to

 2    humans shall be disposed of by incineration or by burial in a

 3    sanitary landfill in properly labeled, double containers that are

 4    leakproof and puncture-resistant and are tightly sealed to pre-

 5    vent escape of fluids or material.  Contaminated animal organs

 6    disposed of separately shall be rendered unrecognizable.












































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