Health and Safety Code section 117705

“Medical waste generator” means any person whose act or process produces medical waste and includes, but is not limited to, a provider of health care, as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code. All of the following are examples of businesses that generate medical waste:

(a)

Medical and dental offices, clinics, hospitals, surgery centers, laboratories, research laboratories, unlicensed health facilities, those facilities required to be licensed pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), chronic dialysis clinics, as regulated pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 1200), and education and research facilities.

(b)

Veterinary offices, veterinary clinics, and veterinary hospitals.

(c)

Pet shops.

(d)

Trauma scene waste management practitioners.

Source: Section 117705, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=117705.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2014; accessed Jun. 23, 2025).

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